Karin Broos’ paintings show photorealistic scenes taken from daily life and her own surroundings. Her motifs center on the home, the studio and nature. Most of her works depict women’s lives at different ages. The models in her paintings are usually taken from her close family, such as her daughters and grandchildren. The seemingly everyday situations she depicts are often ambiguous and charged with an atmosphere of contemplation.

Using the photograph as her template, Broos investigates the differences and shifts between painting and photography. The people in the paintings often have their backs turned to the viewer or are looking away. The apparently everyday scene on display in the work ‘Nostalgia I’, its net curtains adding a dramatic interplay of light and shadow, gives us a sense of underlying sadness.

Karin Broos is currently touring her large solo show, which became hugely popular when it was first exhibited at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde in October 2015 – February 2016. Between 2017–2018 it toured several US cities. And in 2019–2020, with the addition of new works, the exhibition will be on display in various art institutions in Sweden, including Linköpings konsthall and
Kristinehamns konstmuseum.

It was at Kristinehamns konstmuseum that Karin Broos had her breakthrough in 2008, which was followed by exhibitions at Borås Konstmuseum, the Christian Larsen Gallery and Sven Harrys konstmuseum in Stockholm. Broos’ work is represented at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Public Art Agency Sweden, Ystads konstmuseum and Värmlands Museum amongst others.