NEVVEN (SE)

NEVVEN is an international non-profit hybrid art project, with gallery spaces in Göteborg, Sweden. Situated at the meeting point between a diffused kunsthalle and a multinational art gallery, NEVVEN promotes an intersectional perspective on the contemporary art scene and curates a diverse output of exhibitions, disseminative events and contents in partnership with different public and private institutions. NEVVEN was founded in Sweden in 2015 as an experiment in exhibition making by curator Mattia Lullini and artist Alina Vergnano and still has its main goal in looking for new answers and forms to access visual culture, both structurally and ethically.

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411 33 Gothenburg
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Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2025, NEVVEN presents "Flower" a curated three-person show conceptually and poetically blossoming from the same-titled feminist anthem sung by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon in 1985. "Flower" brings together the visionary and transcendentally erotic paintings by Oda Sønderland (1996, Oslo), new stained glass, wood and bronze works by Emelie Sandström (1986, Stockholm) and introduces to the Danish public the superstar sculptor, and Venice Biennale representative, Zsófia Keresztes (1985, Budapest).

Oda Sønderland (NO)

Having established herself as one of the most sought after young Norwegian artists right now, Oda Sønderland uses intricate and enticing paintings, woodcarvings and video installations to investigate universal themes through a personal perspective. Lying behind her attentively composed images and incredible details is a sincere contemplation on what she describes as “the experience of love and desire, distractions from death or a stare at it right in the eye, the self and the other, the organic and the constructed.” With powerful references to both a typically Norwegian and intimately interior landscape, Sønderland has developed a unique mythology of characters, objects, and forms that she uses to bring to life beautifully eerie and powerfully evocative images.

Artist Bio Oda Sønderland (b. 1996, Oslo; NO) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She holds an MA in Painting from The Royal College of Art in London (2022) and has recently exhibited at François Ghebaly (New York, 2025), NEVVEN (Bologna, 2024 and Gothenburg, 2022), Gathering (London, 2024), and Pangée (Montreal, 2023).

Riket [The Kingdom]

Watercolour and gouache on paper
2023

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Carlo Favero

Fristeren [The Tempter]

Watercolour and gouache on paper
2024

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Carlo Favero

Venus

Watercolour, flashe and gouache on paper
2024

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Carlo Favero

Gutterommet [Boyhood]

Watercolour on paper
2022

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

Hvitt Hull [White Hole]

Watercolour and gouache on paper, basswood, UV glass
2024

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Carlo Favero

Portrait of Oda Sønderland

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Sara Lorusso

Zsófia Keresztes (HU)

Zsófia Keresztes is one of the most prominent and relevant voices of her generation within the medium of sculpture. Her colourful, sinuous and timeless mosaic-covered figures, often a combination of biomorphic abstraction and familiar forms, have gained international recognition both for their unique and instantaneously recognisable style, but also for their capacity to create sculptures where archaic and futuristic merge, unlocking discourses about self-identity. Imposing and elegant at once, Keresztes' often monumental artworks and installations invite the viewers into a world where sensuality is bordering the otherworldly.

Zsófia Keresztes (b.1985, Budapest; HU) graduated from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (2010) and is currently based in Budapest, Hungary. Keresztes represented her native Hungary at the 2022 Venice Biennale and has exhibited at KÖNIG GALERIE (Berlin, 2023), Pera Museum (Istanbul, 2023), Ludwig Museum (Budapest, 2022), and Centre Pompidou-Metz (2022).

Stronger Every Day

Stainless steel, glass mosaic, fabric, textile dye, thread, grout, styrofoam, fiberglass, construction adhesive
2024

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

Unfolding Responsibility

Stainless steel, glass mosaic, fabric, textile dye, thread, grout, styrofoam, fiberglass, construction adhesive
2024

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Dávid Biró

After Dreams—I Dare to Defy the Damage

Installation view at the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022
2022

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Dávid Biró

After Dreams—I Dare Defy the Damage

Installation view at the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022
2022

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Dávid Biró

After Dreams—I Dare Defy the Damage

Installation view at the Hungarian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022
2022

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by Dávid Biró

Portrait of Zsófia Keresztes

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Biro

Emelie Sandström (SE)

Emelie Sandström's practice is the mirror of a unique personality and sensitivity, where a deep knowledge of traditional techniques and materials organically fuses together medieval iconography and contemporary aesthetics, religion and mysticism, primitive art and virtual reality. Bending and playing hard materials like wood, metal and glass, she creates sculptures that are austere and oneiric, that often has taken monumental sizes for private and public commissions. Sandström's art transforms a pantheistic, animist and animal-rights credo, into enchanting objects reminiscent of mystical presences, which for her are deeply and idiosyncratically spiritual.

Emelie Sandström (b. 1986, Stockholm; SE) holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy (2015) and her work is represented in public collections including Malmö Konstmuseum, Bror Hjorths Hus, Region Stockholm, Region Skåne, Jönköping Municipality, Lund Municipality, and Uppsala Municipality among others. Sandström lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.