Artist
Josefin Tolstoy
Josefin Tolstoy is a Swedish artist based in Uppsala. Josefin grew up in a creative home surrounded by colour and craft and went on to study graphic design and art direction.
Her process is intuitive, letting her creative instincts guide the direction of her work. She’s inspired by everything around her, transforming interiors, art, architecture and design into her own colourful expression.
She creates her own paint mixtures for her signature abstract pieces, using mortar as a thickener to give paint a solid structural feel once the material dries. She enjoys the added dimension to the process and physicality of the final pieces. This materiality is usually contrasted by a warm and gentle colour scheme, looking for a balance that is both expressive and vulnerable.
“I’m inspired by clean shapes and soothing colours — especially the point where those two meet. I want my work to be an emotional cushion in an otherwise hard and at times cold world.” - Josefin Tolstoy
AVAILABLE ARTWORKS
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September Drop 2025
"I’ve always been fascinated by human nature. How we, as a species, can be both naively simplistic and at the very edge of innovation.
How is it that we’re drawn to objects, to geometric beauty, to things we can possess? We collect, we organize, we create. We seek meaning in patterns, comfort in structure.
And yet — we also carry chaos.
We deceive. We betray. We self-destruct.
How far have we truly come and where are we heading?
The Humans is a collection born from these questions. The tension between instinct and intellect as well as the beautiful, and the broken parts of being human." - The Humans, Josefin Tolstoy
Artist Takeover at The Surprise
On Tuesday 8th April 2025, our artists took over The Surprise, Chelsea with a display of original art by seven of our artists. Clients were able to meet and learn about the work of Ann-Marie Williamson, Fanny Schultz, Kanica, Josefin Tolstoy, Lucy Whitford, Mary West and Tabby Booth. To celebrate this art takeover the artists have released a selection of new pieces you can now shop below.
November Drop 2024
"I often end up finding eyes looking back at me while I work. This time I wanted to explore the possability to give thes faces a space and let them lead the way for the collection. So it is in many ways a collection of friends." — Josefin Tolstoy, I see faces
My Warmest Collection Yet
“With this particular collection I was, as many of us are, affected by the suffering in the world around me. I needed to escape it and go in to a warm and safe space. To me colors have the impact to give comfort - and this time I really got in deep with red and pink tones.” - Josefin Tolstoy, My warmest collection yet
