Oscar Akermo

Born in Uddevalla, Sweden, He grew up in a family of creatives and artists, he spent his adolescence exploring different art forms and being trained in the classical arts by his father, Göran. who himself was an artist. At age 13 Oscar began secretly exper imenting with tattooing himself, But it wasn’t until after the first year of high school, at age 17, when he decided to quit the school system and pursue a life as a professional tattoo artist. Oscar took a position as an apprentice for Pedro Leon at Tatt oo Studio 73, in Uddevalla. Within the first few years of working under Pedro Leon, Oscar had earned several awards and nominations for his work and was recognized by the global tattoo community as one of the best Black and Gray tattoo artists in the worl d.