Dec 31

Dec 31 Artist Spotlight - Morten Saether

Biography

Morten Saether is a freelance photographer and painter. He favours using mixed digital photography techniques to produce his work. He is also driven by a passion for exploring the social, cultural, and urban transformations of our contemporary world.

Notes from a fading wall, 2025, Processed Photography, 70 x 70 cm

“Photography is often the essence of my Art. I also love traditional collages. So often my work consists of different photos put together in layers and presented in a new way, mostly abstract but sometimes with elements you can recognize.”

Wooden abstraction, 2025, Processed Photography, 52 x 52 cm

Alongside his self taught artistic practice, Morten has enjoyed an extensive professional career as an Art Director and Graphic Designer. Morten’s photography and paintings have been featured in exhibitions in Collioure/France, Barcelona/Spain, Berlin/Germany, London/UK, Budapest/Hungary, Fredrikstad, Horten and Oslo/Norway. Morten is keen to continue to exhibit his work throughout Europe. Morten resides in Oslo, Norway.

Green poster, 2025, Processed Photography, 70 x 52,5 cm

Artist Statement

I work with fragments, surfaces, and the slow language of erosion. My images are not constructed as scenes, but uncovered as traces – layers shaped by time, interruption, and quiet transformation. What appears is never complete; it lingers between presence and absence, structure and dissolution.