Jorgen AXELVALL
ヨーガン・アクセルバル
Jörgen Axelvall is a Tokyo based photographer and artist from Sweden. Previous to moving to Tokyo in 2011 Axelvall resided in NYC for 15 years. He tends towards long-term projects: exploring intimacy and solitude; soft- or select-focus evoking abstracted, dream-like realms at once personal, yet universal. Axelvall attempts to seize the utter vulnerability and beauty to transubstantiate the subject into essence of the moment. Axelvall’s visual storytelling interacts with his experimental word. Axelvall exhibits internationally, and has won significant awards: International Winner, New Exposure by Vogue USA, 2013, Athens Photo Festival, 2019, and The 18th Japan Media Arts Festival, 2015. Axelvall has four monographs to date. Since 2018, Jörgen Axelvall has been represented by Ken Nakahashi Gallery in Tokyo.
Publications
2021 -『And I reminisce』/ roshin books
2017 -『Go To Become』/ roshin books
2015 -『OIDE』hand made, limited edition of three / self-published / FORT
2014 -『Instant Moments』/ supersonic
2014 -『I was looking for Park Hyatt Tokyo / Park Hyatt Tokyo / amana
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 -『And I reminisce』Bookmarc Gallery Tokyo
2020 -『And I reminisce』node hotel, Kyoto
2019 -『And I reminisce』Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2019 -『Go To Become』node hotel, Kyoto
2018 -『KÄR/LEK』Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2017 -『Go To Become』Bookmarc Tokyo Gallery
2017 -『Parité: un plus un est plus encore』Shu Champagne Bar & Art Gallery Tokyo
2015 -『I was looking for Park Hyatt Tokyo』China Inn Gallery, Los Angeles
2015 -『OIDE』The Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo
2014 -『Instant Moments』IDOL Aoyama, Tokyo
2014 -『『Instant Moments』The Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo
2014 -『『Always Looking Through Glass』0fr. Tokyo Gallery
2014 -『『I was looking for Park Hyatt Tokyo』Gallery at the Park, Park Hyatt Tokyo
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 -『POSITION. FIXED FOREVER』LOWW Gallery, Tokyo
2023 -『Matsumoto Architecture+Art Festival』Matsumoto Nagano
2022-2023 -『Lunar Eclipse』MAKI GALLERY Tennoz I & II
2021 -『Handsome Men They Are』Museum of Modern Art Saitama
2021 -『one’s signal』Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2021 -『cycle』Morioka Bookstore, Tokyo
2020 -『one’s behavior』Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2019 -『KÄR/LEK』Featured Exhibition, Head On Photo Festival, Sydney
2019 -『Soft Mirrors』Ken Nakahashi Gallery, Tokyo
2018 -『Being and Time』Tambourin Gallery, Tokyo
2015 - 18th Japan Media Arts Festival』 The National Arts Center, Tokyo
2013 -『New Exposure』 OpenHouse Gallery, Soho, NYC
Awards
2022 -『Athens Photo Festival APhF:19』Jury Selection Photo Books『And I reminisce』
2019 -『Athens Photo Festival APhF:19』Short Listed『KÄR/LEK』
2019 -『Athens Photo Festival APhF:19』Jury Selection Photo Books『Go To Become』
2018 -『Book Design Award – Go To Become』Japan Federation of Printing Industries
2017 -『FoLa Photo Book Award – Go To Become』Finalist
2016 -『4th International Emerging Artist Award』Short Listed『OIDE / portraits』
2015 -『18th Japan Media Arts Festival』Jury Selection『I was looking for Park Hyatt Tokyo』
2013 -『NEW EXPOSURE by VOGUE US x Bottega Veneta』International Winner
