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Felix Oehmann (*1985, Heidelberg) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in the class of Prof. Harald Klingelhöller, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2012.
Felix Oehmann’s sculptural practice features an array of symbols such as animals, hands, hearts and smileys, as well as oversized everyday objects like keys, scissors, T-shirts and caps. These larger-than-life sculptures have also been exhibited amongst architecture, in the Walldorf school center near Heidelberg, where an oversized hook was installed on an ornate pedestal and a broken heart supported by a staircase. While his sculptures tend to offer a stylized manipulation of their original objects, Oehmann’s wooden wall pieces feature figurative engravings such as hands and legs, resembling delicate drawings.
Oehmann’s practice is always improvised and performative; his works emerge through the making process. Two-dimensional ideas are transformed into three-dimensional sculptures, often adopting a humorous attitude. His sculptures slump, fold, and unzip, their means of construction put on display. One could see this kind of exposure as an expression of vulnerability, but in Oehmann’s works it feels more like a playful, honest exploration of materiality. By turning a metaphorical magnifying glass on simple objects, he intends to reveal not only their complexity, but also the sensuality of different forms and materials.
Felix Oehmann’s work has been shown at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE; Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, DE; Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, DE; Salon Babette, Berlin, DE; Ludwigsforum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, among others.
Born in Heidelberg, Germany / geboren in Heidelberg, Deutschland
lives and works in Berlin / lebt und arbeitet in Berlin
Masterclass
Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe
‘Von der Sonne verwöhnt’, Philipp Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin
‘Flip A Coin’, Oxyd, Winterthur, CHE
‘Elephants in the Bedroom’, Philipp Haverkampf Galerie, Berlin
‘Carte Blanche’, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn
‘HUNGRY FOR TOUCH’ (Magna Carta Shelf Life #3), curated by Kate Brown, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
‘NEUES EUROPA PRÄSENTIERT: MAHLERGRUPPE & FELIX OEHMANN’,easyupstream!, München
‘B A S I C S’, SSZ-Sued, Köln
Debütantenausstellung ‘Fast Forward’, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
‘True Size Comes From Within’, Salon Kennedy, Frankfurt a.M.
Outside Project ‘Big Smile and a Wall for Frankfurt’, Cultural Avenue, Frankfurt a.M.
Salome Ghazanfari ‘United Colors’, Cruise&Callas, Berlin
‘OK BAMM BAMM BAMM’, Salon Babette, Berlin, GER
‘Junge Kunst, Junge Künstler’, Skulpturenpark Heidelberg, Heidelberg, GER
‘Mixed Pickles 3’, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne
‘Lichtstraße’, Ruttkowski;68, Cologne
‘Wertical I’, Michael Horbach Foundation, Köln
‘Scarpa Diem’ curated by Max Henry, Parallel Vienna, Wien
‘Schürmann trifft Ludwig’, Ludwigforum für internationale Kunst, Aachen
‘Die dritte Hand / Last Exit painting’ curated by Lea Schleiffenbaum & Anne Schwarz, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
‘Better Than Your Neighbour’, KuWi, Wiesen
‘Top 12 Meisterschüler’, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
‘Borderlines’, Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
‘Die Taschen Voll Sand’, Gallery Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
‘Der Unaufhaltsame Aufstieg Von Draufgängern Und Flaschen’, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
‘17//24’, Städtische Galerie Im Buntentor, Bremen
Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Debütantenausstellung, Staatliche Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
Postgradute Award Of Baden Württemberg
Academy Award, Staatliche Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
Art Grant Of Cusanuswerk, Bonn
Felix Oehmann ‘HEART ATTACKS’ with text contributions by Axel Heil and Max Henry is published in conjunction with the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, supported by the state government of Baden Württemberg due to a funding decided in 2007. Editor: Prof. Axel Heil for the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe / Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
KubaParis #1
(n d ks) magazine Interview, 2014
Monopol Magazin, Jan 2014, ‘United Colors’, Cruise & Callas, Berlin – Max Leiß, Ausgabe #14, #19
Meisterschüler Der Staatlichen Akademie Der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe
‘Der Unaufhaltsame Aufstieg von Draufgängern und Flaschen’, curated by Meuser, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
