Markus Åkesson Swedish, b. 1975
Markus Åkesson (b. 1975) lives and works in Nybro, Småland, Sweden. His work has been shown in a large number of exhibitions at galleries, art fairs, and institutions in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, London, Vilnius and Sweden. Åkesson had an early focus on the French art scene and has presented several solo exhibitions at Galerie Da-End in Paris (most recently "The Roses of Heliogabalus" in 2022–23), and participated at French art fairs such as Galeristes, Art Paris and YIA Art Fair. Recent solo exhibition venus include Solliden Royal Palace, Öland (2023), Market Art Fair, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (2022), VIDA Museum, Borgholm (2021), Berg Gallery, Stockholm (2021), and Kalmar Konstmuseum (2018).
Åkesson is represented in the collections of Fondation Francès (FR), The Public Art Agency of Sweden, VIDA Museum (SE), Smålands Museum (SE), Château du Rivau (FR), Alice Walton Family Collection (US), and Jacques-Antoine Granjon Collection (FR). He has made several public commissions, the most recent being the bronze sculpture "When the leaves come falling down" for a burial chapel in Småland, Sweden, and the most controversial being the large painting "Sleeping Beauty" which was relocated from the entrance of the Swedish elementary school that commissioned the work in 2017.
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Alchemy, 2023
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Lost, 2023
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In The Garden (Peony), 2023
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In The Garden (Pipe Vine), 2023
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The Oracle Bones (Cat And Two Hens), 2023
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Black Heart, 2023
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Ibis, 2023
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I Could Possibly Be Fading I, 2023
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Chesterfield Dreams, 2022
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The Roses of Heliogabalus, 2022
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Lost, 2023
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Witch riding backwards (Perylene), 2022
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Witch riding backwards (Phtalo Turqoise), 2022
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Witch riding backwards (Rouge Senois), 2022
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Medusa, 2022
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Danse Macabre (The Drapes), 2021-22
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The Composer, 2021-22
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Danse Macabre (Rose Madder), 2021-22
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Danse Macabre (The Trumpeter), 2021
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Now You See Me (Danse Macabre), 2021
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Lost, 2021
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Witch Riding Backwards, 2021
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The Augur, 2020
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Ornithomancy, 2020
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The Clearing, 2020
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Book of Coming Forth By Day, 2020
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Danse Macabre, 2023
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Danse Macabre, 2023
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The Garden, 2023
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In The Garden (Ivy Passage), 2023
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Your Heart Is Safe With Me, 2023
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Markus Åkesson | Weaver's Grove, The Oracle Bones
28 Sep - 4 Nov 2023Encountering Markus Åkesson's paintings is like a crash course in art history; there are references to 19th century realist painting, the Pre-Raphaelites, Renaissance masters Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht...Read more -
Market Art Fair | Markus Åkesson
Liljevalchs, Stockholm 29 Apr - 1 May 2022Influenced by art historical motifs, such as the works of the renaissance Old Masters, Markus Åkesson draws arcane and mystical landscapes on the draped cloths covering his subjects. There is...Read more -
Markus Åkesson | Now You See Me
15 Jan - 6 Mar 2021There is the dance of death, directly inspired by the engravings of Holbein the Younger, a saraband where the dead and the living dance together in the heart of a...Read more
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Markus Åkesson at Solliden Royal Palace, Borgholm
Open Air exhibition | 11 may - 1 oct June 13, 2023For more information: sollidensslott.seRead more -
Ellen Ehk, Johan Röing & Markus Åkesson at Solliden Royal Palace, Borgholm
Group exhibition | 11 may - 1 oct May 11, 2023Ellen Ehk, Johan Röing and Markus Åkesson are currently part of a group exhibition curated by Orrefors Kosta Boda in conjunction with the 50th anniversary...Read more -
Markus Åkesson at La Manufacture, Roubaix
Group exhibition | 23 apr - 27 aug April 25, 2023For more information: lamanufacture-roubaix.comRead more -
Ellen Ehk & Markus Åkesson at Justus Lipsius, European Council, Brussels
Group exhibition | 1 jan - 30 jun March 1, 2023In conjunction with the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2023, the Council buildings in Brussels will be decorated based on...Read more
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Markus Åkesson at Galerie Da-End, Paris
Solo exhibition | 3 dec - 14 jan December 3, 2022For more information: da-end.comRead more -
Ellen Ehk, Markus Åkesson & Johan Röing at Kosta Art Gallery
Group exhibition | 26 may - 2 oct May 26, 2022Read more. Location: Kosta Art Gallery Stora vägen 96 365 43 KostaRead more -
Markus Åkesson at Galerie Da-End x Jonathan F. Kugel Gallery, Paris
Group exhibition | 21 may - 2 jul May 21, 2022Participating artists: Markus Åkesson, Marcella Barceló, Vivian Van Blerk, Thierry Boutemy, Synne Elve Enoksen, Marine Gazier, Sarah Jérôme, Kim Kototama Lune, Alan Macdonald, Nieto, Célia...Read more -
Markus Åkesson at Galerie Da-End, Paris
Group exhibition | 15 Jan - 26 Feb 2022 January 21, 2022Galerie Da-End pursues its series of contemporary Cabinet of Curiosities and invites this year for the eleventh issue, nearly twenty international artists to unveil their...Read more