Coulisse Gallery Presents Origins of the Body

Coulisse Gallery presents "Origins of the Body", a striking exploration of identity and transformation by Kowalska and Bergmark Näsman.

Coulisse Gallery Presents Origins of the Body
Photo by Julia Malmqvist. Courtesy of Coulisse Gallery

Coulisse Gallery presents Origins of the Body at Market Art Fair, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Booth 38, in Stockholm.

This thoughtful exhibition explores identity, transformation and human connection through the works of Julia Kowalska (b.1998) and Fabian Bergmark Näsman (b.1991).

Photo by Martin Brusewitz. Courtesy of Coulisse Gallery and Fabian Bergmark-Näsman
Photo by Martin Brusewitz. Courtesy of Coulisse Gallery and Fabian Bergmark-Näsman
Photo by Pierre Björk. Courtesy of Artlover Magazine
Photo by Pierre Björk. Courtesy of Artlover Magazine

Kowalska reflects on relationships between women; mothers, daughters and sisters, through themes of beauty, power and emotional tension.

Julia Kowalska, Mermaid
Julia Kowalska, Mermaid, 2025, Oil on Canvas, 33 x 46 cm

Her works reveal how tenderness and authority coexist, offering a quiet challenge to conventional ideas of femininity and care.

Fabian Bergmark Näsman
Fabian Bergmark Näsman, Fig. 70, 2025, glass fiber &  bronze coating, 300 x 60 x 70 cm

Bergmark Näsman’s sculptural forms suggest organic life reshaped. Beginning with a singular “mother mould”, he dissects and rebuilds figures that feel at once familiar and otherworldly.

His evolving hybrids explore how identity can be continuously reimagined without losing touch with its origins.

Fabian Bergmark Näsman
Fabian Bergmark Näsman, Fig. 72, 2025, cast aluminium, polished & custom podium, stained and polished cherry wood, 66 x 45 x 17 cm

Together, the artists present a rich meditation on the body as a vessel of memory, influence and change. Their dialogue invites viewers to consider identity not as static, but as something fluid and responsive.