Rolf Lejdegard

Born 1975 & raised just outside Stockholm, Sweden. Started drawing at an early age using only black crayons, immersing myself in comic books, cartoons & scifi. My influences as an illustrator include Katsuhiro Otomo, Masamune Shirow, Tsutomo Nihei, Buichi Terasawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Guy Davis & Jean-Claude Mezieres.

I have a background as a comic book artist & writer, working for 215 Ink, a small press publisher based in Philadelphia & as part of the New York Times bestseller anthology FUBAR.

I started painting in 2009 and haven't looked back since. My biggest influences as a painter are Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Lee Lozano, August Strindberg, Joan Mitchell, Zdzislaw Beksinski, William Turner, John Martin & John William Waterhouse.

I prefer to work in the style of abstract expressionism using a rather dark & bleak palette but have started to approach the light as my style & technique continue to evolve.
This includes also the adding of more scifi, fantasy & mythical as well as realistic elements into the mix.

I usually work on a larger canvas or wood boards but presented here, if not stated otherwise, are my latest works on paper. I found that working on a smaller scale allowed me th...

Self taught & going forward.

JUSTE Gallery, September 2016 (Group)

Hornhuset LAIKA Club, November 2016 (Solo)

JUSTE Gallery, Vårtrots April 2017 (Group)

JUSTE Gallery, Art Frenzy October 2017 (Group)

Uppsala Comix 2018 (Death exhibition at Uppsala Comc Con April 2018)

House of Wizards (Creative Concept Agency) Inhouse solo exhibition, June 2017-ongoing.

JUSTE Gallery, Solitaire . One April 2018 (Solo)

JUSTE Gallery, Femme Assault & ABSTRAK-SIDO. October 2018 (Curator)