Jockum nordstrom biography for kids
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Jockum Nordström
Swedish artist (born 1963)
Jockum Nordström (born 1963) is a Swedish artist, best known for his vivid collages, but also for his drawings, paintings and work as an illustrator.
Biography
Jockum Nordström was born December 19, 1963, in Stockholm, Sweden in a family with two brothers and one sister.
Jockum nordstrom biography for kids
His father Gert Z Nordström was a professor of art education at Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design, the same school and department from where Jockum graduated in 1988.[1] Nordström’s national popularity increased with the series of children’s books about the character Sailor and his dog Pekka, and while working as an illustrator at the Stockholm newspaper Dagens Nyheter 1997-1999.
Nordström has also designed record sleeves for the rock band Caesars. His first show in the United States was at Jack Hanley Gallery in San Francisco 1999. In 2000 his reputation increased rapidly when some of Nordström’s drawings were exhibited a