Ragnhild Nes (b. 1993) is a visual artist from Norway.
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Ragnhild Nes is a Norwegian visual artist working primarily in painting, alongside writing and sculpture, currently based in Paris at La Fabrique Ateliers d'Artistes. Her practice unfolds through abstraction, layering color, form, light, and poetry with influences from nature, mythology, and art history. Writing is central to her process: words begin on the blank canvas and transform into compositions, sometimes buried beneath thick layers of paint then resurfacing through titles, poems, or embroidered text on the canvas. Her sculptural practice extends from her paintings into the three-dimensional, working with materials including metal, wood, and ceramics. Nes discovered painting in high school, where she majored in art, followed by a year of art studies in Copenhagen. Since then, she has continued to paint actively alongside her studies at Leeds Arts University (UK) and Westerdals Oslo ACT (Norway), where she completed a BA.
SELECTED SOLO / DUO EXHIBITIONS
2027 Solo exhibition, SARP Gallery, Sicily, Italy
2026 Red Red Fire Fire - Solo exhibition, Artnet Office Gallery, Beijing, China
2026 Midsummer Night, When Time Suspends - Duo exhibition with GOES Wuhan C Lab x Yiwei Gallery. Wuhan, China
2026 The Hidden Woman of the Forest (De Huldra, Huden Barken Vannet) - Solo exhibition, Ål Kulturhus, Ål, Norway
2025 Remains of Sunrise (Rest av soloppgang) - Solo exhibition, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2025 No One Sees a Flower, Really - Duo exhibition with Lisette van Hoogenhuyze, Duer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2024 Why Should Spring Wait? (Hvorfor skal våren vente) - Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2023 It Is Always Summer in My Dreams (Det er alltid sommer i drømmene mine) - Valdres Kunstforening, Fagernes, Norway
2023 Racing Behind the Clouds (Bak skyene i full fart) - Duo exhibition with Lars Gangdal, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2023 One Night Stand - Installation with Lisette van Hoogenhuyze, Autopoul, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 WHEN WORDS ATTACK THE VISIBLE, THEY ARE ERASED - Solo exhibition, SARP Gallery, Sicily, Italy
2022 Gum on Your Floor - BKD Gallery, Tønsberg, Norway
2022 Draw a Line (Sette en strek) - Hos Arne Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2021 Sleepless Sky (Søvnløs Himmel) - Duo exhibition with Julia Conley, Trevarefabrikken, Lofoten, Norway
2021 The Closest You Get to Me (Det nærmeste du kommer meg) - Duo exhibition with HLÍN Studio, Hos Arne Oslo, Norway
2020 In the Garden (I Hagen) - Duo exhibition with Julia Conley, Oslo, Norway
2026 Red Red Fire Fire - Solo exhibition, Artnet Office Gallery, Beijing, China
2026 Midsummer Night, When Time Suspends - Duo exhibition with GOES Wuhan C Lab x Yiwei Gallery. Wuhan, China
2026 The Hidden Woman of the Forest (De Huldra, Huden Barken Vannet) - Solo exhibition, Ål Kulturhus, Ål, Norway
2025 Remains of Sunrise (Rest av soloppgang) - Solo exhibition, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2025 No One Sees a Flower, Really - Duo exhibition with Lisette van Hoogenhuyze, Duer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2024 Why Should Spring Wait? (Hvorfor skal våren vente) - Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2023 It Is Always Summer in My Dreams (Det er alltid sommer i drømmene mine) - Valdres Kunstforening, Fagernes, Norway
2023 Racing Behind the Clouds (Bak skyene i full fart) - Duo exhibition with Lars Gangdal, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2023 One Night Stand - Installation with Lisette van Hoogenhuyze, Autopoul, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022 WHEN WORDS ATTACK THE VISIBLE, THEY ARE ERASED - Solo exhibition, SARP Gallery, Sicily, Italy
2022 Gum on Your Floor - BKD Gallery, Tønsberg, Norway
2022 Draw a Line (Sette en strek) - Hos Arne Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2021 Sleepless Sky (Søvnløs Himmel) - Duo exhibition with Julia Conley, Trevarefabrikken, Lofoten, Norway
2021 The Closest You Get to Me (Det nærmeste du kommer meg) - Duo exhibition with HLÍN Studio, Hos Arne Oslo, Norway
2020 In the Garden (I Hagen) - Duo exhibition with Julia Conley, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Read the Room, Van Buul Gallery, The Hague, Netherlands
