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# Johanna Nielson

Last edited on 22.7.2026

![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/johanna-nielson/Johanna-Nielson.jpg)

Johanna Nielson – i see a hand with the eyes pouring out, 2018 tender steps residency

© Agnes Schneidewind

## artist.bio

Johanna Nielson, performer and choreographer, lives and works in Vienna. She (co-)created fluid performative works with an interest in improvisation voice and the interplay of (experimental) music and dance. Johanna Nielson studied contemporary dance and dance education in Linz. In 2017, she was awarded the ImPulsTanz DanceWEB scholarship. Since 2013, she has been collaborating with Agnes Schneidewind. Johanna Nielson performed in projects by Alexander Chernyshkov, Evandro Pedroni, and Oleg Soulimenko. [https://johanna-nielson.wixsite.com/website](https://johanna-nielson.wixsite.com/website)

## Works at brut

- [through which they have wandered (Teil 2: Performance mit Agnes Schneidewind und Zoumana Meїté, 2022)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/12/Agnes-Schneidewind-Johanna-Nielson-Zoumana-Meyite-Teil-2)
- [through which they have wandered (Teil 1: individual encounters / Tarotlesung mit Agnes Schneidewind und Zoumana Meїté, 2022)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2022/11/Agnes-Schneidewind-Johanna-Nielson-Zoumana-Meyite-Teil-1)
- [eleven. each print in the mud fills with honey (mit Agnes Schneidewind und Marina Poleukhina, imagetanz 2021)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/03/Agnes-Schneidewind-Johanna-Nielson-Marina-Poleukhina)

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