Josefin Arnell is an artist and filmmaker. She uses humor, horror, anger, desire, disgust and pleasure as tools to examine how power structures affect the individual. Her work addresses the aesthetics and politics of violence, class, and group dynamics. Through complex realities and absurd fictionalizations, her loose narratives revolve around characters who attempt to navigate contemporary infrastructures with impossible demands. 

Josefin Arnell was born in Sweden (1984) and is based in Amsterdam. In 2015 and 2016, she participated in the residency program at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. In 2018, she won the Theodora Niemeijer Prize for emerging female artists in the Netherlands. In 2023, she was nominated for the Prix de Rome Netherlands, with a presentation at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Places where her work has been shown include Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; WIELS, Brussels; Cell Project Space, London; Index, Stockholm; UKS, Oslo; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; Athens Biennale; Auto Italia, London; Kunsthalle Münster; Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin; Riga International Film Festival; and IDFA International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam.

Contact: 4ever@josefinarnell.se


      HellFun - duo practice with Max Göran sporadically since 2024          

   


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  • “Josefin Arnell på Index (CRYBABY)” • Konsten.net • Astrid Elander • 30 Mar 2024. Konsten

  • “If Wishes Were Horses” (review of CRYBABY, Index, Stockholm) • Kunstkritikk • Matthew Rana • 12 Mar 2024. Kunstkritikk

  • Een fotoserie over kinderen die zich als volwassenen gedragen: ‘Er zat natuurlijk gewoon thee en limonade in de glazen’ • Het Parool (PS) • 21 Dec 2024. Parool

  • Zombies all over the place – over Buurthuis 2 van Josefin Arnell • Mister Motley • Laure van den Hout • 14 Nov 2023. Mister Motley

  • Vriend en vijand komen samen in de Rozenstraat – over de duotentoonstelling van Josefin Arnell en Margaret Haines • Metropolis M • Lotte van Geijn • 17 Mar 2022. Metropolis M

  • “Josefin Arnell et Max Göran at Cell Project Space, London” (review of brave and pathetic is better than drowning in shame) • Zérodeux • Mya Finbow • (n.d.; show: 8 Dec 2023–25 Feb 2024). zerodeux.fr

  • “Josefin Arnell, Max Göran ‘brave and pathetic is better than drowning in shame’ at Cell Project Space, London” (feature/press coverage) • Mousse Magazine • 14 Dec 2023. Mousse Magazine and Publishing

  • “Vad är det hästarna försöker säga oss?” (essay citing CRYBABY) • Svenska Dagbladet • Otto Ruin • 22 Mar 2024. SvD.se

  • Photo reportage: ‘Wild Filly Story’ at Editorial • Echo Gone Wrong • 24 Jul 2021. Echo Gone Wrong

  • ‘Josefin Arnell at Editorial’ • Artviewer • 11 Aug 2021. Art Viewer


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