About

Lars Morell (b. 1980, NO) is educated at the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo. He works across a range of media, and is primarily known for his abstract and organic paintings and bronze sculptures. His practice is rooted in process- and material-based investigations, exploring visual qualities such as light, spatial perception, and surface texture, while engaging concepts of tension, balance, movement, and harmony. Drawing on art historical references and traditional techniques, Morell employs abstraction and poetic reduction to create works that invite stillness and contemplation. Often inspired by nature, his compositions reduce recognizable shapes of their origin, allowing colour, material, and form to become the primary agents of meaning. His work continues an art-historical dialogue between observation and imagination while developing it in an independent direction.

Exhibitions
Morell has exhibited in Norway and internationally including Plus-One Projects, Antwerp; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; ISCP, New York; MuHKA, Antwerp; Nationalmuseum, Berlin; WENTRUP, Berlin; Choi & Lager, Cologne; Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard, Paris; Maison du Livre, de l’image et du Son, Villeurbanne; Librairie du Jeu de Paume, Paris; Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm; Perla Mode, Zurich.

Grants & Awards
The Pollock-Krasner Fundation inc, New York. // Deutsche Börse Residency Program, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt. // La Cité Internationale Studio Residency, Lindbäck Langaard, Oslo. // Ingerid, Synnøve og Elias Fegerstens stiftelse, Oslo. // The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo. // Kjell Nupens stiftelse, Kristiansand. // Office for Contemporary Art Norway. // Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo. // Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo. // The Arts Council Norway, Oslo. // The Legacy of Forsberg and Aulie, Oslo. // The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo.