After moving to the United States in the late seventies, Eduardo Bolioli studied at the prestigious School of VisualArts in New York. In the mid-eighties, he moved to Honolulu where he started making a living by painting surfboards for pro surfers, such as World Champions Shaun Tomson, SunnyGarcia and Martin Potter. He soon became the art director for Blue HawaiiSurf and later on for Local Motion. He also designed T-Shirts for surf brands like Quicksilver, Billabong and Gotcha during that period.
His art caught the attention of concert promoters and in no time he was creating concert posters for MilesDavis, UB40, Aerosmith and Seinfeld. Miles Tanaka, Art Director at VH1, while visiting Hawaii run into some surf stickers designed by Eduardo and took him to New York to create several designs and animations for the music channel. In 1991, Absolut Vodka chose him to become the Absolut Hawaii Artist and commissioned him to create a painting for the ABSOLUT HAWAII AD that took part in Absolut Statehood Campaign that appeared in Newsweek magazine and USAToday. A Limited Edition lithograph was also made with the proceeds going to DIFFA. In 1993 Absolut Vodka asked him to create a painting for the Absolut Uruguay Ad. Eager to do something related to his native country, Eduardo agreed to do it but the job required him to move back to Uruguay to be the spokesman for the brand
