Johanna Zanon (b. 1988, FR) is a curator, researcher, and art concierge currently based in Oslo. She holds a PhD in History from the University of Oslo (2017), a graduate diploma from École Nationale des Chartes in Paris (2012), and an MA in Art History from École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris (2011).
Her research interests include among others fashion production, labor, and consumption. She has published a range of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters (Manchester University Press, Dress, Apparence(s), and LHA). In 2019, she co-organized the fashion labour conference at OsloMet. In 2019, she curated a film cycle on the depiction of the French fashion industry from the early twentieth century. As an art concierge at Clarion Hotel Oslo, she has curated the After 'After Munch' programme (2019-2020).
Her latest curatorial project entitled As Handsome As the Chance Encounter will be on display at RAM Galleri in Oslo in February-March 2020. During the residency at Praksis, she would like to explore the link between fashion production and fashion consumption in late capitalist society.
Image 1: 'The "Sleeping Beauties" of Haute Couture: Jean Patou, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Madeleine Vionnet,' PhD diss., University of Oslo, 2017. Image: Gustave Doré's sixth engraving for Charles Perrault, La Belle au Bois Dormant / Gallica, Public Domain, BNF.
Image 2: Screenshot of the 'Labor in the Creative Industries: The Case of Fashion' conference website, co-organized by Johanna Zanon, at OsloMet on June 11-12, 2019 / Johanna Zanon.
Image 3: Screenshot of the 'Brodeuses' film, screened at Cinemateket i Oslo as part of 'Siste skrik fra Paris: Fransk mote på film,' curated by Johanna Zanon / Cinemateket i Oslo.
Image 4: After 'After Munch', curated by Johanna Zanon for Clarion Hotel Oslo / Clarion Hotel Oslo.
