Joel Lines
Conceptual & Performance Fashion/ GRAFT Associate and Summer’26 Artist in Residence
Joel Lines is a multidisciplinary visual artist, who works with a range of media to create a mixture of conceptual fashion and performance costumes. A graduate of Fashion Print at Central Saint Martin’s, Joel is highly influenced by his experiences growing up in a community of artists and carnival makers, based in his home town in Sandown its environment has inspired many of his projects with the land and ocean.
Joel often creates from natural, recycled and up-cycled materials such as seaweed and kombucha leather, as well as using found materials, papers, plastics and collections of objects; and finds a way to create something bold, unique, chic, arty and colourful. Each project is shaped upon topics and themes that are personal, political, ecological or sustainable, creating meaningful pieces made with passion and love. Joel often listens to music and soundtracks that help along his journey in each project. Multi-sensory enquiry comes into play as Joel is creating and making.
Joel has worked with New Carnival, Shademakers UK, Three Rivers Music Festival, Ventnor Exchange, Cirque de la Quirk, Quay Arts, Boojum and Snark, Sandown Carnival, Isle of Wight College as well as Arts Council funded projects.
Email: joelartylines@gmail.com
‘MAKE A DRESS FOR GRAYSON PERRY’ June 2021 made and bought by Grayson, based upon dinosaurs and the visual of the print being in theme with Graysons fashion and costume style. Influenced by my prehistoric interests birthed in the first lockdown, being surrounded by the ocean and land and living on a dinosaur island.
‘YULE’ Winter Puppet, November 2025 Newport Christmas Carnival. As part of the four seasons puppets in the Folktastic Isle project and exhibition by New Carnival.
‘QUEER FAN’ Pride 2025 based upon Joel’s celebration of LGBTQIA+
'Queer Fan' detail.
‘GALLUS’ August 2024, Sandown Regatta Hats Parade, Sandown Carnival and Boojum and Snark in collaboration with Brading Roman Villa as a heritage connection project.
‘iNTO THE OCEAN’ June 2020 lockdown, based upon the rise of seahorses due to the regrowth of seagrass due to fewer boats on the water causing destruction to plant life.
‘MAX’ July 2023 Central Saint Martins Press show. Papier Maché face, based upon the maxillofacial surgery Joel had in 2021. Using recycled newsprint, British and Japanese.
‘REGGATTA HATS!’ 2023, Sandown Regatta Hat Project, Sandown Carnival, Teresa Grimaldi, Boojum and Snark in collaboration with the community in Sandown.
‘KINGFISHER’ lantern January 2025 recycled lantern frame that was recovered and repainted by Joel.
‘RACCOON’ Lantern, March 2025 made for Open Studios showcase exhibition. Also displayed at Cirque de la Quirk, Isle of Wight Festival 2026.