This past Fall, Juxtapoz spent an afternoon at the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco, and put a camera in the face of the most anticipated performers of the 2-day festival, South Africa's art-hip-hop group, Die Antwoord.
The Swedish fine artist, illustrator, and mural artist, Ekta, was interviewed by Juxtapoz magazine. Among other things, he talks about his background, his discovery of art, his name, his works, and why he doesn't do outside work at the moment. It's a great interview!
Tell me a little bit about yourself and how you got started?
I was born in 1978 in a small coastal town in the south of Sweden. When I was 18 I moved to London with my best friend to skate and ended up staying there for 9 years. Art came through skateboarding and somewhere around the millennium painting and drawing became more important to me than skating. Some early influences in art were people like Mark Gonzales and Neil Blender. In 2005 my personal life was not so good and not having money to pay the expensive London bills, I decided to try my luck back in Sweden and moved to Gothenburg, where I’ve been since....
The Swedish fine artist, illustrator, and mural artist, Ekta, was interviewed by Juxtapoz magazine. Among other things, he talks about his background, his discovery of art, his name, his works, and why he doesn't do outside work at the moment. It's a great interview!