Lisa Billander is a clothing and jewelry designer from Sweden, currently studying Metal and Silversmithing at Leksands Folkhögskola. She graduated from Oslo National Academy of the Arts department of Clothing and Costume Design in 2023, 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 Oslo in 2022 and has worked independently with jewelry and costume design for film, theatre and dance during 2023 and 2024. She has exhibited her work at Sorgenfri, Gallery VEKTA and in several gallery 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 materials and shapes, Billander wishes to question our relationship to objects we wear in order to understand how they actively affect us.
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Education
2024 - today. 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
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.
