Bård was born and raised in Oslo, Norway, but moved to the U.S. upon acceptance to the Maryland Institute College of Art – one of the highest-ranked art schools in the country. In 2000, he graduated with honors and a BFA degree in illustration, and did artwork for publications ranging from Texas Monthly to YM Magazine. No really!

An Art Director with CNN by day and a digital artist, photographer, illustrator, animator, videographer, musician, writer, and pretentious ass by night, Bård lives and works in New York City.

Bård Edlund was hired as the youngest writer ever to work for Multimediaworld magazine in Oslo, at age 16. He later reported for Computerworld and Multimedia! magazine, where he reviewed graphics software and interviewed artists such as Dilbert creator Scott Adams and cartoonist Ted Rall.

Already as a child, Bård's talents for creative expression were apparent both to kids and adults. Had he been more of a capitalist, he could have made small fortunes on all the drawings done for others "because they didn't know how to draw like that." In addition to drawing – both off and on the computer – he built a cardboard record player that made percussive sounds, a candy dispenser that took credit cards, and a miniature bobsleigh lane which occupied his dad's dining room. He also invented a miniature hockey game, which was subsequently played on many boys' desks at school. Teachers were not fond of the cardboard rinks which minimized desk space.

Registered as a domain name in 1997, edlundart.com became the new home for Bård Edlund's website, which has existed in one form or another since 1995.

Oh. It's pronounced "Board," or yes, "Bored."