Georg Óskar is an accomplished cross-disciplinary artist who made his solo professional recording debut in 2021 with the single “Walk on The Water”. That track introduced a talented and experimental composer/producer who creates in broad strokes, drawing from a hybrid analog and electronic palette. A native of Iceland, Georg Óskar currently works and lives in Osla, Norway. He is a 2009 graduate of his home country’s prestigious Akureyri School of Visual Arts. In 2016 he obtained his Master of Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen, Norway. In the years since graduation, Óskar’s work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, the United States, and around the world.
By Kamil Bobin
Discovered via Musosoup
Kamil) Hey Georg Óskar, super nice to have the chance to chat with you. What first got you into music?
Hey Kamil! Thank you the pleasure is all mine. I was DJ back in the days, almost 17 years ago. I played techno and progressive house in clubs in Iceland. I had some ear issues and stopped playing for for 17 years, I basically just quit but I always had this idea of making music one day and that is what I did and released Worst Wait of Our Life.
Who would you most like to collaborate with?
It would be amazing to get Thomas Edward Yorke voice. Keeping them dreams big right?
What jobs have you done other than being an artist?
I have done soooo many. From Pizza delivery to driving on the golf course picking golf balls and avoiding getting them in the head while at it. Cutting down trees, supermarket! you name it. I done all kind of jobs over the years. Been working on my art now last years as a painter.
What are you most proud of?
Thats a good question. Something to think about. I don't get proud of my self so easily. But I am grateful for being able to focus on art only last years. My profession or what I have been doing last 17 years is painting, and I have exhibited my work around the world. From where I come from this has been a long journey and I am blessed of being able to do what I love in life.
What is the biggest challenge of being an artist?
Being your self is probably the most complicated and the most simplest thing to do at the same time.
How do you structure your day?
I wake up early, usually around 08:00 in the morning, I go straight for the coffee, than I often produce a little in my little music battle station in my living room, than I head to my other studio and work on my paintings, eat dinner sleep and repeat!
Do you have any hobbies or interests outside of music?
Painting! its not really a hobby its my passion and music. Yes thats about it!
Do you sing in the shower? What songs?
No never.
What are your plans for the future?
I have four singles in mixing right now and I plan release them around spring time. Than I have scheduled exhibition this year and the next where I show my paintings.