Frans Nybacka

Frans Nybacka’s practice centres on world-building through painting. 'Last Man Standing' and 'Mouse Mansion' are part of a broader series in which he examines a morally and environmentally deteriorating world through the eyes of an innocent child. In this imagined reality, places and objects are personified, rendered with empathy and emotional presence. Nybacka’s serial approach allows him to explore the inner lives of spaces, objects, and speculative histories, repurposing overlooked found imagery as fragments of a larger narrative. His works often resemble a loose storyboard or a series of video game stills, inviting viewers to connect the dots and construct their own ideas within the world he presents.

Frans Nybacka (b.1993, Kangasala, Finland) lives and works in Helsinki. Selected solo exhibitions include Crisis Galore, tm•galleria, Helsinki (2025); Blue Steel, Vallilan Panimon Galleria, Helsinki (2025); Borrowed Time, Poriginal Gallery, Pori Art Museum, Pori (2024); Wind is Rising, Galleria Loisti, Helsinki (2024); Goblin Geology, Troll Romance, Galleria Huuto, Helsinki (2023). Recent group exhibitions include Objects of Scorn, Narthex Gallery, Chicago (2025); Riga Contemporary Art Fair, Hanzas Perons, Riga (2025); Taidehaistelija Biennaali, Galleria Loisti, Helsinki (2025); Special Zine Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (2023). His work was acquired by the Finnish National Gallery / State Art Deposit Collection (2024).