ABOUT
Bio
Camilla Fransrud (b. 1974, Oslo) is a Norwegian contemporary painter based in Trondheim. Self-taught, she works primarily in acrylic, creating abstract and figurative pieces inspired by the sea and surrounding landscapes. Her dreamlike works invite viewers to reflect on their own emotions and sense of connection with nature.
I create immersive Abstract landscapes that collectors describe as ‘Feelable’ Working in acrylic and mixed media with chalk, sand and palette knife ,I build tactile, atmospheric surfaces where light, memory, and silence accumulate.
I see landscape as a threshold-between the external and the internal, between what is observed and what is remembered. With a background in photography and a practice that includes poetry ,my work is rooted in a trained eye for light and composition, and a lyrical approach to storytelling. Yet the work itself becomes that threshold. Not an image of a place, but a place in itself. Horizons that hold. Mist that lingers. Surfaces that invite the hand as much as the eye.
My voice is Nordic, shaped by the sea, light and restraint of Norway. Yet, I carry a global Atlas of impressions into the studio, from the raw Atlantic presence of Devon and Cornwall to the urban and ancient dialogues of Rome, Palermo, New York and Toronto. These geographies merge within me, creating a tension between North and South, containment and release, stillness and warmth. This duality forms the architecture of every canvas.
Material intelligence is central to my practice. I build slowly, layer by layer, allowing irregularity and rupture to remain visible. Each surface carries a history - the trace of the hand, the weight of a decision, the shadow of a doubt. In a culture of the instantaneous, these paintings insist on time. It is made to be lived with, these are pieces that grow on the viewer, gaining depth rather than diminishing over the years.
Collectors seek my work for its lyrical evocative atmosphere and its distinct physical presence-the way its slows a room down and introduces permanence. Its true power lies in its materiality, the way light shifts across sand and chalk, the way silence becomes tangible. It must be experienced in person to be fully understood.
My Work is held in private collections across Europe, the UK and the US. It speaks to those seeking contemporary work with emotional gravity, material presence, and a sense of place that transcends geography.
For me the act of creation is the act of constructing a threshold. Between sea and silence. Between what is seen, and what is sensed. Cross it, and find where you’ve been all along.
Camilla Fransrud
Artistic Statement
Previous Exhibitions
2025
Floating Worlds – Museo Fondazione Venanzo Crocetti, Rome, 7–18 June (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Art Room – Group exhibition, Galleria Tilde, Palermo, 22 May – 9 June
Extranjeria – Espacio Gallery, Shoreditch, London, 21–27 April (curated by Capital Culture House)
Rivelazioni – International Art Exhibition, Galleria de Marchi, Bologna, 14–24 June
Visual Stories – Collective photography exhibition, Galleria Tilde, Palermo, 9–31 December
2024
Women in Art Biennale – Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, 26–29 September (Artio Gallery)
Stories of Identity – Lega Navale, Matera, Italy, 12–31 October (curated by Carmela Loiacono)
Haze – Group exhibition, Galleria Tilde, Palermo, 18 October – 3 November
Spazi Fluidi – Group exhibition, Galleria Tilde, Palermo, 15 November – 3 December
Visual Stories – Collective exhibition, Galleria Tilde, Palermo, 9–31 December
Little Treasures – Galleria d’Arte de Marchi, Bologna, 30 November – 11 December (curated by Paola Trevisan)
Intrecci – Galleria d’Arte de Marchi, Bologna, 15–26 June
Sensory Expressions – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 12–24 June
Creative Visions – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 16–31 July
Making a Mark – La Pigna Gallery, Rome, 14–22 June (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Free Thoughts – Civic Museum of Villa Paolina, Viareggio, Tuscany, 4–14 July (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Borderless – Europa Experience, David Sassoli, Brussels, 13–23 September (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Thinking to the Future – 3 F Art Gallery, Paris, 5–15 March (curated by Vanessa Viti & Giulia Zanesi)
Boundless Echoes – Euonia, International Art Exhibition, February
Surreality – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 5–21 January
2023
Endless – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 12–29 December
Imagination Revelation – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 9–21 November
Overview – International Art Exhibition, Galleria Della Biblioteca Angelica, Rome, 5–13 September (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Sun Kingdom – Santana Gallery, Madrid, 1–7 October (curated by Capital Culture House)
Ideas Empire – El Barrio Art Space, New York, 3–15 September (curated by Capital Culture House)
Noon-Chi – Palazzo Velli Expo, Trastevere, Rome, 23–24 & 7–10 September (curated by Beatrice Cordaro)
Exhibition with Ingrid Olsen – Sponhuset, Trondheim, 1–28 February
Little Treasures – Galleria d’Arte de Marchi, Bologna, 25 November – 6 December (curated by Paola Trevisan)
2022
Interconnecting Lines – One Art Space, New York, 13–17 July (Artio Gallery)
Interconnecting Lines – MEAM, Barcelona, 3–5 May (Artio Gallery, significant space)
Interconnecting Lines – Gallery Space Ontario, Toronto, 28 September – 15 October (Artio Gallery)
R/Evolution – Online exhibition, Arteom Gallery, 9–25 November
Group Borderless – Verse Gallery, Oslo and Manila, 6–9 August (Norwegian Cultural Centre)
Visceral – Online exhibition, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan & Fuerteventura, 28 June – 4 July (curated by Francesca Brunello)
RenovArt: 100 Artists for the Future – Lega Navale, Matera, 3–30 November (curated by Carmela Loiacono)
RenovArt: 100 Artists for the Future – Spazio Opera Gallery, Matera, 5 December – 3 January 2023
2021
Brain Cake – Gaudí Room, Casa Milà (La Pedrera), Barcelona, 28 December (curated by Francesca Brunello, significant exhibition space)
Hysterica – Online exhibition, M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan & Fuerteventura, 19–30 November (curated by Francesca Brunello)
Group Exhibition – Ranheim Painting Association, Tribune Culture, Trondheim, 23–24 October
Summer Exhibition – Group exhibition at Gallery Q, Bratsberg, Trondheim, 19–20 & 26–27 June (with gallerist Randi Eggen)
2020 & Earlier​
Autumn Market: Hands and Crafts – Culture Tribune, Ranheim, Trondheim, 28–29 September (only painter exhibiting)
Awards
2024
Award of Excellence – Little Treasures exhibition, Galleria d’Arte de Marchi, Bologna, for The Waves in Your Soul
2023
International Prize Donatello – Palazzo Borghese, Florence, for The Road to My House
International Prize Leonardo da Vinci – Milan, for You Are in All the Grandness of Little Things
International Prize Pegasus – Scuola Grande di San Teodoro, Venice, for My Home is with You
Award of Excellence – Overview exhibition, Galleria della Biblioteca Angelica, Rome (curated by Monica Ferrarini)
Artist Excellence Award – Spotlight Magazine Cover Contest, Circle Foundation for the Arts
2022
Collector’s Choice Award – ArtTour International
Top 60 Masters Award – ArtTour International
International Prize Caravaggio – Museum of Science & Technology, Milan, for Salt of the Earth
International Prize Barcelona – MEAM, Barcelona, for The Fairytale Forest
International Prize Paris – Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, for Good Karma
London Prize for Best Modern and Contemporary Artist – Asylum Chapel, London, for Stardust
Contact
Camilla Fransrud
Auntrøa 16 7560 vikhammer
Norway
Phone
+47 41422611
Email: camillafransrud@hotmail.com
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