In the gallery's showroom: May 7 - May 23, 2026
Opening reception Thursday, May 7, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Maria Nilsson (b. 1968, lives and works in Stockholm) primarily works with watercolor. She often draws inspiration from nature but is driven to abstract rather than depict what she sees. She strives for tension in composition and balance between color and form, utilizing the qualities and techniques of watercolor to achieve this.
The exhibition Silent Echoes of Waiting is an attempt to describe the feeling of nature as a quiet and patient counterpoint to a loud and violent contemporary world. The title alludes to a waiting that is both calm and charged. In contrast to human destruction stands nature’s inherent beauty, an echo of hope that another form of balance will once again be possible.
The inherent qualities of watercolor—its transparency, movement, and unpredictability—are consciously used as part of the artistic language. In the meeting between control and trust, images arise where balance and tension interact and where nature’s forms serve as a resonant foundation rather than a subject.
Naoshima, 2026. Watercolor, 58 x 76 cm