Joakim Forsgren presents Urban Forsgren

Extension Art Space
Älvkarleövägen 6, Stockholm

Joakim Forsgren, who has always played with systems of belief and of doubt, has devoted an entire exhibition to the multiple appearances of Descartes' skulls in Sweden, which were 3D printed from a CT scan made with the supervision of the artist at Lund Hospital.

Galleri Cora Hillebrand
Fabriksgatan 48, Göteborg

Dark Matter, Golden Door is part of An Infinite Love, an exhibition project in three parts presented by Per Hüttner, Barbara Polla, and Joakim Forsgren, made in collaboration with SKF/Konstnärshuset, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Kl.9, and visionforum(dot)eu. An Infinite Love is made with support from the Swedish Arts Council.

SKF/Konstnärshuset, Stockholm

A pandemic record release and sound installation.
In collaboration with Andreas Hiroui Larsson.

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm

Grandmother's grave cover.
A tribute to everyone who has endured to live before us.
Kl. 9, Östermalmstorg metro station, Stockholm

Performance by Muhammad Ali, Joakim Forsgren, Fatima Moallim.
Radikal Salong no. 2. Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm.

CT-scan of Rene Descartes' skull bone. Made for an exhibition at Karolinska Institutet in kind collaboration with the Historical Museum at Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, September 26 2019.

Ronneby konsthall
Curator: Martin Schibli

Permanent installation for Obaren/Sturehof, Stockholm.

Exhibition in a bomb shelter at Södra Järnvägsgatan 42 in Ljusdal.
Curated by Erik Anderman.

GIBCA – Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art.
Curated by Nav Haq.

The work The Resurrection of Carolus Rex has numerous components and continues to expand. It considers the figure of Carolus Rex (Charles XII), the infamous Swedish ‘warrior king’ appropriated as a nationalist icon. Research led the artist to some surprising anecdotes that bring a complexity to the figure of Carolus Rex: whilst lying sick in the city of Bender, in present day Moldovia, the king became obsessed with depictions of the landscape gardens of Constantinople sent back by emissaries. Mistaking the cypress trees for Norway spruce (Picea abies), the king had the idea for a similar plantation in Stockholm, a proposal that was immediately discarded by the royal architect.

7-inch single released on Firework Edition Records

Collaborative exhibition with Mikael Goralski and Dorinel Marc in dialogue with Carinne Löfgren Williams, Stocksundstorps gård, Bergshamra.

Kummelholmen 6.6.6. A group show with works of 50 artists, initiated and curated in collaboration with Christer Chytraéus and Mikael Goralski.

Apartment exhibition in Moscow curated by Joakim Forsgren and Mikael Goralski for S.C.I.U.C.

Soloexhibition at Växjö konsthall. Curator: Martin Schibli

Documentation of real event. Norra begravningsplatsen 5 mars 2014 23:30 / The Northern Cemetery March 5 2014 11:30 pm

In collaboration with Leif Elggren and Hampus Lindwall for Werkleitz Festival

Suitcase for Malmi Airport Helsinki

IX Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art. A group exhibition with works of 36 artists compiled by Alan Armstrong, Kjersti Austdal, Joakim Forsgren, Felix Gmelin, Mikael Goralski and Amanda Hårsmar.

Sound piece for the Shiriyaevo Biennale

Collaborative exhibition with Leif Elggren and Jan Håfström at Zimm Hall, Dalagatan 20, Stockholm.

Essay for Hjärnstorm #122 about how my architectural proposal was realised, with nature's assistance.

Ten days of timelessness. Group exhibition initiated and curated by Joakim Forsgren and Mikael Goralski, presenting works of 80 artist – both living and dead – at Charlottenburgs Gård, Solna.

Photos of the flooring in the shopping mall Solna Centrum. The flooring was designed with the purpose that it should not not be looked at. Made in collaboration with Mikael Goralski.

Video made in collaboration with Finn Hellman

Utställning i en övergiven lekpark i Sundbyberg 29 september 2013. Curaterad tillsammans med Mikael Goralski. Med 20 deltagande konstnärer.

Found monument. On display during the dark hours of the day, January 30 - March 31 2013. Adolf Fredriks kyrka, Holländargatan 16, Stockholm.

In a video from 1995, shot during a music lesson at school in Skutskär, 14-year old Joakim Forsgren and his classmates mime to Ultima Thule's song Balladen till Sverige (The Ballad to Sweden).

Outside Konstfack's main entrance, he hoisted a rustling green tarp – an abstraction of the flag he was showing inside the college building. In an optical experiment, Forsgren cancelled out a swedish flag by projecting onto it a version of the flag in complementary colours. The result was a near-green banner with a greyish-green cross, an open symbol, ready to be invested with new values. In his mind's eye he saw a nationalist who, after staring too long at the blue and yellow flag, would move his gaze to the white wall instead, only to see a glowing after-image in the complementary colours yellow and violet. It is both an anti-flag, and a supplement.

Toalettklotter tolkat till punktskrift / Toilet graffiti transcribed to braille

rubber and steel, 10x10x10 cm

Skapad för att bota Josephines fågelfobi / Created to treat Josephines bird phobia

Hypotetisk produkt som skulle kunna existera / Hypothetical product that might already exist

Ett arrangerat första maj-tåg / An arranged May 1 demonstration

Före-Efter / Before-After

Tegelsten genomborrad för att bli mer tegelstenslik / Brick drilled through to become more brick-like

Nuclear power plants. Forsmark, Barsebäck, Ringhals. 2005-2009