Julia Sandberg Hansson

Julia Sandberg Hansson
Julia Sandberg Hansson
Born
Julia Sandberg-Hansson

Stockholm, Sweden
OccupationsProducer, Director, Editor, Actor & Photographer
Years active1993–present
WebsiteJulia Shoots


Julia Sandberg Hansson is a Swedish American artist living and working in Los Angeles.

Early Life

Hansson was born on September 2nd 1983 in Stockholm, Sweden, [1] the daughter of Claudia Sandberg Hansson and Janne Hansson who co-owned the renowned Atlantis Studios until 2020. Atlantis is notable as the studio where the early ABBA recording were made, prior to the formation of the group, as well as the majority of their hit singles, and recordings by The Cardigans, Roxette, Opeth, The Hives, and others.

Formal Education

Saint Martins College

Hansson pursued her undergraduate studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art, specializing in film, video, and performance. This program provided foundational training in experimental media practices, emphasizing creative storytelling through visual and performative elements.

Slade

She continued her graduate education at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, obtaining a Master's degree in Fine Art with a focus on film, video, and performance.

During her time at Slade, Hansson developed key projects that explored narrative improvisation and multimedia techniques, such as Exchange Square (2006), a 11-minute digital video featuring two actors using mobile phones and hands-free devices in a scriptless performance. Other notable works from this period include The Stomach Cancer Auditions (2006), a 13-minute digital video documenting improvised death scenes by actors under false pretenses, and The Way Out is Through (2007)[2], a 25-minute comedic video set in an isolated office environment.

Professional Career

Actor

Hansson made her acting debut in the 2007 film Postal, directed by Uwe Boll, playing the character Mitzi in a scene involving a shooting.[3] This followed with a role in the short film Delirium Dance (2007), a project featuring experimental performances by artists.[4] She appeared as Olga in the 2008 film The Kreutzer Sonata, adapted from Leo Tolstoy's novella and directed by Bernard Rose.

Hansson had supporting roles in the early 2010s, playing Julia the Mask Dancer in the comedy Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (2011), a satirical sequel directed by Jim Wynorski. In 2012, she took on the role of Tara in Junkie, a film exploring themes of addiction, directed by Adam Mason.[5] Her performance as Krista followed in the 2013 road movie Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas, directed by Simon Savory, which follows two transgender individuals on a journey across America.[6]

Later credits include the Icelandic thriller Brave Men's Blood (2014) [7] , where Hansson appeared as Julia in a story centered on police corruption, directed by Olaf de Fleur.

Producer

Hansson served as a producer on London Calling (2025), directed by Allan Ungar, collaborating with producers Delon Bakker [8] and Kyle Ambrose. [9] and as co-producer on the film Junkie (2012) [10]

Editor

Hansson worked as editor on several projects, including the feature film Charlie Valentine (2009), directed by Jesse Johnson and The Original 7ven Formerly Known as the Time (2011). [11]

Director

Hansson has directed several short films, including Pillow Talk (2009) [12], Love Story (2012). [13] and The Blind Productions Project [14]

Photographer

In 2014 Sadler began a creative photographic partnership with Nic Sadler under the name SHSadler.[15][16] Working closely with LA Make-up artist Satya Linak,[17] their award winning work [18] has been widely published in art magazines and journals.

A series of pictures by SHSadler of Daft Punk were published by Triple J Magazine[19] in May 2013, as part of the promotion for Random Access Memories.

The Fresh Meat[20][21] series of pictures began as an editorial commission about make-up, morphing into a commentary about cultural beauty standards.[22] It was rejected by the commissioner then published in their sister magazine Schön!. In 2020 the images won Gold and 1st Place prizes at the TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards).[23]

In 2025 the Bad Wolfy [24] image from the Fresh Meat series was used on the cover of Phoebe Stuckes [25] novel Dead Animals.[26] Images from Fresh Meat were used in the French art text book Instants Français.[27]

The Fresh Meat images have been referenced numerous times in popular culture, including music videos for Middle Child by J Cole[28] and Gnarly by Katseye,[29] a poster for the movie Fresh,[30] in promotion and in the set design of the tv show Central Roast - Netherlands [31] and in merchandizing by the influencer Emma Chamberlain.[32]

References

  1. ↑ "Ansedel Julia Anna Andrea Louise Sandberg-Hansson". www.fam-alvarsson.se (in Swahili). 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Artist's Statement". www.ucl.ac.uk. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "iMDB Bio". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "iMDB Delirium Dance". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "iMDB Junkie - Tara". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "iMDB Brave Men's Blood". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "iMDB Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas - Krista". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  8. ↑ "iMDB Delon Bakker". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "iMDB Kyle Ambrose". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  10. ↑ "iMDB Junkie". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Original 7ven Formerly Known as the Time". IMDb. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "iMDB Pillow Talk". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "iMDB Love Story". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "iMDB The Blind Productions Project". iMDB. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "SH/Sadler". SHSadler. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  16. ↑ "The photographer duo SHSadler, composed of Julia Sandberg Hansson and Nic Sadler, plays at subverting concepts of beauty and questioning the prevailing aesthetics of consumer society". Acumen. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  17. ↑ "Satya Linak". Schön!. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  18. ↑ "TIFA Awards 2020". Tokyo International Foto Awards. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  19. ↑ "Daft Punk: Triple J Magazine". The Daft Punk Historian. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  20. ↑ "SHSadler Fish Meat - Lens Culture". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  21. ↑ "'FRESH MEAT' BY SHSADLER: BEAUTY STANDARDS REVISITED". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  22. ↑ "SHSadler's Fresh Meat assesses the line between "what is beautiful and what is ugly"". SHSadler's Fresh Meat assesses the line between “what is beautiful and what is ugly”. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  23. ↑ "List of photography awards". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  24. ↑ "Bad Wolfy". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  25. ↑ "Sad girl novels: the dubious branding of women's emotive fiction". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  26. ↑ "Dead Animals -Phoebe Stuckes". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  27. ↑ "INSTANTS FRANÇAIS 6E/7E TQ/P – RECUEIL DE DOCUMENTS" (in French). Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  28. ↑ "J. Cole - MIDDLE CHILD". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  29. ↑ "BTS Shoot Iconic KATSEYE Using Plastic Wrap in the Song Gnarly, the Result is Stunning". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  30. ↑ "Fresh (2022) Movie Review". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  31. ↑ "Comedy Central Roasts - Nederlands". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  32. ↑ "No longer sold rare Emma Chamberlain merch pink meat... - Depop". Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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