The Fredrik Roos Art Grant 2026: Kim Andreas Roland Berger

The Fredrik Roos Art Grant 2026

Accumulated Stacks

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.

En mindre och en större tavla hänger på en ljusgul vägg. Tavlorna är i olika färgkonstellationer

en mindre utställning av tavlor och tre skulpturer i ett ljust rum

About the exhibition

The Fredrik Roos Foundation awards Kim Andreas Roland Berger the grant 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 April 24 to May 14, 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.