Art & Culture 
in Kampen

With the exhibition "PEACE LOVE SYLT 4" The Sylt surfer and artist Sonni Hönscheid returns to Kampen. April 27 to June 20, 2026 She will present her latest works at the gallery in Kampen. The opening will take place on 2 May 2026 instead. Sonni Hönscheid is a 12-time German champion in surfing and a 7-time world champion in stand-up paddleboarding. Besides her international surfing career She has made a name for herself with her colorful art. The first three exhibitions in the "PEACE LOVE SYLT" series at Kaamp-Hüs have already delighted numerous visitors.
Having grown up on the beaches of Hawaii, Fuerteventura, and Sylt, she began painting at an early age. Her works are often created directly at the world's most beautiful surf spots. Using acrylic markers, bright colors and flowing lines, she developed her very own pop art style.

Her paintings tell of adventures on the world's oceans, of underwater worlds, mermaids and flying fish – of the power of nature, of peace and love, and of her deep connection to her home island SyltSonni Hönscheid also enjoys international success as a designer. She creates designs for brands such as STARBOARD, JUCKER HAWAII, and others. Sonni Hönscheid currently lives on Fuerteventura and her home island of Sylt.

The topic “ancient images of gods” The artist August Ohm has been exploring this theme in ever-new variations for many years. As early as 1998, Wilhelm Hornbostel, then director of the Hamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts, exhibited his work. "“Images of Antiquity” was featured in a comprehensive solo exhibition. It comprised a series of Greco-Roman portraits, some of them large-format. August Ohm incorporated the works of John Flaxman, inspired by antiquity—a pinnacle of Neoclassical drawing—into his own collection early on. Over the years, his own small collection of antiquities also grew. 

The term "antiquity" generally refers to Greco-Roman antiquity, in the sense of the philosopher Bardaisan, who in the 2nd century AD distinguished his civilized world from the world of barbarians, defining it as a narrow zone from the Atlantic to India. North and south of this, "no one sees sculptors or painters... or poets."
In his new works, August Ohm begins with early Greek Cycladic idols, whose original polychromy has been almost entirely lost, and whose physiognomies can supplement our understanding. Using models from the Archaic and Classical periods, he animates the marble petrification through color and texture. The androgynous features of these ancient figures allow us to interpret their faces, upon close inspection, as kouroi or korai. Through unreal pigmentation and the rhythms of a vibrant or impasto application of paint, these faces appear, on the one hand, detached from reality; on the other hand, through over-dimensioning, abrupt framing, and the accentuation of the paint application, he lends the depictions a new immediacy and presence. The artist's paintings are intended to generate an underlying tension through the ambivalence of alienation and emotional intimacy. The ancient figures enter into a pictorial dialogue with one another. Unlike the countless idealized figures that rush past us on the internet or on posters, his ancient portraits of people are intended to engage in a stimulating dialogue with us.