Jockum Nordström

Jockum Nordström, born 1963 in Stockholm, is an artist, animator, writer and filmmaker. He is the son of Gert Z Nordström who was a professor of art education at Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design, the same school and department from where Jockum graduated in 1985, followed by the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm 1985-90. Jockum Nordström began as illustrator at the newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the magazine Kamratposten. He is the author and illustrator of five books for children about "Sailor och Pekka", and the illustrator and co-writer of several books on music. His art has for example been presented at exhibitions in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Basel, London and New York. His first exhibition in the USA was at the Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco 1999. Jockum Nordström is known for his collages, paintings, drawings and sculptures that knit together references to folk art and outsider art, jazz, surrealist collage, furniture and architectural design, human sexual habits and maritime lore. In 2004 he became a member of The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. In 2017 he married his partner for some 30 years, artist Karin "Mamma" Andersson. They have two sons.