PHOTO: MIRIAM LEANDOER HÅSTAD
Yung Lean to present visual art exhibition in Stockholm
Jonatan Leandoer Håstad — aka Yung Lean — has announced that he will be presenting his first visual art exhibition at Stockholm's Torsgatan 22, running from 25 September to 11 October 2026.
The exhibition, titled Collected Works 2016–2026, combines paintings, collages, works on paper, sculpture, dioramas, and a site-specific installation created over the past ten years — with most of the pieces having never been exhibited before. Håstad is self-taught, with his process of creating being described as "instinctive".
The collection will also feature a new narrative short film, which Håstad has executive produced and starred in. All of the works will be presented as a series of connected environments rather than within the structure of a standard gallery setting, with Håstad choosing to organise the exhibition himself rather than recruiting an external curator or referring to the gallery framework.
"Ever since I can remember I dreamed of colours," Håstad says. "I've made wooden sculptures and drawings and paintings since I was a kid. Just like my songs, the work is made through stream of consciousness. I go where the hand takes me. My paintings mean nothing and also everything. Here they are."
Following the exhibition, selected works from the collection will be up for international auction in collaboration with Bukowskis. This will primarily be sculptures, but will offer international audiences the opportunity to acquire some of Håstad's first-ever displayed pieces.
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