Meta Isæus-Berlin (SE)
Meta Isæus-Berlin stands as one of Sweden’s most established and internationally recognised artists – a universal talent who moves effortlessly between installation, sculpture and painting. Over several decades, she has built a practice defined by intellectual depth and visual authority, mastering each medium with equal force. Her early large-scale installations transformed exhibition spaces into psychologically charged environments, earning her a central position in Scandinavian contemporary art. In recent years, her transition into painting has marked an expansion: the same spatial intelligence and sculptural sensibility now unfold on canvas. Drawing on domestic interiors, fairy tales, spiritual imagery and art history, Isæus-Berlin composes meticulously staged worlds where dream and reality converge. Saturated colour, symbolic precision and emotional complexity define her work. Each piece carries the weight of experience and narrative, affirming her position as a leading voice in Swedish contemporary art.
Meta Isæus-Berlin (b. 1963, Sweden) lives and works in Sweden. Educated at the Royal Institute of Art, she represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale (1997). Major exhibitions include Liljevalchs (2006) and Waldemarsudde (2019). Her work is held in prominent collections like Moderna Museet, Kiasma and Gothenburg Museum of Art.
Koalan
Oil on canvas
2024
Courtesy of the artist and CFHILL
Bästa vännen
Bronze
2025
Courtesy of the artist and CFHILL
Filosofen
Bronze
2022
Courtesy of the artist and CFHILL. Photo by Bjorn Petren