Nordic Art Agency Podcast

The Winter Exhibition is our second exhibition of local artists opened which opened in November. The initial Open Call invited multi-disciplinary artists from Skåne and Greater Copenhagen to apply and the exhibition was juried by the Nordic Art Agency and  curated by Gry Hammarlund & Lars Herman Hegg. Artists Exhibiting Include:  Stella Lindhagen, Magbule Lutolli, Anne Louise Blicher, Cesilia...

Canadian floral abstract artists Bobbie Burgers joins host Juliet from her studio in Vancouver for an in depth conversation into her current practice, her compulsion to create and paint and how the passing of time continues to inform her artwork and compositions. We have long admired Bobbie's large scale flora works and most recently her smaller scale collage and sculptural pieces and this po...

On this podcast Juliet Rees-Nilsson introduces  two international artists and their current bodies of work, their artistic practices and solo exhibitions. Victoria Curling Eriksson is a British painter  who works with minimal abstract land and seascapes. We have represented Victoria at the Nordic Art Agency since 2021 and this is her first solo exhibition to be held in our new gallery location.  &...

The art world is an ever evolving industry spurred on by technology & our desire to access artworks freely from the comfort of our own homes. Innovation continues to refine the industry & at the forefront of this are many artists driven platforms which increasingly eliminate the gallerist and connect the artists directly to the client online. Altamira is one of the latest artist driven pla...

The NAA X Summer Exhibition is the first time that the Nordic Art Agency has collaborated with local artists from Malmö and the Greater Copenhagen region.  Inspired by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition held each year in London since 1796, an artist open call was held for a group exhibition in the Spring. In a new separate gallery location, dedicated to emerging and established local artists, we...

This episode was recorded in the gallery a few hours before the launch of   'A True Story' a solo exhibition by British collage artist Jo Hummel. Gallery Founder Juliet and Co - Host Ebba Davidsson decided to seize the opportunity to document these visiting artist. This very impromptu discussion between  Jo and British abstract painter Sara Dare captures a moment, when after the pandemic...

On this episode Juliet is in conversation with Guest Artist Olivia Babel. Olivia is a French fiber artist who is based in Lyon and works exclusively with contemporary tapestries. We were initially drawn to her work and unique compositions which reflect origin, cartology and the environment and invited Olivia to exhibit in our current International Art Pop Up. In this conversation we explore the em...

Our sixth International Art Pop Up has opened in our fabulous new gallery location in the heart of Malmö.  In this podcast, the first of Season 3, join Juliet in conversation with Ebba Davidsson, Art Consultant and  Visual Assistant as they discuss the curation of the latest exhibition of international art, sculpture and tapestry, the creation of artist's studio videos and the solo exhibition...

For our final episode of season 2 we are looking to the future of the art world and are joined by the Co-Founder of Nfinitymark Kirsten Hinder. Kirsten Hinder's art-tech company is bridging the gap between analogue art and the digital crypto art space with an exciting technology that creates a digital signature for physical artwork, enabling it to exist on the blockchain. NFTs (non-fungible t...

This is the second episode in our two-part special Sculpture Series .  On this podcast Juliet is in conversation with British bronze expert, restorer and conservator Lucy Branch.  Lucy comes from a family of restorers and art historians and is incredibly passionate about bronze public statues, sculpture and historical architectural features.  Her education, knowledge and experience is vast and she...

This is the first in a two part series on sculpture and sculpture conservation and restoration. We are introducing British emerging sculptor Hugh Chapman .  This is a raw and honest introduction into the artist's journey of Hugh.  His conceptual work is engaging and incredibly emotive.  His sculptural forms are complex with elegant waxing modern patinas which feel luxurious and organic. Our c...

On this podcast episode, Juliet introduces emerging British abstract artist Victoria Curling Eriksson . Landscapes dominate Victoria’s paintings and her compositions are minimal with multiple fine layers of oil which develop the depth of colour and emotive modus of her work. Her paintings relate to simple motifs with polychromatic tones, gently graduating from one colour band to another. Fields an...

