Mathias Jansson is a Swedish art critic, cultural journalist and webeditor, with a passion for Game Art (i.e contemporary art inspired by videogames) and New Media Art.
Work: I have been working as a webeditor for Sveriges Konstföreningar and the art magazine Konstperspektiv since 2000. Before that I use to be an art librarian at the Malmo Art Academy.
Artcritic: I am a member of AICA (The International Association of Art Critics) and use to write artcritism and cultur journalism in magazines and blogs as Konsten.net, Konstperspektiv, Tidningen Kulturen, DigiMag , Furtherfield and Gamescenens.org. Usually its about New Media Art and Game Art, but also about videogames, litterature and art.
Editor: I have been working as a webeditor for small webmagazines as Boksofffan 3.0 and Konstperspektivs Webbmagazine.
Author: I like to write poetry and drama, with a special interest in metafiction . I am also my own publisher.
Creativity: I like to create stuff and creates mash up, collages and other digital remixes from the never ending source of Internet.
Books: I am planning to publish a book in 2011 with my interviews with the pioneers of Game Art.
Education: I have a master’s degree in arthistory from Umeå University and have studied Culturejournalism at Malmö Högskola.
Contact me:
Mathias Jansson
Tvärvägen 23
232 52 Åkarp
Sweden
Mobil: +46 (0)73-681 97 79
New e-mail: mathiasjansson72@gmail.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gameart
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/111986361542567200809/posts