Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen

Nikolai Torgersen

In the fall of 2024 we launched our representation of Nikolai Torgersen (b. 1990). This Office wall  exhibition marks our first official project together. For the exhibition, Torgersen will present two new paintings and a selection of sculptures.

Earlier this spring of 2025, Torgersen had his literary debut with H. Aschehoug & Co. publishning about his upbringing, about trauma and recreation of the self through art. The book has held a first place on the book ranking in Norway for weeks.

The night of May 7 we welcome you in the gallery for a talk about Torgersen's book and a following opening of his exhibition on our office wall. 

Programme for the May 7, in the gallery:

- 18:30 - doors open

- 19:00 - Torgersen and talk about the book w Jon Krog Pedersen from Aschehoug. Limited seating

- 20:00 - opening of the Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen

We could not be more excited and we hope to see you here!

Nikolai Torgersen has in recent years marked himself as one of Norway's most prominent rising contemporary artists. He works in various media such as painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. 

Torgersen's body of work is rooted in an expressive, figurative tradition on one hand. On the other, he is known for his autobiographical, confessional work.His personal voice and history plays a fundamental role in his artistry. Trauma, social conditions, substance abuse as well as personal choice and responsibility are all central in Torgersen's work.

Torgersen mixes high and low detail figures and motifs in his work. In his paintings and drawings, for instance, we often see transparent, simplified figures, almost doodle-like, clinch with higher detail motifs. What we see when we look at the world is but a simplified, subjective version. A glimpse of everything there is, reminding us that we can never grasp it all, let alone what other people are seeing or experiencing. His work takes on how we see the world filtered through our own personal experiences.