Sponsors
Imagine is supported by Karin Larson along with ASI’s Members and donors. ASI’s Hotel Partner is the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot.

American Swedish Institute is a museum and cultural center with exhibitions and innovative programming, known for the distinctive Turnblad Mansion, the Nelson Cultural Center, ASI's Museum Store and FIKA Cafe.'
American Swedish Institute offers many advantages to members including free admission, discounts to events and reciprocal access to museums across the country. Members can join at various levels designed to fit your needs.
The American Swedish Institute, FIKA Cafe and the ASI Museum Store are temporarily closed and will reopen on February 6.
Imagine a place where fish are islands, landscapes become waterfalls, and the moon is hung from a ladder. Find these impossible worlds in the work of Erik Johansson, a Swedish photographer/visual artist now based in Prague, who creates dream-like realities through clever and complex montages of nature using his own photographs knit together digitally. The ASI exhibition includes 27 of his works, including seven new pieces that will be exhibited here for the first time.
Johansson has taken many photographs near the town of Götene in southern Sweden, where he grew up, and his work challenges the viewer’s perception of reality. For Johansson, creating an image is about problem solving – photographing ideas, not moments. The exhibition was organized by the Swedish Museum of Natural History in recognition of Johansson’s 2015 award as Nature Photographer of the Year by Naturvårdsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency).
Photo credit for ASI installation photos: Andrea Rugg Photography
Imagine is supported by Karin Larson along with ASI’s Members and donors. ASI’s Hotel Partner is the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, The Depot.