Ragnhild Nes

Ragnhild Nes (b. 1993) is a Norwegian visual artist working in painting, drawing, and sculpture.

Her work unfolds through abstraction, where colour, form, and light are layered with influences from her surroundings, cultural encounters, myths, and art historical references. Nes explores how experience, memory, and history can be transformed into compositions that are both tactile and poetic.

Writing is integral to her process: each work begins with words on the blank surface. Sometimes they are hidden beneath layers of paint, like traces of memory, while at other times they resurface in titles, colours, structures, or as stitched sentences across the canvas. In this way, language becomes inseparable from the visual, creating works where meaning emerges gradually through depth and layering.

Nes has exhibited in Norway and internationally, among other a solo show at SARP Gallery, Italy (2022), and Tableau, Copenhagen (2024).

Foto: Julianne Leikanger