Transit — The Geometry of Passage: Erla S. Haraldsdóttir

In Transit — The Geometry of Passage, Erla S. Haraldsdóttir presents a series of paintings that mirror the architecture of the gallery space. The works respond to light and color as structural elements, tracing shifts in tone, reflection, and orientation. Each painting registers the spatial conditions of its surroundings — the fall of light, the rhythm of surfaces, and the quiet intervals between movement and stillness. Together, they form a study in how painting can describe the act of being between places, where perception itself becomes a form of transit.

Erla S. Haraldsdóttir is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose work investigates the boundaries between personal memory, ancestral narrative, and collective myth. Using painting, drawing, printmaking, and collage, she draws on diverse visual languages — combining elements of figurative painting with experimental processes shaped by site, context, and archival material. Her practice frequently explores the transformative potential of colour and light, and the interplay between materiality and storytelling. She has exhibited widely, including at Origin Centre at Wits University (Johannesburg), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), Kalmar Konstmuseum, Berlinische Galerie, Reykjavík Art Museum, Nanning Museum (Guangxi, China), and Turbine Art Fair (Johannesburg). Her work is held in public and private collections, and she has participated in international residencies, including Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin), Cité des Arts (Paris), and the Bag Factory (Johannesburg). She lives and works in Berlin and Johannesburg.