Niklas Asker was born 1979 in Nordingrå, Sweden.He has studied art at Konstskolan Kuben and Örebro Art School in Örebrowhere he graduated in 2001. After that he studied at Malmö Comics Art School and worked in the international comics industry for 9 years.In 2009 he started painting, slowly teaching himself how to work with oil and studying art history on his spare time. Around 2012 he started exhibiting regularly in Sweden and Abroad.Niklas is represented by Union Pacific in London.