Ulrika Matthiessen
Ulrika Matthiessen, Lounging in the Energy Fields, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2022
Ulrika Matthiessen, Mother Trinity, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2022
Ulrika Matthiessen, Opal, colored pencil on paper, 18 x 24 inches, 2021
Ulrika Matthiessen, Plumage, oil on canvas, 54 x 42 inches, 2016
Ulrika Matthiessen is a visual artist born in Sweden, raised in the American Deep South, and currently living and working in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her paintings, drawings, and mixed media works often center around the human figure, with all its implications, where multiple layers of imagery overlap and merge to weave a complex mixture of representation and abstraction. She discovers themes and meaning emerging throughout her working process, preferring the evocative over the literal. Matthiessen holds a MArch, a BArch, and a BFA in painting from Tulane University. She has artwork in the collections of Xavier University and the Whitney Plantation Museum.