Transformation and Becoming in the Works of Loren Erdrich and Jon Erik Nyholm

Editorial

11.03.2026

Loren Erdrich. 'Myth Weaver', (2024). Courtesy of Bricks Gallery and the artist.

Bricks Gallery’s presentation brings together Loren Erdrich and Jon Erik Nyholm in an exploration of transformation and the shifting boundaries between the natural and the imagined.

American artist Loren Erdrich’s practice centres on material exploration and themes of transformation. Figures and forms emerge gradually in her work – bodies become stars, flowers flare into flames – suggesting an ever-shifting reality. Her process balances control with spontaneity, allowing each piece to evolve organically. Through unconventional techniques, Erdrich combines intentional gestures with accidental marks, lending her compositions a distinctive vulnerability.

Loren Erdrich. 'Multitude', (2024). Courtesy of Bricks Gallery and the artist.

The interplay between light and colour on matte surfaces draws the viewer into a contemplative state, inviting a slower perception of detail. In her paintings, she works on raw muslin with fluid water-based dyes and pigments, embracing the unpredictability of the medium to blur the line between abstraction and representation. While painting remains central to her practice, she also works with stoneware sculpture and drawing.

Loren Erdrich. Courtesy of the artist.
Loren Erdrich. 'Jar of Flying Eyes', (2024). Courtesy of Bricks Gallery and the artist.

Where Erdrich’s work approaches transformation through material and shifting forms, Jon Erik Nyholm explores similar ideas through landscape and atmosphere. Nyholm’s practice explores the emotional ties between humans and nature.

Jon Erik Nyholm, 'Untitled', (2025). Courtesy of Bricks Gallery

In his abstract landscapes, elements such as trees, rocks, flowers, the sea and the sky drift in and out of one another, forming scenes that feel both poetic and uncanny. Rooted in memory and emotion, his works invite a quiet contemplation of our place within the natural world and the imagined.

Working across painting, printmaking and ceramics, Nyholm builds subtle layers that gradually reveal themselves over time. His approach remains tactile, allowing texture and surface to shape the atmosphere of each work.

Jon Erik Nyholm.
Jon Erik Nyholm. Courtesy of Bricks Gallery

Together, the artists approach transformation in different ways. Nyholm’s landscapes unfold through layered depth and shifting elements of nature, while Erdrich’s sculptures allow forms – such as heads and candlesticks – to grow out of one another, blurring the boundary between the familiar and the mythological. Their works remain suspended in a continual state of becoming, reflecting both transformation in subject and the evolving process through which the works come into being.