This Bonus Episode features news of some exciting gallery exhibitions happening in August-September in Malmö and London, featuring four international artists who have been guests on the podcast. Interior Souls is a new exhibition at the Nordic Art Agency gallery in Malmö and features nine new paintings of iconic interiors by architectural painter Bea Sarrias.  Join Juliet for the Vernissage on Fri...

This episode features Eric Grech as the voice of French figurative artist Frédéric Blaimont. It is the first time we have experimented with our podcast guest being represented as an actor and the whole experience was quite interesting! Frédéric Blaimont is an observer of the everyday characters who are found in the banalest of situations. Anonymous figures emerged through his painting as he remain...

Our guest on this episode of the podcast is the Director of the Copenhagen Photo Festival 2021. We are currently facing a cultural battle as the global pandemic has left the consumption of art in galleries, museums and exhibitions in very uncharted waters.  The Copenhagen Photo Festival ,  which was hosted between June 3th - June 13th, launched at a time when Copenhagen city had only very recently...

A slight departure from the normal guests we invite on this episode of the podcast.  Rather than an artist or an art influencer, we are in conversation with visual influencer Niki Brantmark, founder of the phenomenally successful award-winning blog MyScandinavianHome.com and best-selling author of three interior and lifestyle publications. MyScandinavianHome.com is a daily blog with over half a mi...

Tom Lohner's paintings are very much like the artist himself, bold, dynamic, entertaining and fearless. During a whirlwind art career over the last twenty years, Austrian pop surrealist artist Tom Lohner has achieved huge success as a painter, a creative brand, as a gallery owner, and most recently as a creator of the first NFTs to placed in a museum collection. In this podcast we discuss Tom...

Spanish artist Bea Sarrias is obsessed with the architecture that surrounds her in her home city of Barcelona and the iconic international modernist and rationalist architects. Bea paints portraits of spaces and not buildings and the elements of composition, light and shade and perspective are essential to her painting practice in order to create the soul and narrative of the architecture found in...

Exciting British abstract painter and installation artist Sara Dare is the guest on this episode of the podcast. Sara Dare typically works on a large-scale using paper, linen and canvas combined with a range of mediums, selected for their viscosity and finish, such as ink, oil, emulsion and acrylic.  Her paintings seek an evocative experience or visceral negotiation with the viewer, initially play...

In this episode, we were delighted to be joined by Alexandra Fried and Alexandra Herlitz who, together, host the podcast Konsthistoriepodden a Swedish Art History podcast.   Both are currently senior lecturers at Gothenburg University in the department of Cultural Science specialising in specific periods of Art History. The Konsthistorienpodden discusses the process, ownership and reception of wel...

Marta Lafuente is a figurative painter based in  Barcelona.  She has developed a unique mixed media style and creates memorable and emotional paintings which touch on the everyday encounter and forgotten moments. In the podcast, she discusses her painting practice and dedication to her instinctive process, her work as a Professor of Drawing at the Universitat de Belles Arts de Barcelona and her aw...

In this episode of the podcast, we join photographer Natalie Christensen in her Santa Fe studio.  With over 51,000 Instagram followers Natalie Christensen's career has been one very much born online and driven by a thriving organic digital audience. Architecture is the main subject matter of her images as she is intrigued by line, form, structure and what lies beyond the edges of an image.  H...

Our podcast guest is the delightful Modupeola Fadugba, a young multi-disciplinarian artist who draws from her vast global travels and academic background. Modupeola holds a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware, a Masters in Economics from the University of Delaware and a Masters in Education from Harvard University but her heart and passion is deeply rooted in visual l...

Welcome to the wonderful (and slightly alternative) world of Danish photographer Lars Daniel. Lars Daniel is always joyfully reasserting and contradicting initial responses to his photography, and this conversation is no different. As a conceptual photographer, Lars Daniel sees the human form and the environment in which they exist in his images as otherworldly, dreamlike and somewhat removed from...

British artist Christabel Blackburn won Sky Art's Portrait Artist of the Year earlier in 2020 with her minimal and stripped back contemporary portraiture style. Christabel's compositions typically include flat planes of colour, architectural aspects, simplistic interiors with limited details balancing of context, reduction and intimacy. In the podcast, she discusses her journey as an art...