A deeply insightful artist with a distinct voice, Roos creates art that is a broad and sustained investigation of the essence of painting and its spatial dimension – a surface that acts as a boundary between two spaces or realities. Roos is fascinated by how paintings affect us bodily rather than through the information provided by the image.

Nina Roos (b. 1956) is an internationally renowned painter and one of the leading Nordic artists of her generation. She is a graduate of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, where she also served as professor of painting from 2001–2004. Roos is the recipient of the Pro Finlandia and Prince Eugen medals. She received the Carnegie Art Award in 2004, and she represented Finland at the Venice Biennale in 1995. Roos has had extensive solo shows at Lund Konsthall (2019), Moderna Museet in Stockholm (2009), Malmö Konsthall in (2003) and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki (2001). Roos’s works are in a number of important collections in the Nordic countries, such as the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Malmö Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. Her latest solo exhibition at Galerie Anhava was seen in 2023.

Eye in Eye, an exhibition showcasing works by Nina Roos and Martti Aiha is currently on view at Kristiansand Kunsthall in Norway. The artists share an interest in sensory experience, and spatial dimensions. The formal elements allow Roos’s paintings and drawings to serve as philosophical tools for discovering, revealing, and reflecting on the existence of the painting and the position of the viewer. There is drama in Roos’s works, where what is hidden reveals something else. The exhibition runs until 1 June 2025.