Sylvia Naimark b. 1955

Sylvia Naimark's intuitive, predominantly abstract works emerge through many layers of paint, where the processes of addition and reduction are equally important. Subjects and titles resurface and transform, always as an attempt to approach something that has not yet been visualized. Her work weaves together the personal and the universal, tracing experiences of change, grief, and the search for meaning. When recognizable figures occasionally appear in her work, they seem to inhabit a space that transcends rational logic.

Sylvia Naimark (b. 1955, Malmö) lives and works in Stockholm. She was educated at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm (1979-83), and Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1984-87). Her work has been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently at Market Art Fair, Liljevalchs, Stockholm (2025), Marquee Projects, New York (2025, 2022), Berg Gallery, Stockholm (2023), Konstnärshuset, Stockholm (2022), Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York (2021, 2018, 2016, 2015), Färgfabriken, Stockholm (2020, 2015), and Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö (2017). Naimark is represented in the collections of Region Uppsala, Public Art Agency Sweden, Region Stockholm, Landskrona Museum, Västra Götalandsregionen, and The Swedish Association for Art (SAK), to name a few. In 2018, a monograph of her work, Sylvia Naimark: Paintings 2008-2018, was published with the support of The Foundation Längmanska Kulturfonden in Stockholm.