Høyersten Contemporary
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Exhibitions
  • About & contact
  • News
  • Art advisory
Cart
0 items £
Checkout

Item added to cart

View cart & checkout
Continue shopping
Menu
Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen
7 May - 7 June 2025

Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen

Current exhibition
  • Overview
  • Installation Views
  • Related Artists
Overview
Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen

Nikolai Torgersen

 

In the fall of 2024 we launched our representation of Nikolai Torgersen (b. 1990). This Office wall  exhibition marks our first official project together. For the exhibition, Torgersen will present two new paintings and a selection of sculptures.

 

Earlier this spring of 2025, Torgersen had his literary debut with H. Aschehoug & Co. publishning about his upbringing, about trauma and recreation of the self through art. The book has held a first place on the book ranking in Norway for weeks.

 

The night of May 7 we welcome you in the gallery for a talk about Torgersen's book and a following opening of his exhibition on our office wall. 

 

Programme for the May 7, in the gallery:

- 18:30 - doors open

- 19:00 - Torgersen and talk about the book w Jon Krog Pedersen from Aschehoug. Limited seating

- 20:00 - opening of the Office wall x Nikolai Torgersen

 

We could not be more excited and we hope to see you here!

 

 


 

 

Nikolai Torgersen has in recent years marked himself as one of Norway's most prominent rising contemporary artists. He works in various media such as painting, drawing, sculpture and installation. 

 

Torgersen's body of work is rooted in an expressive, figurative tradition on one hand. On the other, he is known for his autobiographical, confessional work.His personal voice and history plays a fundamental role in his artistry. Trauma, social conditions, substance abuse as well as personal choice and responsibility are all central in Torgersen's work.

 

Torgersen mixes high and low detail figures and motifs in his work. In his paintings and drawings, for instance, we often see transparent, simplified figures, almost doodle-like, clinch with higher detail motifs. What we see when we look at the world is but a simplified, subjective version. A glimpse of everything there is, reminding us that we can never grasp it all, let alone what other people are seeing or experiencing. His work takes on how we see the world filtered through our own personal experiences.

Share
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Installation Views
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 13
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 22
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 21
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 11
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 10
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 2
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 5
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 24
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 20
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 9
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 8
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 18
  • Hc Nikolai Torgersen Foto Thor Br Dreskift 17

Related artist

  • Nikolai Torgersen

    Nikolai Torgersen

Back to exhibitions
Privacy Policy
Manage cookies
Copyright © 2025 Høyersten Contemporary
Site by Artlogic
Facebook, opens in a new tab.
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
Send an email
View on Google Maps

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences
Close

Join our mailing list

Signup

* denotes required fields

We will process the personal data you have supplied to communicate with you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.