Olle Norås – Vid ängarna

We are pleased to present Olle Norås’ second solo exhibition at the gallery, Vid ängarna, featuring a new body of paintings. Working primarily with gouache on paper, Norås has long explored the intersections of abstraction, spirituality, and the natural world. His paintings are meticulous constructions, where micro- and macrocosmic perspectives unfold into vibrant landscapes. 

In Vid ängarna, the artist’s visual language undergoes a subtle yet significant shift. The abstract forms of earlier works now lean towards figuration, taking shape as upright presences that evoke entities emerging from a long-forgotten landscape. Infused with energy and movement, these compositions appear almost animated–as if advancing towards the viewer, both autonomous and vibrant. They float between natural being and almost-human form, suspended in a state of becoming. 

The attention to detail, combined with a palette of vivid, at times psychedelic colour, heightens the impression of vitality and intensity. Yet fantastical flora, organic structures, and elemental processes remain central to Olle Norås’ practice, anchoring these new presences in an ongoing dialogue with nature’s cycles of growth and decay. In Vid ängarna, this unfolds in new ways, as the artist expands his explorations into the realm between abstraction and figuration.

Olle Norås (b. 1982) lives and works in Stockholm. He studied at the Royal Institute of Art (2013-2015) and holds a BFA in ironwork from HDK Steneby, Academy of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg (2011). 

Selected exhibitions include Art Brussels, 2025 (BE), Galleri Arnsted, 2024 (SE), CHART Art Fair, 2023 (DK), Cecilia Hillström Gallery, 2022 (SE), Avesta Art, 2022 (SE), Galerie Anhava, 2021 (FI), Eva Livijn Artspace, 2021 (SE), and Bonniers Konsthall, 2020 (SE). Norås was awarded one of the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation Grants in 2017. 

His works are included in the collections of Moderna Museet, Malmö Art Museum, Public Art Agency Sweden, Turku Art Museum/Lars Göran Johnsson Collection (FI), Maria Bonnier Dahlin Foundation, Region Stockholm, Region Skåne, Region Uppsala and Region Gävleborg as well as prominent Swedish and American private collections.