| Artist | Markus Åkesson | Resides | Sweden |
| Website | markusakesson.com | Medium | Oil |
| Representing Gallery | Berg Gallery Galerie Da-End Stockholm, Sweden Galerie Da-End Paris, France | [email protected] | |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | Themes | Origins of religion Spirituality |
About the artist
Markus Åkesson (b. 1975) lives and works in Nybro, Småland, Sweden. He has been participating in a large number of exhibitions at galleries, art fairs and institutions in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, London, Vilnius and Sweden.
Markus had an early focus on the French art scene and has made several solo exhibitions at Galerie Da-End in Paris (the most recent in the winter of 2022-2023, with the solo exhibition “The Roses of Heliogabalus”) and the French art fairs Galeristes, Art Paris and YIA Art Fair. In Sweden he is represented by Berg Gallery in Stockholm, where he has shown his works in several solo and group exhibitions since 2021.
Markus Åkesson is the 1st Place Winner of the Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2023, RAYMAR Traditional Art Award.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Markus Åkesson is interested in esoteric spaces, meeting points, vanishing gaps between the hidden and the show, dream and reality, life and death. It is a quest that unfolds before our eyes, a quest for meaning and a search for spiritualities. Then you can’t help but think about those faces, that are always hidden from us. Faces that carry the greatest mysteries of mankind, and its most absolute thoughts. Wouldn’t they be the object of this research? A painting by Magritte comes to mind, a magnificent kiss from two veiled lovers, an impersonal embrace, universal love. In all these works, hidden behind a succession of mythical motifs, lies human nature and all its secrets.
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| September 2023 | Solo exhibition: “New Works” | Berg Gallery Galerie Da-End Stockholm, Sweden |
| September 2023 | Group exhibition: “À Perte de Vue” | Galerie Da-End Paris, France |
| November 2023 | Group exhibition: “Serendipity” curated by Beautiful Bizarre Magazine | Haven Gallery Northport, NY. USA |
CV
Education
2011 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours), University of South Australia, South Australia, Australia.
Selected Solo Exhibition
2022
The Roses of Heliogabalus, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
The Trailing Moss and Mystic Glow, duo exhibition with Ellen Ehk, Kosta Art Gallery, Kosta, Sweden
2021
Skogens Hjärta, duo exhibition with Ellen Ehk, VIDA Museum, Öland, Sweden
Now You See Me, Berg Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Strange Days, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
2018
Insomnia, VIDA Museum, Borgholm, Öland, Sweden
Sleeping Beauty, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Let Me Sleep Through the Night, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Jubilee Exhibition in Glass, and Uutdoor Re-production of Paintings, Solliden Palace, Öland, Sweden
Faces Cachées, La Manufacture, Museum of Textile Creation and History, Roubaix, France
The Council Buildings Justus Lipsius, European Council, exhibition with Ellen Ekh Åkesson, Brussels, Berlin
Exuberance, Jonathan F. Kugel – Cabinet de Curiosités Contemporain, Brussels, Berlin
Cabinet XII, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
2022
Print & Paint, Kasteel d’Ursel, Berlin
Market Art Fair, Liljevalchs Konsthall, with Berg Gallery, Sweden
Le Jardin, Miroir du Monde, Château du Rivau, Lémeré, France
Asile in Wonderland, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
2021
Swedish Design Movement, with Kosta Boda, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France
2020
Cabinet X, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
2019
Cabinet Da-End 09, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
Sculpture exhibition, Curated by Galleri Kamras, Solliden Royal Palace, Öland, Sweden
Galeristes, Carreau du Temple, Paris, France
2018
Loup Y Es/Tu?, with: Markus Åkesson, Lucy Glendinning & Sarah Jérôme ,Maisons-Laffitte, France
La Fabrique Du Regard, Frances Fondation, Senlis, France
Cabinet Da-End 08, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
2017
Less is More, KIRK Gallery, Aalborg, Denmark
Group Exhibition, Krapperups Konsthall, Höganäs, Swedden
Cabinet Da-End 07, Galerie Da-End, Paris, France
