Tomislav Ostrman was born in 1978 in Zagreb, where he finished elementary and secondary school education and elementary music education. He studied law at the Law School University, and has been studying art at the College for Visual Arts in Ljubljana. He is the president of Croatian Art Association.
The main motif of his paintings is a sailor named Fućkalica/Whistle (a sailor who whistles light-heartedly and looks into the distance mesmerized). Ostrman named Whistle’s world the Whistle Kingdom. Whistle is an ideal man, and the Whistle Kingdom is an ideal state. The sailor is a symbol of freedom and whistling is a symbol of light-heartedness.
Tomislav Ostrman lives and works in Zagreb.