Fredrik Söderberg, Asynja, 2022, watercolour and gold leaf on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 167 x 116 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Midvinterblot II, 2022, watercolour on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 89.5 x 69.5 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, In the Garden of Eden, 2022, watercolour on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 69.5 x 89.5 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Chandigarh, 2020, watercolor on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 122 x 228 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Skagerrak, 2020, watercolor on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 228 x 122 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, The Third Reich Architecture, 2019, watercolor on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 228 x 122 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Absinthe, 2020, watercolor on paper, wooden frame, museum glass, 82 x 62 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Croix de Sang, 2020, watercolor on paper, wooden frame, museum glass, 82 x 62 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Cathedral, 2018, watercolor on paper, black stained wooden frame, museum glass, 166 x 114 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Blood Meridian, 2018, watercolor on paper, frame in lacquered wood, museum glass, 166 x 114 cm. Photo: kunst.dokumentation.com
Fredrik Söderberg, Var var du när jag lade jordens grund? Låt höra, om du vet och kan, 2018, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Sol och stål, 2018, watercolor on paper, frame in lacquered wood, museum glass, 132 x 239 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Har du varit vid förråden med snö, har du sett förråden med hagel, 2018, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, The Triumph of Death /Dödens triumf, 2018, watercolour on paper, black lacquered frame, museum glass, 115 x 166 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Resa till nattens ände, 2018, watercolor on paper, frame in lacquered wood, 165 x 113cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Krigarens väg / The Warrior’s Path, 2018, watercolour on paper, black lacquered frame, museum glass, 83,5 x 64,5 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Alpha et Omega, 2015, watercolour and gold leaf on paper, 75 x 54 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Alpha et Omega, 2016, watercolour and gold leaf on paper, 30 x 22 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, 2016, watercolour on paper, 24 x 18 cm
Fredrik Söderberg, Hades, 2014, watercolour and gold leaf on paper, 107 x 77 cm (incl frame)
Fredrik Söderberg
With the use of watercolours, mineral colours and gold leaf, Fredrik Söderberg creates an imaginative world, always searching for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind human behaviour and its implications in a historical context. Art history, philosophy, spirituality and existential queries infuse Söderberg’s artistic process and serve as a backdrop for his work. Balancing complex issues in the grey area between good and evil; light and shadow, Fredrik Söderberg’s paintings are a result of intense concentration and imbued with a timeless beauty. His oeuvre encompasses meticulously executed watercolours, abstract paintings and richly illustrated publications.
Fredrik Söderberg (born in Örebro 1972) is based in Stockholm. He holds an MFA from University College of Arts, Craft & Design and has also studied at the Royal Institute of Art. A comprehensive survey of his watercolours dated 2008-2019 was recently presented in the solo exhibition Fredrik Söderberg, Watercolours 2008-2019 at the Nordic Watercolour Museum in 2020. In addition, he was represented in the exhibition Start at Örebro konsthall, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Örebro Art School in the Spring of 2020. Other recent exhibitions include Kristianstad konsthall (with Christine Ödlund) during the autumn of 2019. Further, Söderberg has exhibited at the Swedish History Museum, Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, and in numerous gallery exhibitions in Sweden and abroad. His works are included in the collections of Moderna Museet, Magasin III Museum & Foundation for Contemporary Art, Public Art Agency Sweden, The Nordic Watercolor Museum as well as in private collections.
Press
2022
”Midvinterblot och förlorade världar”, Karolina Modig / Art Notes Read more…
”Fredrik Söderberg, ”En förlorad värld” Färger och mönster suger fast blicken”, Håkan Nilsson / SvD Read more…
”Fredrik Söderbergs visuella borrningar väcker ambivalens”, Birgitta Rubin / DN Read more…
2020
”Motsatser som formar en dynamisk duo”, Sara Arvidsson / GP Read more…
”Fredrik Söderberg imponerar på Akvarellmuseet”, Karin Faxén Sporrong / DN Read more…
”…lapptäcken av oroande estetik.”, Johanna Theander / Konsten.net Read more…
”Ett utsökt och tidskrävande hantverk skapar bildernas suggestiva kraft.”, Kristina Maria Mezei / Omkonst Read more…
”…en av våra mest intressanta samtidskonstnärer.”, Dennis Dahlqvist / SVT Read more…
”…materialiserar kampen mellan ordning och upplösning…”, Sara Arvidsson / GP Read more…
2019
”…laddas den dova koloriten och det sparsmakade uttrycket med en inre spänning…, Håkan Nilsson / SvD Read more…
2018
”Fredrik Söderberg mellan himmel och helvete”, Mårten Arndtzén / SR Read more…
”Hieronymus Bosch framstår som tam jämfört med det här”, Joanna Persman / SvD Read more…
”Abstrakt realism hos Söderberg och Mårtensson”, Magnus Bons / Konsten.net Read more…
”Djävulen i detaljerna”, Susanna Slöör / Omkonst Read more…
”Fem starka galleriutställningar i Stockholm” , Birgitta Rubin / DN Read more…
2017
”Stramt, stiliserat naivt, fantasifullt, sprött vackert och uttrycksfullt”, Nils Forsberg / Expressen Read more…
”…nytolkning av en gammal undergång…”, Clemens Poellinger / SvD Read more…
Exhibitions
