Johanna Heldebro is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her often uncomfortably personal work explores notions of obsession, photographic representation and personal boundaries. She has exhibited throughout North America as well as in Indonesia, most recently at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn, where she was selected as the Fall Solo Show Artist in 2009.

Johanna was raised in Northern Sweden. She holds a BFA in Photography from Concordia University (2006, Montreal, Canada) as well as an MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from School of Visual Arts in New York City (2009), where she was the recipient of the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award for outstanding achievement within photography for her thesis work, To Come Within Reach of You... In 2010 Heldebro launched Laura, a print arts periodical, with her longtime collaborator and husband, Jared Leon.

Johanna's work has been featured in Vice Magazine as well as on several radio programs in Scandinavia. She was a runner up at the New York Photo Festival in 2009 in the category Best Student Book.


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