Timo Valjakka, art critic and writer, HelsinkiScott’s paintings are slow and looking at them takes time, at least if you want to uncover all the layers of mind and material concealed within them. They open up gradually and retain their secret for a long time. On the other hand, we don’t always know about Scott’s paintings. Sometimes they open up like revelations dumbfounding us.
Johan Scott gräver i konsthistoriska lager, DN, Sebastian JohansI Scotts måleri är pendlingen mellan olika positioner väsentlig. Det beräknande står mot det intuitiva. Historia står mot samtid. Inbjudande, publikfriande skönhet står mot en bortvänd eller till och med trulig autonomi.
Nördliche Dämmerung, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
St. Görans hospital, commissioned by Stockholms county council, Stockholm, Sweden
Stained-glass painting commissioned by the National Public Art Council of Sweden for the Faculty of Health Care Sciences University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Eight paintings commissioned by the National Public Art Council of Sweden for the Wallenberg Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
Wall-painting Untitled, government office building in Rauma, Finland
Fresco for the Folksam Insurance Company, Stockholm, Sweden
X-Dream by Per Jonson with the Cullberg Ballet on tour in Sweden
Organon by Margaretha Åsberg and the Pyramiderna dance group, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Attended the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm (1976—1981)
Professor at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm (1998—2008)
Became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sweden
Professor at Stockholm University of the Arts
Chairman of the board at The Royal Academy of Fine Art
The Carnegie Art Award, Third prize
The Marcus Collin Prize of the Swedish Literature Society in Finland
The Lagerqvist & Partners Art Prize, Stockholm
The Edstrand Foundation Prize, Malmö
The Ars Fennica Prize
The Finans Scandic Prize
P.S.1, New York
Heart open to Art, Niemistö collection, ARS Nova, Turku, Finland
Kasari-Taiten 1980-Luko. Hämeenlinna Taidemueo, Finland
Jubileumssamlingen, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden
Puss och dra åt helvete, nio konstnärer nio verk, Eckerö Post- och tullhus, Åland Islands
Människor och minnen, Norrtälje konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
Resumé VIDA 10 år, VIDA konsthall, Borgholm, Sweden
Thrice upon a time, Magasin 3 , Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Olsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Olsson, Stockholm, Sweden
Combined Lines, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden