Sylvia Naimark, SE

Sylvia Naimark’s intuitive, predominantly abstract paintings exhibit a diaristic quality, evoking faint memories through fleeting figures and forms – objects reduced to spirited circles, lines, and dashes of paint.

Through the subtle motifs of her works, Naimark interweaves personal and universal experiences of otherness, transition, and loss. When distinct and familiar figures occasionally appear in her work, they seem to inhabit a space that transcends rational logic, a borderland between reality and dream.

Just as memories can influence our perception of a particular place, the use of double exposure in Thun’s work suggests a narrative depth where past and present, memory and reality, coexist. This approach allows her to explore themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time, all while maintaining a strong connection to the physical landscapes which inspire her work.

“In both the creation and appreciation of Naimark’s art, the act of seeing and unseeing isintegral. It doesn’t become cognitive until you see what you see, and this process of becoming is vital to the experience. It is the point where the artist and observer briefly meet.This is also where the complexities of Naimark’s work reside: transcending the boundaries of form and narrative, abstraction, and representation.”– Jonathan Habib Engqvist

Sylvia Naimark (b. 1955, Malmö) lives and works in Stockholm. She holds a BFA fromKonstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, and an MFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem. Previous solo and group exhibitions include BergGallery, Stockholm (2023), Marquee Projects, New York (2022), Konstnärshuset, Stockholm(2022), Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York (2021, 2018, 2016, 2015), Hudson River Museum,New York (2021), Färgfabriken, Stockholm (2020, 2015), Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö (2017),and Mana Contemporary, New Jersey (2016). Naimark is represented in the collections ofPublic Art Agency Sweden, Region Stockholm, Landskrona Museum, Skåne UniversityHospital, Lund, Eksjö Museum, Västra Götalandsregionen, and The Swedish Association forArt (SAK).