Galleri Magnus Karlsson (SE)

Magnus Karlsson founded his eponymous gallery in 1990 in Västerås. In 1997 the gallery moved to Stockholm and now has its location on the ground floor of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Over the years the gallery has worked closely with artists on a long-term basis, producing exhibitions, attending fairs and realising special projects both in Sweden and internationally.

Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2026, the Galleri Magnus Karlsson presents a new body of work by Ebba Svensson, created especially for the fair. The presentation brings together a series of large-scale paintings that continue Svensson's exploration of the threshold between figuration and abstraction, where natural motifs gradually dissolve through a meticulous, repetitive painting process. Developed specifically for CHART, the new works explore the material and tactile qualities of paint, revealing the artist's distinctive approach to surface, rhythm, and perception.

Ebba Svensson (SE)

Ebba Svensson’s large-scale paintings exist in the borderland between figurative and abstract art. The nature motifs become increasingly dissolved during the painting process, with the focus shifting to materiality rather than subject matter. Svensson has developed a technique in which she applies oil paint in numerous short strokes with small, hard, handmade brushes on a hide glue-primed and pigmented cotton canvas. It is a dry, repetitive painting technique that is reminiscent of sewing and drawing with dry pastels. The paintings’ surfaces can be compared to a strangely vibrating painterly noise.

Ebba Svensson (b. 1997) lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Education: Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm (2018–2023). Exhibitions: Prins Eugen Waldemarsudde, Nässjö Konsthall, Alma Löv Museum and Sara Hildén Art Museum, Finland. She received the Åke Andrén Foundation Scholarship 2025. In collections of Västerås Konstmuseum, Ståhl Collection and LKV, Sweden.