Fredrik Roos Art Grant 2025: Marcus Bergman

About the exhibition

The Fredrik Roos Foundation awards Marcus Bergman the grant with the following motivation:

“Marcus Bergman’s work testifies both conceptually and materially to an artistic practice of complexity and depth. The meticulously crafted sculptures captivate the eye with their sheer corporeality. His works have a powerful physical presence and engage with universal themes such as mortality and suffering. It is practically impossible to avoid feeling tenderness for these works, whose subject matter oozes of love, queer identity and a tangible fragility.”

It is with great pleasure that Museum Director Bo Nilsson welcomes Marcus Bergman to Artipelag with the exhibition Intimate Destruction. The exhibition features a number of new works and is accompanied by a catalogue presenting Bergman’s artistic practice.

About the artist

Marcus Bergman was born in 1993 in Mölndal and is based in Stockholm. He received his Master’s degree from the Royal Institute of Art in 2024 and his Bachelor’s degree there in 2022. His artistic education also includes studies at the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art, Pernby School of Painting, and the University of Gothenburg, where he studied art history and visual studies.

In recent years, Bergman’s work has been characterised by a figurative approach centred on the human body. His pieces appear as reliefs and sculptures, primarily crafted in wax, often incorporating other materials such as polyester, steel, and wood. They explore complex themes of inherited pain, annihilation, tenderness, and queer identity.

For his work, he has received several grants, including from the Ragnar and Hilma Svensson Donation Fund (2024), the Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation (2024), and the Gustaf & Ida Unman Donation Fund (2023).