Jonas Lund

UN goals

• GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
• QUALITY EDUCATION
• DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
• INDUSTRY, INNOVATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
• PEACE, JUSTICE, AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
• PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS

Tags

• Abstract
• Arts and Politics
• Communications technology
• Information System
• Political repression

Biography

In a data-driven exploration of the art world, politics, and general consumerist fads, Swedish artist Jonas Lund works closely with his audience. His bold projects and installations create scenarios that critique systems and encourage information seeking and educating oneself for the sake of individual as well as global freedom.

Career highlights

Solo shows

• 2021, The RYDER projects, Madrid, Spain: A User-Friendly Exhibition
• 2016, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK: Fair Warning
• 2012, New Museum, New York City, USA: Public Access Me

Group shows

• 2019, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium: Significant Other
• 2017, MAAT, Lisbon, Portugal: Electronic Superhighway
• 2017, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Stedelijk Base

Media

• 2021, Complex: Meet the Digital Artists Taking over the World’s Most Iconic Billboards with Porsche’s Global Gallery
• 2019, The Guardian: Performance art piece spends four days trying to 'reverse Brexit'
• 2014, The New York Times: On Screen and on the Block