The Fredrik Roos Scholarship 2026: Kim Andreas Roland Berger
The artist Kim Andreas Roland Berger has been awarded the Fredrik Roos Art Grant for 2026. In connection with the award, Artipelag presents Roland Berger’s grant exhibition, Accumulated Stacks. The grant is awarded annually to support the education and artistic development of emerging artists and is one of the largest art grants in the Nordic region.
About the exhibition
The Fredrik Roos Foundation awards the Kim Andreas Roland Berger Scholarship with the following statement:
“Kim Andreas Roland Berger receives the 2026 Fredrik Roos Art Grant for an artistic practice rooted in the Nordic Romantic tradition that is preserved at the family farm where Roland Berger has his studio. In a remix of the emotionally- rich paintings of the historic icon Edvard Munch and the modern painter Jasper Johns’s Foirades/Fizzles, Roland Berger creates a contemporary painterly blend that he compares to the interaction that takes place in a bucket of crabs. This is a painterly voyage with both civilisational and ecological overtones.”
It is with great pleasure that Artipelag presents the exhibition Accumulated Stacks, featuring new paintings and sculptures, accompanied by a publication introducing Roland Berger’s artistic practice.
The exhibition is open from 24 April to 14 May 2026 in the Studio at Artipelag. Admission is free.
About the artist
Kim Andreas Roland Berger (b. 1993 in Oslo) uses drawing, painting and sculpture in his material-based and process-oriented practice. His works are often serial, exploring how painting and sculpture can be incorporated in holistic installations that activate the relationship between work, space and viewer.
When painting, Roland Berger applies layer on layer of thin, fluid brush strokes that remain in the finished motif and are contrasted with drawn, geometric shapes and thicker applications of oils that build a textured surface. The surroundings of the family farm in Frogn, Norway influence his choice of motifs and colours. His work stems from an intuitive response to the visual and material qualities of a place.
Recent exhibitions include the MFA Degree Show at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2025) and participation in the National Annual Exhibition (Høstutstillingen) 2022 at Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo. The scholarship exhibition at Artipelag marks Roland Berger’s first presentation to a Swedish audience.
About the Fredrik Roos Scholarship
Fredrik Roos (1951–1991) was a financier and art collector from Skåne in southern Sweden. In 1988, he founded the Rooseum – Centre for Contemporary Art in Malmö, where international exhibitions were presented alongside his collection of Nordic contemporary art. Upon his passing, his parents, Lill and Axel Roos, acquired three-fifths of his Nordic art collection, which was placed on a long-term loan to Rooseum. In 2006, the 250 works were sold in order to establish the financial foundation for the activities of the Fredrik Roos Foundation.
Recipients of the Fredrik Roos grant are expected to embody “An artist who – in the spirit of Fredrik Roos – is willing to take risks in their artistic practice. Someone who believes in themselves and has a unique expression. The artist should be under 35, come from the Nordic region, and preferably work with painting and sculpture.”
Today, the scholarship is one of the most prestigious in Sweden and is awarded annually to support emerging artists’ education and artistic development.
Since 2018, the scholarship has been accompanied by an exhibition at Artipelag.
2025 Marcus Bergman (exhibition at Artipelag)
2024 Frida Peterson (exhibition at Artipelag)
2023 Erik Uddén (exhibition at Artipelag)
2022 Judit Kristensen (exhibition at Artipelag)
2021 Gabriel Karlsson (exhibition at Artipelag)
2020 Siri Elfhag (exhibition at Artipelag)
2019 Sara Nielsen Bonde (exhibition at Artipelag)
2018 Jonas Malmberg (exhibition at Artipelag)
2017 Oskar Hult, Josefine Östberg Olsson och Jonas Silfversten Bergman
2016 Sandra Mujinga, André Talborn och Karl Patric Näsman
