Jens Evaldsson
Born 1975, lives and works i Stockholm, Sweden
Education
2004-2009 Master of Fine Art (MFA) Kungliga Konsthögskolan/Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2004-2005 "ideum" invention school, Lidköping
2002-2004 Art school FHSK, Öland
1999-2000 "Pedagogics for university teachers" University of Dalarna, Falun
1994-1995 Preparationary artschool FHSK, Öland
1991-1994 Electrical Engineering and Computerservice, Växjö
Work
2008 Artist assistant to Michael Beutler at Bonniers Konsthall.
2005-2007 Teacher in CAD and computer graphics at "ideum" invention school, Lidköping
2005 "Forum För Levande Historia" Roy Andersson exhibition. 7 fullsize human sculptures scanned and manipulated in 3d and milled to shape. In collaboration with Heinz Mullner and Gunnar Söder. Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2005 Artvideo in 3D, to Orrefors Sweden
2005- Formed company "Visual Poetry" producing Art, 3D animations and computergames
2001-2002 Formed and teached at "Playground Squad" a new education for computergames, Falun
2000-2002 Support and Demo technician for the 3D program "Maya" at Megafront AB, Falun and Stockholm
2000-2002 Formed "Tension Graphics AB", a company for producing 3D animation and education, Falun.
1999-2000 Formed and teached at "Virtual reality for women" a new education in Falun
1998-2005 VJ(Video jockey) in residence at Norberg Festival and various dancepartys.
1997-2000 Teacher at the University of Dalarna, also project manager and producer in 3D animation and virtual reality, Falun
1995-1997 3D artist "Image research" Commercial movies and vignettes to TV, Clients such as Sparbanken, Marabou, SVT sports, SVT documentary, SVT melodifestivalen, TV5, JC(Jeans and Clothes), QA, Yamaha Center, Thorn rental video, and others. Stockholm
Solo exhibitions
2009 Final exhibition "Invisibilities and objects" Gallery Mejan, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2006 "Standing waves laboration party" Gallery "Mellanrummet" Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
Group exhibitions
2009 Mastersexam, "Mejan Identity" Royal College of Fine art, springexhibition, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2008 "Shadowspace" in "In fragments", Ada Street Gallery, London
2008 "The escape from the escape of art" in "Across the Divide" , The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2007 "Problem archive" in "Ex Archive", Royal College of Fine art 3:rd year exhibition, old State archive, Stockholm
2007 "Shadowspace" in "From Reality and Back", Mejanlabs, Stockholm
2006 "Cross connections" Forum, Stockholm
2006 "Megahal you are Megahal01", Royal College of Fine art, springexhibition, Stockholm
2005 "Misinterpretating talking machine" Royal College of Fine art, springexhibition, Stockholm
2004 "The museum" Öland Artschool exam exhibition, Kalmar
2004 "Love Yourself" Exhibition, lectures and happenings in café environment, Öland
2003 "Ghostshadows" in "Artnight" (Konstnatten), Öland
2002 "Glass and gravity", Slumped glass, Borgholm, Öland
Collaborative projects
2009 "Platfrom Stockholm", micro community and meeting point for artists in Sweden and Canada.
2009 "Empty Spaces" (Tomma Rum) Artists in old shoppingmall, Emmaboda
2008 "I and I" (jag och Jag), Collaboration with Karin Zettergren, Galleri Mejan, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2008 "Jaxa parabolic flight experiment" Cornstarch and water in zerogravity, in collaboration with Japan Space Agency (Jaxa) and Natilla team, Tsukuba and Nagoya, Japan
2006 "Objects of the everyday and the mental map of the domestics" (Vardagens ting och bostadens mentala landskap), Collaboration with Jens Bengtsson, Konsthall C, Stockholm
2005 "In the way" (Ivägen) in "Mitt i" a roadtrip and constructed meetings and filmed interviews, Collaboration with Anna Ohlstam and Jens Bengtsson
2004 "The Tounge" (Tungan) Collaboration with students from KKH. Gallery K1, the Cultural house, Stockholm
2002 "S.H.A.P" Surveillance drawing in café environment. In collaboration with Eskil Liepa, Öland
Performances
2008 "Food Sound Translator" in "Across the Divide" in collaboration with Karin Zettergren, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2008 "Audience meets Audience" Tsukuba Performance festival, Tsukuba university, Japan
2008 "Conversation about Dr. K" a conversation performance with the audience about the play Dr. K at the City Theater, Uppsala
2007 Untitled (conceptual artist). In "Who makes and owns your work" in collaboration with Hinrich Sachs, Årsta Folkets Hus; Stockholm, SE: IASPIS Gallery.
2007 "KKH 1 Lock Grooves" Collaboration with Carl Michael von Hausswolf and KKH Students, Recorded soundtracks and performance "Pet sound bar", Stockholm
2007 Theremin ensemble, Many people playing Theremins togehter, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2004 "Alternative geniter" (Vaktis), problemsolving geniter in social environment, Öland
2004 "Getting to know each other" Clay performance in collaboration with Stina Ström, Öland
2003 "Coffee" Changing place of the coffee service to my studio, Öland
2002 "Monks" Shaved Tonsure heads, In collaboration with Eskil Liepa, Öland
Publications
2009 MejanTalk book 1234, four books from four years of personal notes from the conversationgroup "MejanTalk"
1 ISBN 978-91-977202-5-0
2 ISBN 978-91-977202-7-4
3 ISBN 978-91-977202-8-1
4 ISBN 978-91-977202-9-8
2007 Fanzine, PRINT, RE-PRODUCTION & PUBLICATION IN THE ERA OF AN ASSUMED UNNECESSITY, Workshop with Willem Oorebeek.
2005 ”Shifting boundaries” Editor Regina Möller ISBN 91-631-8778-7
Grants
2009 Längmanska Cultural fund, Franke grant
2009 Exam grant, Royal College of Fine art
2008 KU, Artistic research fund, "Art and Science" project, Royal College of Fine art
2008 Östgöta Enskilda Bank foreign scholarship Japan
2007 EE grant, "KKH infosystem" Royal College of Fine art
Groups formed
2009- "Platfrom Stockholm", micro community and meeting point for artists in Sweden and Canada.
2005-2009 Formed "MejanTalk", a open conversation group 2 times a week with about 200 subjects in 4 years, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2007-2008 Formed KKH Science group, Interdisciplinary experiments in collaboration with "The House of Science" and Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2004-2006 Formed the "3D group", for students interested in 3D at KKH. In collaboration with "DICE" (digital illusion game company). Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2003-2004 Formed "Skogsby Philosophical Club" (Skogsby Filosofiska Klubb), Conversation club once a week, Öland
Lectures
2005-2007 "From idea to physical form through the digital pipeline", lecture about 3D printing, milling and digital creation.Held at Ideum invention school, Lidköping
2002 "Intuitive character setup" and "Creativity in computer graphics" 3D festival in Copehagen, in collaboration with Andreas lindholm, Copenhagen
2001 "Advanced character setup" 3December, Stockholm
2001-2002 "Characters in 3D films", Karlstad University, Karlstad
2001-2002 "Maya for games" at game companys as "Adventagon", "Hidden dinosaur" and more, Stockholm
2001 "Renault digital models", 3D cars demonstration in Renaults monter. Älvsjö fair, Stockholm
2000-2002 "Maya course, basic to advanced" Graphic studio, Nackastrand, Stockholm
1998-2002 "Maya Demos", Grafill fair in Norway, Light and sound fair Sollentuna Stockholm and many more
1996 "Alias Power Animator", Lecture at Nada KTH, Stockholm
Others
2008-2009 IT group member, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2007 Equality group member, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2006-2008 "Education committee" (Utbildnings Nämnden), Student representative, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2008 The board of directors, Student representative, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2008 Exchange Japan, Tsukuba University 3 month, Japan
2008 Arranged "swedish dinner" for foreign students and professors, Collaboration with karin Zettergren, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2008 "White balcony" Changed the MejanTalk balcony to an environment suitable for conversation. Drapery and carpets, Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2006-2007 "SACO fair" had "Clay Animation", "MejanTalk" and "Grafitty on art". School representative, Älvjsö fair, Stockholm
2006 "Change the Café" kitchen money for new furniture in tha café. in collaboration with students at Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2004-2008, "Trip to Dalarna" taken part in and helped plan the trip for the first year students. In collaboration with Johan Widén, Had "MejanTalk" and "MejanTalkShow" with intervjues and potluck party for first year students. Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2004-2009 Active member of the Studentcouncil Royal College of Fine art, Stockholm
2002-2004 Active member of the Studentcouncil, Ölands FHSK, Öland
1995-2002 Educated about 140 students in 3D graphics and animation, Many of them work in companys in sweden like Dice, Grin, SVT, Fido Film etc.