CV

1969   Born in Karlstad, Sweden.
80-82 Lived in Paris between.
1998   Moved to new York.
Lives and works in south of Sweden and Stockholm.
JH Engström is represented at Galerie VU in Paris.

Education:
1997   Graduation from The Photography and Film Departement
of Gothenburg University.
93-94  Assistent to Anders Petersen in Stockholm.
1992   Assistent to Mario Testino in Paris.

Books and Catalogues:
2008   CDG/JHE, Steidl
2006   Haunts, Steidl
2006   VU à Paris, Panini books
2004   Trying to Dance, Journal.
Deutsche Börse Photography Price, Photographers Gallery, London.
Scandinavian Photography, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell , USA
1997   Shelter, Bokförlaget DN.

Films
2006 Bertil & Maggan - Stay or go, shown at Swedish Televison (28min)
2006 A film with and about Anders Petersen, shown at Swedish Television (52min)

Collections:
Museum of modern art, Stockholm
Saatchi Gallery, London
Hasselblad Center , Gothenburg.
The Nordic Museum in Stockholm.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Noorderlicht Photogallery, The Netherlands
Värmlands Museum, Sweden
Musée Niepce, France
Espace Photograhique Contretype, Bruxelles

Grants and awards:
2008   Grant from the Swedish Arts Council
2007   Grant from the Swedish Arts Council
2005   Shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photographic Price.
           Grant from The Swedish Authers Foundation.
2004   Artist in residence at Musée de Niepce, Chalon Sur Saone.
           Grant from the Swedish Authers Foundation.
           Grant from Hasselblad Center.
2003   Artist in residence at Contretype, Brussels.
2000   Grant from the Swedish Arts Council.
1999   Grant from The Swdish Arts Council.
1998   Stockholm Cultural award.
           Grant from The Andrea Frank Foundation.
           Winner of ”The photographic book of the year in Sweden ”.
           Grant from the Swedish Authers Foundation.
1996   Bildhuset grant for young photographers.

Selected Solo exhibitions:
2007   Huarte - Centro de arte contemporárneo, "Trying to Dance"
2006   Fotografins hus "Haunts"
           Milliken Gallery "CDG/JHE"
           Galerie VU, "Haunts"
2005   Hasselblad Center, ”Haunts”, Gothenburg.
2004   Galerie VU, ”Trying to dance”, Paris.
2002   The Nordic Museum , ”Shelter” , Stockholm.
            Arhoteque D‚Angers, ”Trying to dance”, Angers.
            Contretype, ”Je suis ou”, Brussels.
2000   Gallery F48, ”Entreacte”, Stockholm.

Selected Group exhibitions:
2008 Abecita korsettfabrik, Artmuseum, Borås, with Anders Petersen, Christer Strömholm and Eva Klasson
2006  Genre humain, Contretype, Brussels
           Face à Face, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
           Noorderlicht Photogallery, The Netherlands
2005   Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
           Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell , USA.
           Bildhuset, Umea, ”Instable”, Sweden
           Photographers Gallery, London , ”Deutsche Börse Photography Price”.
           Winterthur Fotomuseum, ”Der Traum vom Ich, der Traum von der Welt”.
           Detsche Börse Group, Frankfurt ( Main ).
           Langhans Galerie, Galerie VU, Praha.
2004   Stockholm Cultural House, ”Instable”.
2002   Stockholm Cultural House, ”Stockholm too Close”.
           Gallery CFF, Stockholm , ”Inspiration Strömholm”.
           Theatre des images, Nice, ”Swedish Photography”.
1998   Photographic Fair in Gothenburg.
           Stockhoolm Cultural House, ”Tempo - A documentary Festival”.
           With Anders Petersen at Gallery Prinsen in Stockholm.
1994   Stockholm Cultural House, ”Territory”.