BUBU Collection INSIDER A SIA SITS DOWN WITH SWISS ARTIST, DESIGNER AND FOUNDER OF B UBU COLLECTION, OLIVER SCHIBLI By Lilly Carrion Photographer: Oliver Schibli
WINNER EMERGING INTERNATIONAL ARTIST AWARD DUBAI 2016 n my mind I have always been an artist. But before I made a real commitment to it; I was a Sales and Marketing manager. My girlfriend Sii was the one that inspired me to think differently about my life and the way I was living it. She asked me whether I would be happy working in an office job until I was 65. She urged me to consider following my passion. Using my talent to become a successful artist. So I began an apprenticeship as sign maker at the Visual Art school in Bern. It was there that I learned, over four years, many techniques: from writing
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