JH Engström
About
Born in Karlstad, Sweden, JH Engström has spent over two decades developing a large-scale body of work that explores the conditions of our existence through photographs, films, and books. His practice carries a strong autobiographical dimension, reflecting the perspective of an artist in motion - having lived in Sweden, the United States, and France - and examines private memory, connections to one’s origins, the interplay between urban and natural environments, and the structures of representation and power in contemporary society.
Alongside his personal work, Engström collaborates with fashion magazines and brands on advertising projects, including Another Man, M Le Monde, Numéro Berlin, Our Legacy, Filippa K, and MNH.
His work has been the subject of numerous monographic exhibitions, including at Värmlands Museum (Sweden, 2009 and 2017), FOAM Amsterdam (Netherlands, 2014), the National Media Museum, Bradford (UK, 2010), and the Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (Sweden, 2005). His work is held in major collections such as Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (USA), Moderna Museet, Stockholm (Sweden), and Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône (France).
Engström is the author of critically acclaimed and internationally awarded books, including the trilogy Trying to Dance (Journal, 2003), Tout va bien (Aperture, 2015), Revoir (Akio Nagasawa Publishing / Journal, 2017), The Frame (Pierre Von Kleist Editions, 2022), and his most recent monograph, Dimma, Brume, Mist (Void, 2025).
He lives and works in Paris.