Daniel Cabrillos Jacobsen

Daniel Cabrillos Jacobsen (1996, Denmark) creates expressive, layered paintings exploring identity, memory, and belonging. Inspired by his mother’s migration from the Philippines, his work reflects cultural contrasts and personal history.

Blending figuration and abstraction, Jacobsen uses bold colors, textured surfaces, and a physical, intuitive painting process where he builds up the canvas with layers of paint, often scraping back, repainting, and reworking as he goes. He incorporates found materials like textiles and wood, adding everyday and intimate elements to his compositions.

His figures inhabit dreamlike, undefined spaces, evoking a sense of in-betweenness, rooted in two cultures, yet fully at home in neither. Deeply personal yet universally resonant, his work explores what it means to belong and carry stories shaped by migration.