Oil on canvas. Landscapes, darkness and transmutation. The Swedish artist Sara-
Vide Ericson (b.1983) is one of the foremost Nordic renewers of landscape painting.
Ericson’s large figurative oil paintings draw on her immediate environment in
Hälsingland in northern Sweden.
Her largest solo exhibition to date, SUBTERRANEAN HUNGER presents pieces
that were created while winter was just beginning to relinquish its hold on the forests
around the artist’s home.
Ericson lives in a classic red-painted former school building among free-range hens,
beat-up old Volvos and rugged nature. Here, she creates her spellbinding landscapes,
which feel simultaneously familiar and alien. The sceneries of northern Sweden infuses
the intense oil paintings, which merge internal and external landscapes: Hälsingland
bogs, rivers and forests meet performative rituals and deeply personal experiences.
Exhibition opening and preview
The exhibition opens on 22 May 2025 from 17.00 to 21.00 with an occult and festive
opening programme.
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After the opening speech by Director Nanna Hjortenberg, and an artist talk by
Sara-Vide Ericson and Nanna Abell, the audience can explore the exhibition and
experience a programme of occult vibes, beer and oysters, tarot readings, a concert
with the Japanese guitarist and composer Yuki Tsujii, Emma Acs DJ’ing – and a
personality test that determines whether you are a troll or an elf.
