Paintings by Peter Öhrnell at Bildmuseet

Peter Öhrnell’s paintings are a kind of landscape depictions, but not in the conventional sense. His motifs are at the interface between nature and culture, the zone in which the human habitat is shaped. Balancing among almost abstract colour surfaces are structures suggesting organic landscapes, architecture or fragments of interiors. Shrubs, clouds, rock folds, snow piles, cavities, bush wood, meet a house, roof, facade, deck chair. Intense, sonorous colours in steadily constructed compositions give the paintings a kinship with music. In his exhibition at Bildmuseet, Öhrnell presents new works from 2018–2021.

Peter Öhrnell (b. 1957) grew up in Kiruna and lives and works in Linköping. His works have featured in exhibitions and public assignments, and he is represented in regional collections and at the Swedish Arts Council. Öhrnell was previously based in Umeå where, in addition to his artistic practice, he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts and the Institute of Design.

The exhibition Peter Öhrnell / Paintings runs at Bildmuseet from 24 April until 10 October 2021. Press images.

Individual press previews
Journalists are welcome to preview the exhibition, on-site at Bildmuseet or digitally. To book visits and interviews with the artist, digitally or by phone, please contact press officer Helena Vejbrink.

Digital opening
Saturday 24 April at 2 PM: Digital opening via Zoom with a conversation between Peter Öhrnell and Museum curator Brita Täljedal. Find the event.

For further information, please contact
Brita Täljedal, museum curator
brita.taljedal@bildmuseet.umu.se, +46 90-786 77 14