Bo Åke Adamsson — painter, sculptor and graphic artist from Sweden. He studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes in Barcelona from 1963 to 1973, and continued his education in bronze casting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm in 1975, 1976 and 1977. He has exhibited in cities such as Stockholm, Paris, New York, Cannes, Barcelona and Copenhagen, and has shown alongside painters such as Picasso, Miró, Tàpies and many others. His art and sculptures are represented in collections including the Swedish National Art Museum, and in the personal collections of Gustaf VI Adolf, Carl XVI Gustaf, and the Sultan of Brunei.
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." — Edgar Degas
He doesn't pass by unnoticed, Bo Åke Adamsson. He either shows up in a white linen suit, white shirt, and white laced shoes, looking every bit the role of the Skagen painter. But instead of a silk scarf, he has a tie with a dollar sign and he's sitting on a tractor. Or he gives a general "it's been a hard day's night" impression, but wearing a Stetson hat that could have been given to him by the Great Gatsby himself. Or he comes, and this has definitely happened, in a tailcoat and a T-shirt. An imposing man who looks shamelessly healthy, despite life on the wild side from time to time, and whose whole person emanates a liberating air of happy-go-luckiness. A typified symbol of Bo, what would that be? The open arms, the warm hug, the guffaw? The big mouth going off on some kind of a story, as if the stories were fluttering around inside his head and he pulled one out at random before you even get a chance to say hello? You know that no one is as much fun to talk to as Bo, even if you never get a word in edgewise, which isn't the point, because it isn't time for talking, it's show time for the storyteller and you're just part of his entourage. He loves to play the part, and one thing leads to another.
A typified symbol of Bo, what would that be? The open arms, the warm hug, the guffaw? The big mouth going off on some kind of a story, as if the stories were fluttering around inside his head and he pulled one out at random before you even get a chance to say hello? You know that no one is as much fun to talk to as Bo, even if you never get a word in edgewise, which isn't the point, because it isn't time for talking, it's show time for the storyteller and you're just part of his entourage. He loves to play the part, and one thing leads to another.
— From the autobiography of Bo Åke Adamsson
Bo Åke's works have been exhibited in galleries across Scandinavia and Europe, finding homes in private collections worldwide. Each piece represents a commitment to quality, authenticity, and artistic integrity.