Ansver Oksman
Ansver Oksman formerly known as Anssi Olavi Oksman (born December 24, 1983) was born in Varkaus, Finland and now lives in Helsinki. Oksman is a free artist who mixes Nordic arctic together with African rhythmical warmth.
History
Oksman started his artist career with illegal street installations and graffitis 1994 and moved to paintings in 1997. He quit doing graffitis in 2000 but did not forget street installations. Oksman has been touring around the globe painting and organizing exhibitions after 2000.
Artwork
Famous Tropical X (2004) tours art exhibitions, but is not for sale since it was sold at the first show.
Triangel (2007) was painted based on the episodes he experienced during his trip to Mombasa in 2006.
Oksman started passport photo project in 2004. He printed 50 000 copies of his passport photo and photos were spread around the globe to 5 continents.
Installations
Oksman has done installations to f. ex. Red Bull, Levi’s and Adidas. He has also decorated business premises and offices in Finland as well as in other European countries.
Others
Oksman started teaching painting in 2002. One of his dreams came true in 2008 when he travelled to Zambia to teach different painting styles to juveniles that were interested in street art.
Oksman founded street dancing crew Moon Freeze in 1998. 2003 he joined Desperados Sweden whilst on dancing tour with them. 2008 Oksman joined to East African dance group Dashy Krew Kenya.
External links
- Ansver Oksman Homepage
- International Ansver community in Facebook
- Oksman's Myspace
- Oksman passport picture project
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