Fredrik Værslev NORWEGIAN, b. 1979

Fredrik Værslev’s process-oriented practice draws on the intersection of painting and architecture, resulting in non-representational works that subvert traditional techniques and methods. Værslev’s experiments have included painting on wooden palettes, leaving canvases out in the elements to warp and weather, and utilizing tools traditionally used to paint roads. His compositional style is highly varied, ranging from the hard-edged linear works of his “Canopy” paintings, inspired by the awnings of his childhood home, to his “terrazzo” works, which reference both the splatters of Jackson Pollock and the the speckled materiality of Italian stone floors. Værslev has exhibited in New York City, London, Berlin, Paris, Oslo, Los Angeles, Rome, Basel, and Stockholm, among others. His works are in the collections of the Astrup Fearnley Museet, the Centre Pompidou, the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, the Moderna Museet, and the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo.