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Skogen den Grøne 
Illustrations for "Skogen Den Grøne", a poem collection by Ruth Lillegraven, published by Samlaget, 2018.
 
321 
"321": Childrens Book written and illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen, published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 2019. The book follows Anna and her Grandma (previously...
Childrens Book 
Personal works 
illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, personal works 
5 minute portraits, personal project 
illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, portraits 
Various commissions  
Illustration for WIRE Magazine Illustration for PSYKOPP For the magazine NYNORSKOPPLÆRING
illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, WIRE 
ABC 
ABC, written and illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen, published by Gyldendal Norsk forlag 2017
mari kanstad johnsen, illustration, children book 
COMISSIONED THROUGH HEART AGENCY 
Scotch Egg for Fortnum & Mason, design/ art direction by OTHERWAY Illustration for ZEIT LEO/ Whisperer: Story about...
HEART Agency, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Illustration 
P+E 
Illustrations from "P+E", children´s book written by Espen Dekko, illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen, published by Magikon Forlag 2017
Children book, Magikon forlag, illustration 
MORGENBLADET, editorial illustrations 
Various editorial illustrations for Norwegian weekly newspaper Morgenbladet. Likeverdets dialektikk Omstilling, omstilling, omstilling! Et såkalt ...
Morgenbladet, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Editorial illustration 
NATTEN, children book 
Illustrations for NATTEN, Swedish Childrens Book written by Sara Villius, published by Rabén & Sjögren, 2017
 
Illustrations for Atlasmag.dk 
Illustrations for Atlasmag.dk
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Atlasmag.dk 
Illustrations for Morgenbladet 
Editorial illustrations for article about emotional therapy in Morgenbladet
 
Eg er eg er eg er 
Illustrations for "Eg er eg er eg er", a collection of poems by Ruth Lillegraven, published by Samlaget 2016
Illustrations, Poem collection, Samøaget 
Picture book: JEG RØMMER 
A Children´s book by Mari Kanstad Johnsen, without any text, about a girl moving to a new place and trying to find her place there. Published by Gyldendal Norsk ...
Picture book, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Gyldendal 
Illustrations for K Magasinet 
Editorial illustrations for K magasinet (Norwegian news paper Aftenposten´s supplement on culture), 2015. Kristin Valla on the year in fashion, and Zadie Smith on ...
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, K Magasinet 
TUNELLEN 
Illustrations for the Childrens book TUNELLEN, written by Hege Siri, published by Magikon October 2015. A love story about two rabbits digging a tunnel under a...
Children´s Book, Magikon 
"Psssssssst...": Brochure for Nasjonalgalleriet 
Folder for Nasjonalgalleriet(National Gallery of Norway), containing map and small assignments for families exploring the museum.
illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Nasjonalgalleriet 
D for Tiger 
Images from "D for Tiger", a childrens book written by Lene Ask, illustrated by Mari Kanstad Johnsen, published by Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 2015
Childrens book, Gyldendal, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
Wallpainting at library 
Wallpainting made for exhibition at Deichmanske Grünerløkka(Oslo), June-September 2014
wallpainting, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
Poster for Exhibition 
Poster for exhibition of wallpainting and silkscreened posters by Mari Kanstad Johnsen at Deichmanske library, Grünerløkka/Oslo, summer 2014
mari kanstad johnsen, illustration, poster 
Livredd i Syden 
LIVREDD I SYDEN A children's book about becoming brave. We follow Maja and her dad on their holiday. Written and illustrated by me, published by...
childrens book, Illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
Developing Relationships 
Illustration for an article on bacteria´s influence on animal´s development for HHMI Bulletin. Art direction and design by Pentagram. Full article here.
Editorial illustration, Pentagram, HHMI Bulletin 
Gyldendal Klassikere 
Book covers for a pocketbook-release of four classics by Gyldendal. Bergljot Hobæk Haff, Doris Lessing, Sylvia Plath and Solveig Christov. All releases in the ...
Illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Pocket 
Kunstløftet 
Illustrations for Kunstløftet, a paper on communicating art to children and young. Read the paper here (Norwegian).
Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Editorial Illustration, Kunstløftet 
THE SUDDEN CATS 
Images from THE SUDDEN CATS, childrens book published by Magikon 2013, text by Helge Torvund, Illustrations by Mari Kanstad Johnsen Winner of Silver in the...
childrensbook, illustration, mari Kanstad Johnsen 
Board Game for Nasjonalgalleriet 
Illustration for board game for Nasjonalgalleriet(National Gallery of Norway), celebrating the 100th year of Norways constitution.
 
BALLEN, children's book 
BALLEN. Published by Gyldendal 2014, text and images by Mari Kanstad Johnsen. A children´s book about a strange sound coming from inside a basketball. Review ...
Mari Kanstad Johnsen, Illustration, Children´s book 
Aschehoug Litteratur 
Illustrations for Aschehoug Litteratur, fall 2013
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
BLUE CABIN 
BLUE CABIN: Artist Book handmade at Extrapool in Nijmegen/Netherlands December 2012, within the framework of Knust´s bookprojects. 48 stencil-printed pages. ...
stencil-print, Artist-Book, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
Smart Drugs 
Illustration for an article by Marek Kohn about smart drugs, for mosaic science.com. Art direction Peta Bell.
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
VIVALDI 
Illustrations for the childrensbook VIVALDI, written by Helge Torvund, published by MAGIKON. http://www.magikon.no On Flavorwire´s list of The 20 Most ...
childrensbook, illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
LIQUID AIR 
LIQUID AIR: Artist-book created and stencil-printed during an artist residency in Bologna, January 2014, curated by Hamelin, printed with Inuit. Inuit blog,...
Artist book 
DUELLEN 
Illustrations for Swedish outdoors-magazine 365, and German magazine NORR .
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
BALLONGJEGEREN 
Illustrations for Ballongjegeren, a children´s book written by Anniken Bjørnes, published by Magikon. Diploma in VISUELT 2013
Childrensbook, illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen 
JUNGLE-POSTERS 
 
The Future, in a Past Life 
Illustration for New York Times online-series Townies, a series about life in New York, and occasionally other cities, written by the novelists, journalists and...
Editorial illustration, Mari Kanstad Johnsen, New York Times 
EVOLUSJON 
Graphic short story for Norwegian comic-anthology FORRESTEN. Nominated for SPROING Comic Award/ Best comic debut.
Graphic Short Story, Comic 
"OCTOPUS"-animation 
My exam-project at Konstfack, an animation following scientist and nature-cinematography-pionéer Jean Painlevé in his struggle to make the perfect film about the l...
Animation 
Försök Till Kärnfysik 
Animation made while studying at Konstfack, a visualisation of Jonas Hassen Khemiri´s short story "Försök Till Kärnfysik" ("An attempt at nuclear physics"). SEE IT H...
Animation