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{{Short description|Swedish artist}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2022}}

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'''Akay''' is one of the first [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[graffiti]]-influenced [[street art]]ists, and has received international attention.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/6924154.stm 'Post-it' building's graffiti art], BBC News, 31 July 2007.</ref><ref>Rob Walker, [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/magazine/03GRAFFITI.html?ei=5006&an=1a54 'Painting the Town (Again)'], ''The New York Times'', 3 October 2004.</ref>

When he quit graffiti, he started his street art project Akayism.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} In the Akayism project he has created art installations in all kinds of formats and sizes that have been seen in all corners of the world. Some of the installations have been co-made with other famous street artists.

[[Klisterpeter]] ([[Swedish language|Swedish]] for [[Glue]]-Peter) known for his [[deer]]-[[sticker]]s and urban bird [[Nesting Boxes|nesting boxes]], has co-made many of Akay's installations.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} They sometimes call themselves the Barsky Brothers.

==Books==
*Urban Recreation - Akay & Peter (2006) {{ISBN|91-973981-7-9}}
*Michel Verlinden et Raphaël Cruyt, Hell Hole Hope, naissance d'un musée, Bruxelles, Éditions MIMA, 2022, 240 P. {{ISBN|978-2-9602965-0-1}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070502025804/http://www.akayism.org/ Akayism.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192807/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/museo/6/akay/index.html Museo magazine article]{{full citation needed|date=September 2012}}

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