Soren Grau

Soren Grau is a Danish-born, Los Angeles–based artist working across painting and sculpture.

His work explores the tension between human identity and constructed systems — where structure, control, and logic begin to break down under pressure. Figures appear partially mapped, fragmented, or interrupted by symbols, grids, and abstract visual languages that suggest attempts to measure or stabilize something inherently unstable.

Rather than resolving into clarity, these systems accumulate and distort, creating a balance between precision and disruption. The human figure remains central, acting as both subject and site of interference.

Grau’s process is built through layered mark-making, combining controlled line work with gestural and reactive elements. This creates surfaces that shift between order and instability, revealing different readings from a distance and up close.

His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in private collections across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Self-taught

2025: Finding Neo: A Bold Exploration of Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Art – Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2025: Emerging Contemporary Artists to Watch in 2025 – Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2024: Divergent Strokes: Basquiat's Legacy and the Evolution of Expression – Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Ripples in the Looking Glass – Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2022: Trending Art Shows Near Los Angeles – Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2019: Rural Urbanism – Los Angeles, CA

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2026: Art Fair (March) - New York, NY
2025: Art Fair (September) – New York, NY
2021: Art Fair – New York, NY
2020: Art Palm Springs Fine Art Fair – Palm Springs, CA
2020: Art Fair New York – New York, NY
2019: Art Fair – Hong Kong
2019: Art Fair – New York, NY
2019: Art Palm Springs Fine Art Fair – Palm Springs, CA
2018: Affordable Art Fair – Hong Kong
2018: Art Fair – New York, NY
2017: Affordable Art Fair – New York, NY