Fredrik Værslev (b. 1979) currently lives and works in in Norway. Værslev’s practice demonstrates an insistent focus on the painting process that demonstrates the possibilities and relevance of the medium today. His works stem from the meeting between architecture and painting, and take form as painted renderings of motifs from the artist’s daily life. He treats his paintings as objects, often created through more or less laborious, serial, or deterministic processes where time itself, as well as various external factors, become active co-creators in the making of his work.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Fonds regional d’art contemporain Bretagne, Rennes, France (forthcoming); World Paintings, Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy (2020); Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany (2019); Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway (2019); Giuliani Foundation, Rome, Italy (2018); Fredrik Værslev, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway (2018); Fredrik Værslev, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (2018); Fredrik Værslev, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland (2017); Merman, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (2017); Fredrik Værslev, Gio’ Marconi, Milan, Italy (2016); Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark (2016); Fredrik Værslev: All Around Amateur, Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2016); Le Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (2016), among others.

Selected group exhibitions include: How It’s Made, Carl Kostyál Gallery, London (2017); Working/Not Working, CANADA 331, New York (2017); National Art School Gallery, Sydney (2017); The Promise, Index– The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm (2017); How It’s Made, curated by Matt Williams, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm (2017); He is left handed and walks with a cane, Galleri Riis, Stockholm (2016); CHER(E)S AMI(E)S (DEAR FRIENDS), Centre Pompidou, Paris (2016); NN-A NN-A NN-A, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2015), among others.