John Atherton in Conversation

Sara Berman describes her paintings as ‘a dialogue between painting and textiles'  and joins Juliet on the podcast to breakdown her works and the 'uncomfortable nooks of the female bodily experience' found in her self portraits.

Originally from London, Sara Berman studied at St. Martins School of Art & Design and later took a Masters of Fine Art at Slade School of Art. Her work can be found in notable international collections, and she has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibition, currently represented by Vielmetter in Los Angeles.

Sara describes her paintings as ‘a dialogue between painting and textiles.’
With a background both in fashion and art, Sara brilliantly creates a game of  materiality in her large scale compositions in oil on canvas.

The conversation is very much based around the female experience and touches on every aspect of how Sara personally operates in the world and how this is represented in her work.  Her experiences are reflected through the character of the Trickster Whore and the use of the Harlequin as a starting point for all her paintings.

You can follow Sara Berman on Instagram and on her website

Delighted to share news of our ongoing gallery Art Auction.

There are a few days left to bid on artworks in Nordic Art Agency Art Auction.  Many of  our international  artists we have featured on the podcast have artworks in the auction and this is a great way to acquire their work.

All 75 of the artworks can be viewed in the gallery or online at,  www.nordicartagency.com/art-auction

This is a silent auction and bids can be placed by email and until February 8th at 10:00 am.

Do please contact the gallery if you have any questions or would like any assistance with placing your bid, hello@nordicartagency.com

A short tour of the Art Auction has been pinned to our Instagram so you can also take a look at how the gallery looks with all these artwork on the walls.

Good luck with your art bidding!

Welcome to this first episode of Season 5 of the Nordic Art Agency Podcast. Art historian, gallerist and host Juliet returns with a new conversation with Swedish landscape watercolour artist Erik Hårdstedt.

OUTLOOK is the recent exhibition of Erik Hårdstedt's paintings which opened at the Nordic Art Agency in January 2024 and features 14 watercolour works. Recording from his current studio on the outskirts of Gokarna, a small town on the Indian West Coast, Erik discusses his painting practice and how travel, changes in scenery and different cultural input fuels his approach to his creative process which is an essential part of the identity and compositions of his painting.

The exhibition is now open at the Nordic Art Agency gallery until March 3rd. You can view the OUTLOOK digital exhibition catalogue online and can email the gallery of your wish to receive any more information about available paintings by Erik Hårdstedt.

View Eric Hårdstedt's Instagram and listen to his music, which interprets his artwork, on Spotify.

Join podcast host Juliet Rees Nilsson and exhibition curator and artist Sarah Blanking on this the final episode of Season 4.  This is the second year that the Nordic Art Agency has hosted a Winter Exhibition featuring 12 multidisciplinary artists from Southern Sweden and Copenhagen.

Sara Blanking invites three of the exhibiting artists; Christian Bluff, Lotta Blanking and Lucas Nagel to discuss their practices, materials and their personal reflections on the local art scene. 

The Winter Exhibition is open everyday until January 28th 2024 and includes artworks by: Anders Allard, Lotta Blanking, Kristian Bluff, Mirjam Ekespong, Zarah Flesser, Stina Henriksson, Dinusha Hoenjet (da), Agnes Vera Kaufmann, Sujatha Kristensen, Lucas Nagel, Malin Sjöstedt and Gitte Valentiner-Branth.

View the Winter Exhibition on the Gallery Store or the full digital exhibition catalogue .

A  new gallery concept is emerging in London's Soho with a focus purely on music art. This reflects the emergence of an increasing demand for art either created by musicians or which reflects music as a direct inspiration.

Film maker, award winning cinema owner, composer and musician Tom Lawes has a passion for instruments, primarily guitars and pianos, and a unique vision to exhibit bespoke and limited edition instruments alongside original artworks, limited edition and photography. His gallery Muphoria was born out of his passion for music, beautifully crafted instruments and a personal entrepreneurial approach to business.

Together with his team of other music enthusiasts and art experts he launched Muphoria, the first music art gallery on December 1st with a curated exhibition by many artists in many different mediums and fine art instruments.  Tom joins Juliet on this episode to discuss the gallery concept and his approach to custom made editions.

You can follow Muphoria on instagram as this very unique music art gallery evolves.

Swedish fibre artist Mia Hultgren studied at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (BA) in Copenhagen and later at the Royal College of Art (MA) in London. 

