Mathias Jansson is a Swedish art critic, poet, cultural journalist and web editor. His main interests are contemporary art, Game Art (i.e contemporary art inspired by videogames), New Media Art, Black Metal in contemporary art, URL-art, videogames (art games, indie games and serious games) and of course meta fiction.
Work: I have been working as a web editor for Sveriges Konstföreningar and the art magazine Konstperspektiv since 2000. Before that I use to be an art librarian at the Malmo Art Academy.
Art critic: I am a member of AICA (The International Association of Art Critics) and use to write art critic and articles about new culture in magazines and blogs as Konsten.net, Konstperspektiv, Tidningen Kulturen, DigiMag , Furtherfield , HZ-Journal, Art 21 Blog and Gamescenens.org. For examples of articles and interviews see the category ”Articles”.
Books: ”Insert art to play” (2012) by Mathias Jansson is a 520 pages book about Game Art, i.e contemporary art inspired by videogames. Fortcoming: ”Konstföreningen i världen. Intervjuer och essäer” (hösten 2012)
Freelance: Do you need a freelancer please free to contact me.
Author: I like to write poetry and drama, with a special interest in metafiction . Published in: Populär Poesi #13, Kommunalarbetaren, Lex-ICON
Creativity: I like to create stuff and creates mash up, collages and other digital remixes from the never ending source of Internet.
Education: I have a master’s degree in art history from Umeå University and have studied culture journalism at Malmö Högskola.
Contact me:
Mathias Jansson
Tvärvägen 23
232 52 Åkarp
Sweden
Mobil: +46 (0)73-681 97 79
E-mail: mathiasjansson72@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gameart
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/111986361542567200809/posts