Artist Statement
My current artistic practice is rooted in the exploration of landscapes and the emotions they evoke. Through the medium of oil painting, I delve into the emotional undercurrents of a place, experience or state of being, utilising the composition of a landscape as a vessel to carry these emotions.
By spending time in nature, I feel connected to something beyond myself. It soothes my soul.
Through my paintings I aim to bring this experience of the outdoors inside, visualising contexts beyond what the eye can see.
The core of my recent body of work revolves around themes of spirituality, darkness and solitude, embodied through a kind of “altar-making” in the form of oil paintings. I draw inspiration from mysticism, folklore and observing nature. Artist Bio
Fanny Arnesen (b. 1996) is a Swedish painter currently based in Glasgow, Scotland. Graduating with a BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking from the Glasgow School of Art in 2020, her work has since been included in numerous group exhibitions in both Scotland and Sweden. She earned the Glenfiddich Artist in Residence Award at the Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries exhibition in 2022 and the Scottish Arts Club Award at the Society of Scottish Artists 130th Annual Exhibition in 2023. Exploring and experiencing nature and self is the core of her painterly practice, and recurring themes revolve around mysticism, light and the intangible force of nature.
CV
Exhibitions 2024 - The Scottish New Wave, Graystone Gallery, Edinburgh 2024 - How it feels, The Scottish Arts Club, Edinburgh 2022 - Society of Scottish Artists 130th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy Edinburgh 2022 - 2nd Painters' Salon, Flat Octopus in collaboration with Molekyl Gallery, Malmö 2022 - RBA Rising Stars, London 2022 - RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 2021 - Vertical Stance, Färgfabriken, Stockholm 2020 - The Graduates: Four Pillars, Tatha Gallery, Fife 2020 - GSA Showcase, Online Degree Show 2020 - Dirt, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 2018 - LAND, The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow