About Viki Thorbjorn
Art as mirror. Art as memory. Art as return.
I’ve always painted. But not always from this place.
As a child, art helped me disappear.
It gave me focus, helped me stay silent, and made me feel safe when things were hard to name. I was praised for getting it right. For being controlled. For being good.
Later, I became an athlete. I trained my body the way I had trained my hand.
Every movement was earned. Every result was measured.
Success was survival, not celebration.
That world shaped me. It gave me structure, discipline, and an edge.
But it also made me live with pressure that never truly left my body.
Through it all, painting stayed close. Even when I didn’t know why I was still doing it.
Even when I wasn’t creating from truth, only from habit.
It wasn’t until everything became still that something different came through.
Now I paint without performance. Without control.
Not to achieve, but to feel.
What I create
My work is abstract because emotion is rarely linear.
It is quiet, layered, and often unfinished on purpose.
Each piece is a way of holding something that has no words.
Some are offered as canvas prints, available in open or limited editions.
Some become part of The Last 10, a hand-embellished release that only happens a few times each year.
And a few are Soul on Canvas commissions, created one-to-one with collectors through deep emotional conversation and intuitive painting.
Everything I release is created to shift the atmosphere.
To invite pause. To offer presence.
This is not art made to match anything.
It is art made to reflect what already lives inside you.
Why I do this
Because I have lived through pressure.
Because I know what it means to be rewarded for pushing, for proving, for perfecting.
And because I also know what it feels like to stop.
To let go.
To listen.
I believe art can hold energy that language cannot.
I believe beauty is not something we earn. It is something we remember.
And I believe that emotion, in all its quiet chaos, is a form of wisdom.
If something stirs in you, trust that
You are not here by mistake.
And this work is not for everyone.
But if something in you paused while reading this, if something inside you softened or paid closer attention, you are already in the right place.
Viki
Collaboration and media
If you are interested in featuring my work or exploring a collaboration, I would be honoured to hear from you.
I do not participate in recorded or live interviews, but I welcome written conversations that hold emotional depth and intention.