Lisa Billander is a clothing and jewelry designer from Sweden. In 2023 she graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts department of Clothing and Costume Design, showcasing her collection Knåda, Böja, Smälta at the graduation exhibition and runway show during AVGANG2023. Billander was an intern at the fashion brand FLESH Official in 2022 and has since then worked independently with jewelry and costume design for film, theatre and dance. In 2025 she finished one year of studies in Metal and Silversmithing at Leksands Folkhögskola. She has exhibited her work at Konst i Dalarna's members exhibition, Gallery Sorgenfri, Gallery VEKTA and in several spaces at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
In her artistical practice, Billander works with both textile and metal craft, often combining them with found materials such as stone, wood or rubber. With inspiration from elements and details gathered from her surrounding nature and city site, deconstruction and reconstruction of shapes and material is an important starting point in her processes. By throwing things around, switching places on material and shape, Billander question our relationship to wearable objects to understand how they affect us.
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Education
2024 - 2025. Metal and Silversmithing at Leksands Folkhögskola.
2020 - 2023. Bachelor in Clothing and Costume Design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Previous work and exhibitions
2025 - Today, Oslo. Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK). Part-time substitute as costumer and sewer.
2026, Oslo. SIM CITY. Lisa exhibited parts of her jewellery in a group exhibition at Prosjektskolen.
2025, Oslo. Costume assistant for Fredrik Floen. Towards the one night only, 6 hour show Disorder of Desire at Black Box Theatre.
2025, Oslo. Guest teacher at Prosjektskolen. Lisa held three one-week courses withing textile and sewing for first year students at Prosjektskolen.
2025, Falun. Konst i Dalarnas Medlemsutställning 2025. Lisa participated in the Konst i Dalarna's members exhibition 2025 at Nisserska Huset in Falun.
2025, Oslo. Costume maker for Oil Dino Du. Lisa made metal-themed costumes for a dance performance for kids called Oil Dino Du by Roza Moshtagi and Ronak Moshtagi, in collaboration with Kloden Teater.
2025, Riddarhyttan Residency. Lisa was a resident at Studio Kolingen working with costumes for Roza Moshtaghi alongside her own practice.
2025, Oslo. Sorgenfri Artwear. Lisa exhibited her work at Sorgenfri during Oslo Runway.
2025, Riddarhyttan. Makers Space 2025. Lisa participated in a one week summer residence at Studio Kolingen, ending with an open house and exhibition.
2025, Leksand. Att brinna och bygga broar. Lisa exhibited her work in the annual spring exhibition at Leksands Folkhögskola.
2024, Oslo. Costume design for theatre Brathouse directed by Zoe Rodgers. The play was shown in a villa in Bærum.
2024, Oslo. Costume design for short film Mosaikk. Shown at "AVGANG24" at Vega Scene in Oslo.
2023, Oslo. BARSZCZ Z USZKAMI. Lisa exhibited her jewelry in a group exhibition at Galleri Skranken.
2023, Oslo. The Limitations of Nonlinear Language. Lisa exhibited her jewelry in a group exhibition at Galleri Seilduken.
2023, Oslo. Reexplore at Sorgenfri. Lisa exhibited her graduation project at Sorgenfri.
2023, Oslo. KHiO BA Graduation Runway Show. Lisa showed her graduation project at the graduation runway show in Vrimla at Oslo National Academy of the arts together with other graduate students.
2023, Oslo. KHiO AVGANG 2023. Lisa took part in the exhibition AVGANG 2023 with her graduation project.
2022, Oslo. FLESH x KAIBOSH. Lisa designed sunglasses for Kaibosh eyewear during her internship at FLESH Official, for their collaborative concept BODEGA.
2022, Oslo. Gangsta Images at Gallery VEKTA. Lisa released her concept Gangsta Images in collaboration with artist Bella Fasmer as an exhibition at Gallery VEKTA, Oslo.
2021, Oslo. Knitwear. Lisa exhibited her knitwear collection Nätverk at Reception Gallery at Oslo National Academy of the arts.
2020, Oslo. Production assistant for Peny Spanou on Displaced Shadows. Lisa assisted on producing dance costumes for designer Peny Spanou and her master graduation project from the department of Clothing and Costume Design at KHiO.
