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Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg have been collaborating for the past 20 years. Working in an intuitive and curious mode and uninhibited by traditional methods of art making, Djurberg laboriously handcrafts elaborate environments and characters out of clay, plasticene, foam, wire, fabric and paint resulting in a gummy, flamboyant aesthetic. The visceral textures conveyed in Djurberg’s figures further elaborate the emotions provoked by their misdemeanors. Berg, a musician and composer, adds yet another layer of emotional depth through sound. With his compositions, drama is either reinforced or awkwardly highlighted by contrasting the portrayed scene.
Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg are from Sweden and both currently reside there. They met in Berlin in 2004 and have been working together ever since.
The artists’ collaborations have been exhibited widely around the world. In 2009, Djurberg & Berg presented their installation The Experiment at the 53rd Venice Biennial "Making Worlds" curated by Daniel Birnbaum where they were awarded the Silver Lion for Best Emerging Artists.
Other important solo presentations include National Nordic Museum, Seattle (2024); Songeun Art Space, Seoul (2024); Boräs Konstmuseum, Sweden (2023); Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, France (2023); Prada Rong Zhai, Shanghai (2022); Baltimore Museum of Art (2019); Schrin Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2019); MART, Rovereto (2019); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2018); Stavanger Art Museum (MUST), Norway (2017); Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany (2015); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2015); ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark (2015); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; New Museum, New York (2012); Camden Arts Center, London (2011); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2011); Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio (2011); Natural History Museum, Basel (2010); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2008); Fondazione Prada, Milan (2008); Kunsthalle Winterhur, Switzerland (2007).
The artists works are represented in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Kunsthaus Züruch, Zürich; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Goetz Collection, Munich; Whitechapel, London, among others.
