Artist Mike John Otto from Hamburg. Mixed Media Robot Art

My Art is a approach to transform fragments of design, moodboards, styleframes and layouts I do into analog Art Pieces. Most of the Work is a mixed media between sketches, painting and using a drawing robot that is controlled with processing scripts and feeded with assets of my commercial work. Each piece is a unique work. I do exhibitions across europe. I believe in „Freiheit statt Freizeit“ (a quote by Joseph Beuys). That is why I see my studio and commercial work as one part of my story and my Art as the other part. Both are able to survive and co-influence side by side. My Art is for Sale.

TRANSFORMING ELEMENTS OF ADVERTISING, LAYOUTS,
STYLEFRAMES AND MOODBOARDS I CREATED DURING
WORK INTO ART.

Follow me @mikejohnotto

EXHIBITIONS

26 – 28.09.2025 HAAM Art Exhibition, Hamburg

15.12.2022 Part of Markenfilm Art Exhibition, Markenfilm Hamburg

30.11.2018 Part of Tabula Rasa, Oberfett Gallery Hamburg

01.12.2017 Part of Tabula Rasa, Oberfett Gallery Hamburg

28.09.2017 Bots and Cars Exhibition, Island Gallery Hamburg

06.04.2017 Mike | Bot, Oberfett Gallery Hamburg

09-10.07.2015 The Extra Hour Cube XH Collective Hamburg

How I work

I mostly co-draw with a drawing robot that is feeded and controlled via my mac and processing scripts. I feed „him“ with assets of my commercial work and let me inspire by his interpretations.

DIE KUNST

MY ART IS FOR SALE. CONTACT ME FOR PRICES OR FOR EXHIBITIONS. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @MIKEJOHNOTTO

ARTWORK No. 18 – „In chaos we trust“ Size: 1,40m x 1,00m – FOR SALE

ARTWORK No. 17 – „Die Suche nach dem neuen Normal“ Size: 95cm x 45cm – SOLD –

ARTWORK NO. 16 – SIZE: 1,60M X 55 CM – FOR SALE

ARTWORK No. 9 – „Himmel und Hölle“ Size: 1,40m x 1,00m – SOLD –

ARTWORK No. 10 & 12 – G20 HAMBURG 2017 – FOR SALE

ARTWORK No. 12 – „Das tote Pferd“ Size: 1,40m x 1,00m – FOR SALE

My Art discussion to the G20 days in Hamburg 2017. During the G20 days in Hamburg, one of the most contested areas was the Schanzenviertel in the transition to the Grüner Jäger District in St. Pauli. This young „bourgeois“ neighbourhood was literally overrun for two days. The picture stands for this symbolic overrun „bourgeois“ at the Neuer Pferdemarkt.

Paint and Chalk on black coated wood

ARTWORK NO. 10 „der schwarze block“ – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – FOR SALE

Der schwarze Block. My Art discussion to the G20 days in Hamburg 2017. Each social media and news post pro- and cons the black block has been transferred into either white anarchy lines or gold public lines with a scripted feeded drawing bot.
White & Gold Edding and Chalk on black coated wood

ARTWORK NO. 3 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – sold –

ARTWORK No. 1 – Size: 1,40m x 1,00m – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 2 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 4 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – SOLD –

ARTWORK NO. 5 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 15 – Size: 77 cm x 55 cm – SOLD –

ARTWORK NO. 6 – Size: 77 cm x 55 cm – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 7 – Size: 77 cm x 55 cm – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 8 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – SOLD –

ARTWORK NO. 11 – SIZE: 1,40M X 1,00M – FOR SALE

ARTWORK NO. 13 – SIZE: 77 cm x 55 cm – FOR SALE

WATCH THE DOCUMENTATION AND INTERVIEW (IN GERMAN): https://vimeo.com/189122890 Click direct link or activate cookies to see the movie.

AUGMENTED REALITY & AR FILTER

Recently I started to combine Augmented Reality with Art and testet different techniques, from Filter to AR Layers and Animations to combine AR with new work and already done Art pieces.