Nils Oskamp
Nils Oskamp (born December 11, 1969 in Bochum ) is a German graphic designer , illustrator , animator , comic artist and activist .
Life
Oskamp first studied graphic design at the Ruhrakademie in Schwerte and later animation at the Hamburg Animation School. He won the Hamburg Animation Award with his graduation film Voodee .
Together with six other Hamburg illustrators, Oskamp founded the professional association Illustrators Organization in 2002 . He attended the comic seminar in Erlangen thirteen times and published the short story Auf Wiederseemann in the anniversary book Déjà-Vu . In 2006 he worked as a guest artist in Atelier Sanzot . In 2007 he began working on his graphic novel Drei Steine in the Atelier du Marquis Angoulême ; this was published by Panini in May 2016 and was presented with an exhibition at the Erlangen Comic Salon .
Oskamp has been working as an illustrator for the magazines Spiegel , Hörzu , Men's Health , Geolino, Auto-Bild and various advertising agencies since 1999 . With the exhibition Drei Steine , Oskamp was actively represented against right-wing populist publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Leipzig Book Fair . Oskamp holds readings and workshops in schools to raise awareness about right-wing extremism . The traveling exhibition for the graphic novel Drei Steine has been shown in twelve locations so far.
Awards
- 2003: Hamburg Animation Award
- 2012: Red Dot Design Award
- 2016: Rudolph Dirks Award
Works
- 2003: Voodee (cartoon)
- 2006: Déjà-Vu (comic)
- 2016: Drei Steine (graphic novel)
Exhibitions
- 2016: International Comic Salon Erlangen
- 2016: Dortmund, Steinwache Nazi memorial
- 2016: Aachen, Comiciade
- 2016: Frankfurter Buchmesse (opposite the new right-wing weekly newspaper Junge Freiheit )
- 2017: Kulturzentrum Bahnhof-Langendreer
- 2017: Leipzig Book Fair (opposite the right-wing populist Querfront magazine Compact )
- 2017: Munich Comic Festival
- 2017: NS Memorial Hall Oberhausen (September to December 2017)
- 2018: Wewelsburg district museum Nazi memorial (February to April 2018)
- 2018: Schwarzenbach ad Saale, Comic Museum Erika-Fuchs-Haus (July to November 2018)
- 2018: Darmstadt, Justus Liebig House
- 2019: Berlin, Galerie Neurotitan in Haus Schwarzenberg
Web links
- Homepage of the artist.
- Graphic novel Drei Steine
- Graphic novel about Dortmund's neo-Nazi scene: “The brave have to stand up against these idiots” , interview in Deutschland Funk on June 21, 2016
- How Nils Oskamp draws comics against neo-Nazis , interview in Bayrischer Rundfunk on August 20, 2018
- Dennis Betzholtz: If the new classmate is a neo-Nazi , article on welt.de from October 10, 2016
Individual evidence
- ↑ How Nils Oskamp draws comics against neo-Nazis Bayerischer Rundfunk August 20, 2018
- ↑ "Drei Steine" With comics against neo-Nazis , by Lars von Törne, Der Tagesspiegel February 12, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oskamp, Nils |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic designer, illustrator, animator, comic artist and activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bochum |