In his photographic, film and video works John Skoog (*1985 in Kvidinge, Sweden) combines historical and everyday historical research with a poetic and fictional atmosphere that is grounded in the cinematic and literary tradition of Scandinavian modernism. At Art Basel, he was awarded the prestigious Baloise Art Prize for his video Reduit (Redoubt) in 2014. From 2007 to 2012, he studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, 2010 at the Malmö Art Academy from 2005 to 2006, the Academy of Photography, University of Gothenburg. John Skoog lives and works in Frankfurt am Main and Maglaby, Sweden.
