Josephine Thorsby (b. 1998, Denmark) lives and works in Stockholm. She graduated with an MFA from the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, in 2026. Working primarily in painting, she explores how visual references, from the historical to the contemporary, intersect and change within the image. Her practice moves between the artificial and the theatrical, bringing together landscape, digital imagery and mythological elements.
Her degree exhibition Never Ending was shown at Galleri Mejan, Stockholm (2025). Her works have been exhibited in the MFA Graduation Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2026), Dopamin 15th Edition (2025), Images Latentes, Ygrec-ENSAPC Art Centre, Aubervilliers Paris (2024), RUPTUR, Ebeling Museum, Eskilstuna (2023) and The Annual Fall Exhibition, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (2021). among others.
Recent grants include the Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation grant (2026) and The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts Scholarships for Art Students and Young Artists, in Memory of Artist Otto Bjernrud.