2025 THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, AMACI: Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums, Sorrento, Italy
2024 Back to Work, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2024 Reflections of Essence, ArtRoom, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 It’s Gonna Be May, Tableau Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 1:1 pt 3 , Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2023 Still Water (STILLE VANN), Rev Ocean / Duer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2022 Off the Wall, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2021 Meeting the Wall (I møte med veggen), Sorgenfri, Oslo, Norway
2021 PARALAXE, Galeria PADA, Barreiro, Portugal
2025 THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF CONTEMPORARY ART, AMACI: Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums, Sorrento, Italy
2024 Back to Work, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2024 Reflections of Essence, ArtRoom, Lisbon, Portugal
2024 It’s Gonna Be May, Tableau Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 1:1 pt 3 , Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2023 Still Water (STILLE VANN), Rev Ocean / Duer Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2022 Off the Wall, Kösk Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2021 Meeting the Wall (I møte med veggen), Sorgenfri, Oslo, Norway
2021 PARALAXE, Galeria PADA, Barreiro, Portugal
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2025 ExtrArtist x DOM Residency, Sorrento, Italy
2025 DUPLEX AIR Residency, duo with Lars Gangdal, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 The Munch Atelier Foundation, Ekely, Oslo, Norway
2024 Artist Residency, Rott, Sola, Norway, with writer Jonathan Lengali
2023 POST EX, Rome, Italy
2022 SARP - The Sicily Artist Residency, Sicily, Italy
2022 DUPLEX AIR Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2021 PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2021 Trevarefabrikken Residency, Lofoten, with Julia Conley
2025 DUPLEX AIR Residency, duo with Lars Gangdal, Lisbon, Portugal
2025 The Munch Atelier Foundation, Ekely, Oslo, Norway
2024 Artist Residency, Rott, Sola, Norway, with writer Jonathan Lengali
2023 POST EX, Rome, Italy
2022 SARP - The Sicily Artist Residency, Sicily, Italy
2022 DUPLEX AIR Residency, Lisbon, Portugal
2021 PADA Studios, Barreiro, Portugal
2021 Trevarefabrikken Residency, Lofoten, with Julia Conley
EDUCATION
2014–2017 Westerdals Oslo ACT / Leeds Arts University BA, Scenography
2012–2013 Borups Højskole, Art Studies
2009–2012 Oslo By Steinerskole, Art Programme in highschool
2012–2013 Borups Højskole, Art Studies
2009–2012 Oslo By Steinerskole, Art Programme in highschool
Additional training: Fresco Painting, Muralverkstedet (2024); Nydalen Kunstskole (2017–2020), figurative oil painting with Bjørn Algrim (2017–2020), color theory and technical painting with Bjørn Kirk (2013)
SELECTED SCENOGRAPHY
2022 CODA Dance Festival: Scenography for the dance company Siri Jøntvedt & Snelle Hall
2019 DJ ADIPOP, Øyafestival (Oslo, Norway) Live VJ: video and animation
2018 KOSO CLUB, Øyafestival (Oslo, Norway) : video and animation
2018 CALL DON’T TEXT: VJ, installation, video and animation
2017 Samsaya: Scenography, live VJ and animation
2015 - 2016 Great People: live-filmed abstract painting performance
CURATORIAL WORK
2024 Up&COMING, Art Night, Bjørvika, Oslo
2023 BODYBUILDING, Art Night, Bjørvika, Oslo
2016–2017 Exhibitions at the Vigeland Museum, Oslo, in connection with Pipfest
2014–2018 Founder and curator, ROTLØS, art and music platform, Oslo / Copenhagen
WORKSHOPS & TEACHING
2024 Painting Abstractly from Nature, National Museum, Oslo
2023 Children’s workshop in still life, sculpture and painting, KunstLAB
2022. Primary Colours in Acrylic, Elephant Academy, London
2022. Figurative Drawing with Oil Pastels, Elephant Academy, London
SELECTED PRESS
2026 Kunstpraten, Finansavisen & Kapital - Podcast, Portrait interview
2024 KUNSTPODDEN, Arven etter Anna-Eva Bergman - Podcast interview, in collaboration with the National Museum of Norway
2024 THE STEIDZ - Portrait interview
2023 Costume Magazine, Artist Life: Meet Three Norwegian Stars
2023 SUBJEKT, 30 Under 30
2022 SIGHTUNSEEN, I møte med veggen
2021 D2 - Interview
MEMBERSHIPS
NBK - Norwegian Visual Artists Association
BO - Visual Artists Oslo
BO - Visual Artists Oslo