Oliver Sperl (*1969) studied graphic design in Berlin and illustration in Hamburg. He worked for various agencies in Berlin, Hamburg and San Diego. Since 2002, he has been freelancing as an illustrator and graphic designer in Berlin. In April 2014, he had his first solo show at »KaTa Gallery/Liquid Room« in Tokyo, Japan. The list of clients for whom he has been drawing for many years include German daily “taz” and club “Berghain”. Together with writer Rebecca Niazi-Shahabi, he published a work of non-fiction, “Keine Geschenke erhalten die Freundschaft” (lit.: “Giving no gifts will maintain a friendship”,  a play of words on a German saying), at the German publisher Piper in the autumn of 2014.