Jakob Juul
Born 1995, Aarhus, Denmark
Jakob Juul never set out to be an artist. He didn’t grow up filling sketchbooks or dreaming of galleries. In fact, Jakob barely drew at all—just for a brief period in 4th and 5th grade, sketching strange little figures before moving on to something else. Years later, when he unexpectedly fell in love with painting, those long-forgotten characters resurfaced. Now, they exist in a new form—modern versions of his childhood sketches, like echoes of a younger self, almost self-portraits without a clear explanation why.
Jakob's paintings don’t carry a hidden message or a grand statement—he simply paints what excites him, what his instincts push him toward. But over time, each piece transforms into a kind of time capsule. A work that once felt like nothing but raw expression will, years later, take him back to a specific moment—the music he had on repeat, the clothes he couldn’t stop wearing, the energy and mindset he was in.
Jakob's process is instinctive and uninhibited, driven by experimentation with materials. He works across a broad spectrum, layering acrylic, oil paint, oil pastels, jesmonite, styrofoam, fiberglass, sand, paper, and spray paint—whatever feels right in the moment. His art isn’t about overthinking. It’s about movement, feeling, and letting the work take on a life of its own.