Mia Hultgren was invited to be the first Artist in Residence at the Nordic Art Agency gallery in the autumn of 2023.  On this episode host Juliet discusses how Mia's initial visual intention towards the project evolved, how her creative practice has been informed during the residency and how the interaction with gallery visitors has impacted her approach to the new body of works.

The current solo exhibition ASPECTS by Mia Hultgren includes all of the fiber art pieces created  during this intense two month residency period of the Artist Residency.  This includes ten small abstract framed portraits Secret Meetings  and 18 individual Lacuna pieces.  In addition. Mia created three larger more geometric works called Connections and some small circular suspended works.

ASPECTS is open at the Nordic Art Agency gallery until December 2nd and the digital exhibition catalogue can be view online.

You can follow Mia Hultgren on Instagram 

On this podcast episode Juliet is joined by British paper and written text artist Caroline Attan.   Her works are instantly intriguing and striking using organic visual representations in order to merge folded paper with poetry, paradox and metaphors. The concepts and compositions in her artworks collide as coloured, patterned and folded structures, together create a woven and textual narrative.

Her picture mainly consists of dense circular composition of folded shapes rotating along side, and above hand written poetry. Caroline frequently selects extracts from  Latin American poetry, which is where the cultural significance comes into play.  This is reflected in context and language the elements of the poetry are interpreted through colour, form and rhythm. Her works also utilizes literary extracts by authors such as James Joyce to inspire her compositions.

A series of works by Caroline Attan are currently included in the exhibition CLAY, INK, PAPER at the Nordic Art Agency gallery.  You can view all works online in the digital exhibition catalogue.

Caroline Attan is represented exclusively in Scandinavia by the Nordic Art Agency and you can follow her on account instagram.

On this episode of the Nordic Art Agency Podcast host Juliet is joined by Rosie O’Connor the Co-Curator at Frameless, London's first permanent digital immersive arts experience. Frameless opened in September 2022 in the heart of London’s West End cultural district. 

As the biggest digital immersive arts experience of its kind in the UK, Frameless is a new art landmark destination, bringing art to life like never before.  So after almost a year of opening it's doors with a 4K multi-genre and multi-artist experience, featuring iconic masterpieces from the likes of Cezanne, Kandinsky, Monet, Canaletto, Rembrandt and Klimt how has this new immersive art experienced been received and what place does it take in the museum and gallery world?

Rosie O'Connor who studied Art History and Visual Culture and has a special interest in British Modernism, museology and accessibility in the arts gives us her take on the evolution and future of the immersive art experience.

TOGETHER / APART  is a solo exhibition of collaborative photography by Natalie Christensen and Jim Eyre who join Juliet on this podcast episode from their studios in England and New Mexico.   The composite images which feature in the exhibition are of surreal cityscapes embodying the disquieting experience of how our lives were transformed by the ravages of COVID-19.

Expanding on their earlier collaborative  work ALTEREDSTATES/ALTEREDSCAPES, Christensen and Eyre are again combining photographs from their respective communities and responding to the experience of leaving behind our former lives and participating in a global effort to stop the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Architectural fragments and elements of the landscape are mingled to present diverse psychological experiences of this new world experience of  shock, loneliness, yearning and fear.

This podcast explores their unique creative collaboration and how their practice evolved during the global pandemic. 

TOGETHER / APARTwill be exhibited at the Nordic Art Agency until August 31st 2023 and the complete digital exhibition catalogue can be now online. 

You can find Natalie Christensen and Jim Eyre on instagram where you can see more examples of their work.

British visual artist Rupert Hartley trained originally in printed textile design at the Glasgow School of Art and later went on to take his MA in Art in Architecture at University of East London.  A constant in his work has been an exploration of architecture and city space and the  ‘the simulated environments and psychogeographies’.

The grid or square blocks and stripes are the formulaic language which dominates much of his work along side his commitment to colour, layering of paint and mixed media. Rupert works on a varied selection of ground materials including cardboard, repurposed fabrics and stretch and unstretched canvas.

Rupert Hartley's solo exhibition Inter - Scenic launches at the Nordic Art Agency on May 11, 2023.  This will be his first solo exhibition in Scandinavian. The complete digital exhibition catalogue will be published online and will be available to view from May 10th.

You can follow Rupert Hartley on Instagram or view his work on his artist page.