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Tobias “Oliw87” Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1987 where he lives and work today. His artworks are included in Madonnas art collection among other. Oliw87’s exhibitions include
“Umami 5th taste of art” (2016, Stockholm Sweden), “Kvadrart” (2017, Stockholm Sweden), “Bomb de Lux” (2017-2018, Stockholm Sweden),
“Affordable Art” (2018, Stockholm Sweden) “NADA” (2018, Miami USA), “Work on paper” (2019, New York, USA), “Affordable Art (2019, Stockholm, Sweden), “I finally get it, I don´t understand anything at all” (2020, Malmö Sweden) “Fabriken Bästekille” (2020, Skåne Sweden), “Affordable Art” (2021, Stockholm Sweden), “Affordable Art” (2022, Stockholm Sweden), “Fabriken Bästekille” (2022, Skåne Sweden), “The best is yet to come” (2022, Stockholm Sweden), "What a fucking Mess!" (2023 Stockholm Sweden).
Highly influenced by his years doing Graffiti, his paintings contain both clear and more cryptic sentences with social criticism. His most iconic artworks is by far the “Chanel or Die” serie wich not only can be seen in many art collections but also in the streets.
His work has been seen in magazines like “Elle” and he has painted for companies like Range Rover and made fashion collaboration with brands like MaxJenny and Gul&Blå.