Mats Gustafson was born in Sweden in 1951. He now lives and works in New York and Long Island, America. He studied costume and stage design at the Scandinavian Drama Institute in Stockholm and in 1978 had his first fashion illustrations published in British Vogue. He was soon contributing to American Vogue and Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and in 1980 he moved to New York. Gustafson has painted for a host of international designers including Comme des Garcons, Chanel and Yohji Yamamoto and has collaborated with corporate clients such as Galeries Lafayette, Nike and Bergdorf Goodman. In 1993 and 1998 Galerie Bartsch and Chariau, Munich published limited edition catalogues dedicated to his work.