Fanny Brodar Norwegian, 1971

"My work lives in the joyful tension between chaos and harmony, where color and line collide in playful, often absurd arrangements. I create imagined worlds populated by exuberant forms, emotional textures, and a cast of expressive shapes and symbols that suggest story without anchoring it. Humor, instinct, and spontaneity are my materials as much as pastel, paint, or paper."
 
 
Fanny is a Maine-based artist whose colorful, emotionally charged works blend illustration, abstraction, and playful visual storytelling. She holds a BFA in Illustration from The Art Institute of Boston. Her influences include the irreverent charm of Yoshitomo Nara, the joyful aesthetics of FriendsWithYou, the boldness of 1980s pop art, and the high-saturation energy of the digital age.

Born in 1971 in Oslo, Norway and raised in New York, Fanny brings a cross-cultural sensibility to her work —  one that balances Northern whimsy with urban intensity. She currently lives and works in Maine, where her practice continues to evolve through intuition, humor, and a deep love of expressive form.

 

Education
1997 BFA Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA

 

Solo Exhibitions

2025 C Square Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia

2025 C Square Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

2024 Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid, Spain

2024 Caelis Galeria, Shanghai, China

2023 Gallery Afternoon, Seoul, South Korea

2023 L21 Residency, Mallorca, Spain

2023 Ascaso Gallery, Miami, FL

2023 Nothing At All Gallery, Hong Kong, China

2023 Maison Ozmen, Paris, France

2022 Guy Hepner, New York, NY

2022 Caelis Galeria, Shanghai, China

2022 Exhibit Art Gallery, Santander, Spain

 

Group Exhibitions

2025 Maddox Gallery, London, UK

2025 Morrison Gallery, Connecticut, USA

2025 Taymour Grahne Projects, Online

2025 Wonder Gallery, Rome, Italy

2025 Belvedere Art Space, Dubai, UAE

2024 C Square Gallery, Tapei, Taiwan

2023 Galleri Christopher Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023 Shit Art Club, Los Angeles, CA

2023 42 Art Space, Beijing, China

2022 L21 Gallery, Mallorca, Spain

2022 Caelis Galeria, Shanghai, China

2021 Suomei M50 Gallery, Shanghai, China

2021 Carver Hill Gallery, Camden, Maine, USA

2020 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME, USA

 

Art Fairs

2025 Art Busan, C Square Gallery

2024 Art Jakarta, C Square Gallery

2024 Art Central Hong Kong, Mr. Wing Gallery

2024 ARCO Madrid, Madrid, Spain, L21 Gallery

2023 T-Art Con, Caelis Gallery, Shanghai, China

2023 Art Tapei, Mr. Wing Gallery, Tapei, Taiwan

2023 Estampa Art Fair, Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando, Madrid, Spain

2022 T-Art Con, Caelis Gallery, Shanghai, China

2022 Kiaf, Klamp Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

2022 Urban Break, Klamp Gallery, Seoul, South Korea

 

Grants and Residencies

2023 Banditto Art Residency Winner, Emerging Artist Award

2023 L21 Residency Programme, Mallorca, Spain (March)

2022 Ellis-Beauregard Fellowship, Rockland, ME (Jan - March)

 

Selected Press

2024 Vogue, Taiwan

2023 Juxtapoz Magazine

2020 Portland Press Herald, CMCA Biennial takes on tough topics