Joel Billekvist
Joel Billekvist (b. 1992, SE) is a Swedish artist based in Oslo. He holds a BA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2022) and has exhibited at venues including Podium, Kösk, Hos Arne, and Coulisse Gallery.
Billekvist’s practice expands the field of painting by exploring the boundary between surface and space, front and back. Through materials such as transparent textiles, aluminium, and various painting media including oil and acrylic, he creates works that move between painting, sculpture, and installation. His approach combines experimental materiality with painterly intuition, resulting in works that feel both constructed and spontaneous.
Double Layer Cake
Cotton, polyester, acrylic, oil, chalk
177 × 148 cm
2025
In Between the Lines, Billekvist presents three large-scale paintings.
Painting plus a sculpture I made in a room with a mural (266 × 333 cm) combines structural lines and shifting perspectives with expressive colour fields. The work appears as a hybrid between painting and drawing, where the monumental format allows the composition to unfold as a spatial object.
Double Layer Cake (177 × 148 cm) contrasts dark, gestural brushstrokes with an open, luminous background. Subtle tones create rhythm and movement, while variations in materials, from oil and acrylic to chalk, balance spontaneity and control.
Tredje Badbollen (The Third Bath Ball) (250 × 177 cm) introduces a playful energy through shades of blue and yellow that balance warmth and stillness. The thin layers of watercolour and oil allow the polyester surface to shine through, revealing its texture and transparency. The result is a light, spontaneous composition that invites both reflection and movement.
Painting plus a sculpture I made in a room with a mural
Dry pastel, acrylic, and polyester
266 × 333 cm
2025
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Tredje Badbollen (The Third Bath Ball)
Watercolour, oil, chalk on polyester
250 × 177 cm
2025
“I first encountered Joel’s work during the pandemic at Dopsgate 4, and was struck by how a transparent canvas could open a dialogue between light, space, and material. Since then, I’ve followed his experiments with new materials, where spontaneity and precision meet in a subtle rhythm. His works create both room for interpretation and pure aesthetic pleasure, qualities that make them deeply engaging.”
— Katia Maria Hassve, Curator