Jonas Lund
b. 1984, Sweden
Jonas Lund is interested in the power dynamics framing the increasing digitalisation of contemporary culture. Working across painting, sculpture, photography, digital environments and performance, he builds systems that examine conditions of labor, agency, and authorship within automated collaborative processes. Lund engages with emergent AI models as a co-creator within his narrative worlds, provocatively blurring the line between human and machinic intelligence. Within his multilayered projects, the artist speculates on how this entwined relationship might play out within both the art market and broader social-financial systems.
Born in Linköping, Sweden, and currently based between Amsterdam and Berlin, Jonas Lund (b. 1984) earned his MA at Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam (2013) and his BFA at Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (2009).
Recent solo presentations include Annka Kultys Gallery, London (2023), Office Impart, Berlin (2023), Studio Visit: How to Make Art in the Age of Algorithms, Francisco Carolinum, OÖ Art, Linz (2022), König Galerie, König Digital, Berlin (2021), The Photographers’ Gallery (2019), Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (2016), Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2016, 2015, 2014), Växjö Konsthall Sweden (2016), Showroom MAMA, Rotterdam (2013), and the New Museum, New York (2012). Lund has undertaken prestigious residencies and commissions from institutions including the Mozilla Foundation (2021), Lima Collection, Amsterdam (2016), The Moving Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (2014), Mondriaan Fonds (2014), and Eyebeam, New York (2012-2013).
Lund’s work has been included in numerous group exhibitions including Centre Pompidou, Paris, Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, MAXXI, Rome, HeK Basel, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Vienna Biennale, Witte De With, Rotterdam, Kindl – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Rhizome, New York, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. The artist has been featured in international art publications including Artforum, Frieze, Kunstforum, The New Yorker, The Guardian, Metropolis M, Artslant, Rhizome, Huffington Post, Furtherfield, Wired and more.