OA KRIMMEL, [OAK]
Born: 11 October 1967, Stuttgart, Germany
Lives & works in Stuttgart and on Elba.
Education: Diploma / graduating top of his year at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart
Conceptual art, sculpture and creative direction
Since 2024 focus on free artistic work as sculptor and the body of work “Are You Ready for Xtinction”, integrating Artificial Intelligence and modern materials.
2008: European Design Award
2009: Graphic Fine Arts Silver, Deutscher Designer Club
2010: TDC 56 Competition (Type Directors Club New York)
2012: Haptik Award, Category VI „Kunst & Kultur“
2023: ICMA Award Gold for „Songspiration“
2025: Ludwig-Gies-Prize for Small Sculpture, LETTER-Stiftung Köln
SELECTED SOLO / GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
(Debut) Group Show "Schock & Schöpfung, Jugendästhetik im 20. Jh.", Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1986
(Debut) Solo exhibition „Inhale – Exhale“, State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, 1997
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Until 2023: Applied conceptual works in the cultural sector:
• Corporate and scenographic design for art exhibitions (e.g. Albrecht Dürer (2012), Picasso (2015), Max Ackermann (2017), Christoph Niemann (2018) et al.)
• Name development for museums (e.g. Kunstpalais — formerly Galerie der Stadt Erlangen; Landesmuseum Württemberg, et al.)
• Corporate design (e.g. Television Tower Redesign Anton Stankowski, Corporate Identity Loriot, Visual Identity Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, et al.)
• Founded: Design agency i_d buero (Top 5 Germany, ADC-Ranking)
• Co-founder: Urban Art Guerilla Gallery „Hotel deVil“ (Stuttgart)
• First german Hip Hop music video (Die Fantastischen Vier „Jetzt geht’s ab“)
• Feature film „Das war spitze“ (funded by Filmstiftung Baden-Württemberg)
• Teaching / Lectures: Lehraufträge at Merz-Akademie & Hochschule der Medien (HdM) Stuttgart
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2024: "Freundschaft", Group Show Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg (with Wolfram Ullrich, Thomas Locher et al.)
2025: "New Habitats", Group Show 16th Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach (with Christian Jankowski, Superflex et al.)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & BOOK PROJECTS
Award-winning book objects on designer Kurt Weidemann, actor Klaus Kinski, Stuttgart TV-tower, Charles Paul Wilp, Vicco von Bülow (Loriot)
„2Gplus“ – Artist’s book featuring 3D-printed avatar photographic fantasy worlds during Corona travel restrictions
„Songspiration“ & „Filmspiration“ (Seltmann Publishers, Berlin)