Niklas Asker
Temporal, 2025
£100
A limited edition risograph print by Niklas Asker, signed and numbered by the artist and exclusive to House of Voltaire. Generously donated by Union Pacific Gallery
Edition Size
100
Dimensions
33.7 x 22.5 cm
Finishing
Risograph
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Niklas Asker, The Shield, 2024, courtesy the artist and Union Pacific
About The Artwork
Exploring the thresholds between time, memory and material presence, Niklas Asker draws our gaze to what he calls “the minute particulars” – ephemeral impressions that speak volumes: shadows, folds of skin or fabric, the weathered texture of carved stone. With influences spanning from Rodin and Carl Eldh to the writings of William Blake, Asker's archeological process strips away what he describes as "unnecessary details" to present his subjects as vessels of expression. 'Temporal' is a moment suspended, a resonant meditation on what is seen and not seen, the enduring and the transient.
About Niklas Asker
Niklas Asker (b. 1979 in Nordingrå, Sweden) studied art at Konstskolan Kuben and Örebro Konstskola in Örebro where he graduated in 2001. After that he studied at Malmö Comics Art School and worked in the international comics industry for 8 years. His graphic novel 'Second Thoughts' has been published in 6 different languages and he has worked with a number of different publishers including Random House Books in New York. In 2009 he started painting again. After being accepted into the Liljevalchs Spring Salon in 2011 and 2012 he started exhibiting regularly in Sweden and Abroad.
Selected solo exhibitions include 'A Sudden Increase in Mass', Union Pacific, London (2025), 'Other Artefacts', Union Pacific, London (2023), 'The Shroud', Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (2023), 'Every Branch is a Memory', Galleri Cora Hillebrand, Gothenburg (2022) and 'Filling the Broken Mold', Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö (2020). Selected group exhibitions include 'Soft Stratum', CYLINDER TWO, Seoul (2025), Nicodim Gallery, New York (2024), 'Bucharest: 10 Years', Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles (2023), 'Emotional Rescue', Galleria Annarumma, Napoli (2023), 'The Intouchables', Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen (2021) and 'Highly Toxic', Digitaliseum, Malmö (2021).