Magnus Sodamin

Place: Manhattan

Born: 1987

Biography:

Magnus Sodamin is an American artist born in 1987 in Manhattan, New York. He spent one year training at the Nansenskolen (Nansen Academy) in Lillehammer, Norway. He received his BFA in painting with a minor in art history from the New World School of the Arts, Miami, in 2012. He was Artist-in-Residence at Q21/MuseumsQuartier Wien in June 2015. He is known for his lush nature inspired paintings that explore changing global narratives through spiritual inquiry and spontaneous creativity. His process is cathartic and his works are characterized by their exuberant painting style that is firmly rooted in the animated gestures of Abstract Expressionism. His most recent exhibitions include Staring at a Sun that Never Sets, The Pit, Palm Springs.