Olli Böhm works at the intersection of photography, painting, and digital editing. His images resemble quiet narratives: light, mood, and composition are never merely “beautiful,” but carry meaning—with blurs, reflections, and deliberately embraced imperfections.

Born in 1967, his path led him early into the creative world: training and studying photography in Frankfurt/Main and Paris, followed by a long career in the advertising and media industry—from graphic design to art/creative direction and directing commercials across Europe. In 2008, everything changed: the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, the loss of stability, and the return to free art. Today, in a wheelchair, Böh uses the camera as a precise and sensitive tool to make inner states and the overlooked visible.

Characteristic of his work is his overpainted photography:

Photo prints (often on canvas) are further processed manually and/or digitally, layered, and condensed. This visual language was inspired by artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Leiter, and Gerhard Richter—as a dialogue between reality and memory. Fine art photography and street photography complete his visual storytelling. In his narratives and non-fiction books, he writes about what goes beyond his art.

Böhm lives and works in Bavaria and has been exhibiting for many years (including in Munich, Wiesbaden, Cologne, and Potsdam, as well as venues in Switzerland). His creative career has also been accompanied by mentions and awards in the advertising and design context (including nominations at Cannes Lions/NY Festival and awards such as Red Dot, ITVA, and Golden Drum).

CV:

1987-1988 Training as a Graphic Designer at Imagic Phototechnical Design, Frankfurt/Main

1985-1987 Photographic Training at jerry plucer sarna and Herman Leonhard in Paris

1981-1985 Attendance at the Free Waldorf School in Frankfurt/Main, graduating 

                    with the Fachhochschulreife

1973-1985 Attendance at the Waldorf School Schloss Hamborn in Paderborn

2000- Freelance Director, Creative Director and Creative Consultant, Cartoonist

2003-2004 Guest Lecturer at the Hamburg Academy for Communication Design,                      

                    Guest Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Design in Schwerin.

2000-2002 Creative Managing Director at the advertising agency Hausmarke GmbH 

                    near Hamburg

1998-2000 Creative Director, later Creative Consultant at the advertising agency 

                    PMI GmbH in Königstein near Frankfurt/Main

1997-1998 Creative Director at the advertising agency Königsteiner Gruppe GmbH 

                    in Königstein

1996-1997 Art Director, later Creative Director at the advertising agency 

                    Focus Interaktion near Frankfurt/Main

1996-1996 Art Director at the Bakery Media Design in Oberursel

1994-1995 Art Director at the advertising agency meiré unde meiré in Wiesbaden

1994-1994 Art Director at Öler, Fuchs and Brand in Frankfurt/Main

1993-1994 Art Director at the advertising agency Abels&Partner in Frankfurt/Main

1992-1993 Junior Art Director at McCann Direct in Frankfurt/Main

1991-1992 Art Director at the advertising agency NOI in Lugano

1989-1991 Junior Art Director at meiré und meiré in Wiesbaden and Cologne

1988-1989 Graphic Designer and later Junior Art Director at Voigt&Partner GmbH in 

                     Frankfurt/Main