Olli Boehm (Oliver Wolf Boehm) was born in 1967. You could say he was born into advertising—his mom was an ad illustrator and his dad a Group Head at a big ad agency. Olli grew up like lots of introverted kids—unless he was busy working as a child model in front of the camera. He spent 12 years at a Waldorf school, where he got to try out and learn pretty much anything he wanted. He wrapped up that chapter with a diploma qualifying him for university of applied sciences.

Even back then, Olli was passionate about art. He had his first exhibition in Wiesbaden when he was still pretty young. Then came years of studying photography in Paris and Frankfurt am Main. He was all set to kick off a career as a freelance photographer when someone asked him to design the layout for a fashion magazine. That project took off, and just like that, Olli found himself in the advertising world as a graphic designer. He climbed the ladder to Art Director, then Creative Director, and finally became Managing Director of Creation. After a break, he came back as a commercial film director. He spent twelve years directing, picking up both national and international awards along the way.

In 2008, Olli was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. The ad world quickly turned its back on him, forcing Olli to reinvent himself. Now in a wheelchair, he returned to his true passion—telling soulful stories through images, photography, and narratives.

He spent a few years as a guest lecturer and still works today as a creative consultant for corporate design.

These days, Olli’s a fine art photographer, artist,, author

And maybe some more .

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