Monsters made with medicine
Katharsis is a world where myth manifests into flesh, where monsters emerge with medicine, and stories bleed beyond the page.
Created by multidisciplinary artist and writer Kamil Oshundara, Katharsis is an ongoing exploration of Afro-surrealism, monstrosity, and carnal transformation. Much of their work intends to materialize the unseen powers, horrors and divinities among us to create visual portals to realms said not to exist.
Kamil Oshundara is a genderfluid fine artist, writer and filmmaker from Atlanta that spent many years in Los Angeles honing their craft. They previously worked as the Cultural Executive for Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions, where they served as an on-set producer and cultural researcher to help develop projects such as; US, HUNTERS, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, the CANDYMAN (2021) and TWILIGHT ZONE (2019) remake.
While studying at UCLA, their interest in cultural studies and storytelling developed into a passion for Black speculative arts (horror, sci-fi, Afro-futurism, surrealism). As a multi-faceted artist, Kamil works to produce narratives that re-imagine representation through an elevated genre lens.
Most recently Kamil served as a co-producer for a short film: SAINT NEON, and executive producer on Henry Selick's stop-motion animation feature, WENDELL AND WILD for Netflix.
As the founder of Katharsis Story Studio, Kamil has expanded into screenwriting, concept art, and graphic novel creation. Each work, whether in fine art or cinematic world building, is an invocation. A glimpse into liberatory dreams, ancestral histories, and the grotesque beauty of transformation. Katharsis invites you to step into the in-between, where the monstrous becomes sacred, and the unknown becomes home.
Welcome to your portal to other worlds.