About the artist:

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1961, Eduardo Bolioli migrated to New York with his family in the late seventies, where he studied at the prestigious School of Visual Arts. He moved to Honolulu in the mid-eighties, and made a living painting surfboards for pro surfers, including world champions Shaun Tomson, Sunny Garcia and Martin Potter. He became the art director for Blue Hawaii Surf, and later, for Local Motion, and he designed for surf brands like Quiksilver, Billabong and Gotcha.

Bolioli’s art caught the attention of Hawaiian concert promoters, and he created concert posters for local appearances of Miles Davies, UB40, Aerosmith, and Seinfeld. Attracted to Bolioli’s distinctive style, Miles Tanaka, the art director at VHI, brought him to New York to create several designs and animations for the music channel.