Monsters made with medicine
Katharsis Story Studio offers original and commissioned concept art, character design, album art, graphic novels, and a range of fine art works. The studio specializes in cultural consultation and story development spanning fine art, television, and film. Interweaving cultural research, elevated genre storytelling, and world-building, every project is designed to be cathartic for the communities central to its creation.
Kamil Oshundara is a screenwriter, cultural consultant, and fine artist devoted to genre-bending work. Raised in Atlanta, Kamil spent many years in Los Angeles honing their craft. While studying at UCLA, their interest in cultural studies and storytelling evolved into a passion for Black speculative arts (horror, science fiction, Afrofuturism, and surrealism). As a multifaceted artist, Kamil produces narratives that reimagine representation through an elevated genre lens.
They previously worked as the Cultural Executive for Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, where they served as an on-set producer and cultural researcher, helping develop projects such as Us, Hunters, Lovecraft Country, Candyman (2021), and The Twilight Zone (2019). Most recently, Kamil served as a co-producer for the short film Saint Neon (2023) and executive producer on Henry Selick's stop-motion feature Wendell & Wild (2022) for Netflix. They are currently developing horror and fantasy projects across television and film.
Katharsis is an ongoing exploration of surrealism, futurism, and carnal transformation as expressions of cultural realities. Kamil's work often re-roots ancient BIPOC mythologies, monstrosity, and ritual magic within modern landscapes, reuniting Indigenous lore with its descendants, who are often raised to fear ancestral traditions.
Every project and piece extends a cathartic labyrinth of stories
that serve as blueprints for new worlds,
developed in collaboration
with clients, creators, and collectors alike.