NEVVEN (SE)

NEVVEN is a non-profit hybrid art project, based in Göteborg, Sweden. Situated at the meeting point between a small kunsthalle and an art gallery, NEVVEN promotes an intersectional perspective on the ultra-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 as its main goal to look for new answers and forms to access visual culture, both structurally and ethically.

Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2026, NEVVEN is pleased to present a solo show by Swedish artist Fanny Hellgren. The space will be balanced between her fascinating sand sculptures and drawings. Both coming from the combination and subtraction of sand, pigments and water, the two series present a unique possibility to access Hellgren's delicate and minimalistic practice. Her work is characterized by its ability to walk the knife's edge between a coherent formal and conceptual process and the ability to create incredibly attractive and mysterious objects.

Fanny Hellgren (SE)

The art of Fanny Hellgren deals with ideas of time, change, and ephemerality in relation to natural and constructed landscapes. She uses sand, stone, water, resin, concrete, pigment, graphite and paper, and allows the properties and agency of materials guide her process based practice to unexpected sculptural results, where natural science and mysticism merge in always new magnetic and fascinating forms.

Fanny Hellgren (Göteborg, 1992) holds an MFA from the Malmö Art Academy (2021), and has studied at HDK-Valand Academy in Göteborg (2017) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2016). She has exhibited at venues such as Göteborgs Konsthall, NEVVEN, Göteborgs Stadsmuseum, and Alingsås Museum, and her work is represented in public collections including Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Statens Konstråd, Ståhl Collection, Region Kalmar, and Region Skåne, to name a few. Hellgren lives and works in Göteborg, Sweden.

Parts of the Whole I

Pigment and binder on paper, frame
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Parts of the Whole III

Pigment and binder on paper, frame
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Parts of the Whole V

Pigment and binder on paper, frame
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Parts of the Whole IX

Pigment and binder on paper, frame
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Tongue

Sand, resin, pigment
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Night Is Mother to the Day

Sand, resin, pigment
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Ebb and Flow

Sand, resin, pigment
2026

Courtesy of the artist and NEVVEN. Photo by David Eng

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Portrait of Fanny Hellgren in her studio in Gothenburg, Sweden

Courtesy of Fanny Hellgren and NEVVEN