Artist, based in Hamburg, Germany
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I make collages and I kind of lo-fi produce pop records and self-publish them in very limited, mostly handmade editions, while I give most of my music away for free digitally on bandcamp… Thanks for being here!
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Manchmal scheint es, als stünde ein narratives Moment im Zentrum der Collagen. Dann wieder eint die Arbeiten der letzten Jahre doch gerade ihre Rätselhaftigkeit. Landschaften und Figuren erscheinen oft als ebenbürtige Partner, als Verbündete, bei der Entdeckung des Fremden - so wie auch Farbe und Papier, das Gemalte und das Geklebte (oder Geklaute) sich zunehmend ergänzen. Fremde Welten, die doch irgendwie vertraut erscheinen - Blüten, verwandelt zu Feen, Fischschwärme in den Baumkronen, eine ungewohnte Gemeinschaft von Tieren, Menschen und anderen Wesen. Verwildernde Orte einer postmodernen Gesellschaft.
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Works marked with * are already sold or not available.
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For more information about other works and for studio visits
please write me
CV
1983 born in Essen, Germany
1994 moves to lower saxony
1996 starts playing guitar
2004 moves to Düsseldorf
2005 moves to Hamburg to form a band
2006 first recordings and performances
2007 first paper collages
first record release in limited edition
2008 first mixed media collages
2011 first exhibition
2014 moves to Bochum
finishes state-approved training as nutritionist
finishes state-approved training as memory coach
2016 moves back to Hamburg
2019 B.A. Kulturwissenschaften- / FU Hagen
(Bachelor thesis about Max Ernst`s collage novels)
starts signing all of his original art with - J. P. Sohlmann -
2023 becomes a father
2025 starts working in his studio in the city center of hamburg,
-Solo Records-
Neue Farben - EP 2017 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Find the moon - EP 2016 - (digital)
The Magic Okustra Symphony Party - LP 2014 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Okustra - LP 2012 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Rain you / colors - Single 2012 - (digital)
Parangartirunajo - EP 2011 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Tarangiapapu - EP 2010 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Hillchild - LP 2009 - (limited CD edition + digital)
-Band Records-
Bambikonzept - Bolk - EP 2014 - (digital)
Bambikonzept - 123 - LP 2011 - (limited CD edition + digital)
Shabbybeauté - Merkwürdiges Leben - EP 2007 - (limited CD edition + digital)
-Exhibitions-
2018 - Millerntor Gallery #8 - group exhibition - Millerntorstadion, Hamburg (Jöphi)
2018 - Art & Cake - group exhibition - Art & Cake Pop-Up-Gallery, Hamburg (Jöphi)
2016 - Traum und Morgen - with Fabienne Houdret - Kunst Kiosk, Hamburg. (Jöphi)
2011 - Eine Wand im - Kunst Kiosk, Hamburg
Want to get in touch?
Why don’t you just write me something nice?
okustra@gmx.de
INSTAGRAM:
@j.p.sohlmann
BANDCAMP:
okustra.bandcamp.com
NOTE
I give most of my music away for free digitally. So if you are interested, just head over to my bandcamp (click “recordings”) and download whatever you like. Most of these records were produced in the time between my 24th and 34th birthday. Its all pretty demo-ish, mostly recorded in rehearsal spaces, bedrooms etc. - but there are quite a few pearls to find beneath the dust, I think. It’s also all properly mastered (with little exceptions).
If you want to support me directly, you can always buy my original art. There are no prints (yet), but I have original collages, drawings and paintings available. I also have handmade CDs and zines (with covers that are original artworks themselves). So if you are interested in starting to collect my work, you don’t have to spend hundreds or thousands of euros or dollars or whatever (you are always welcome though) - it starts with as little as 15 EUR for certain handmade CD oder zine - editions. I am honored by every purchase!
If you are in Hamburg and you are interested in collage art, feel free to write me in regard to a studio visit. If you are interested in ordering an original artwork, just shoot me a message and I will gladly send you a pdf with a list of available works…
Thank you