Spring 2022//// Olaf Hajek´s Fantastic Fruits //// As in his previous books, Flower Power and Veggie Power, Hajek's whimsical, imaginative paintings-inspired by a variety of artistic traditions-situate each fruit in a fascinating cultural context. Each "portrait" features delightful pictorial clues about how the fruits are grown and consumed. Opposite the illustrations, Annette Roeder's engaging texts offer illuminating and often surprising facts from throughout history and contemporary life. As mouthwatering as a summer peach, and as surprising as a pomegranate's seeds, this book serves up page after page of delicious, nutritious, but most of all fun portions of fruity knowledge from all over the world.

May 2021// New Exhibition// "El Jardín del Explorador" at Gallery Kaplan Projects// Palma de Mallorca

March 2021 ///Veggie Power / Olaf Hajek´s Buch vom Gemüse/// This illustrated garden of vegetable delights will make even the fussiest of eaters interested in learning about—and tasting—what’s on their plates. As more and more families focus on local and organic eating, this delightful introduction to common vegetables offers a delectable serving of uncommonly beautiful illustrations and fascinating information. As in his hugely popular previous book, "Flower Power," Olaf Hajek’s wondrously imaginative and detailed portraits are paired with engaging and eye-opening texts. The book shows how each vegetable appears in its natural soil habitat, and how it might be eaten today. Health benefits, historical tidbits, and botanical oddities are seamlessly woven into each spread. From the first spring onion, to pumpkins harvested just before the frost, this inviting journey through the growing season celebrates the artistic, historical, and culinary bounty that awaits us in the garden and at the table.

October 2020/// My Illustration for the Global Panda Illustration Competion in China /// Shenzhen Illustration Association and Sichuan Province Government Forestry Bureau

Artist Edition for Meissen Porcelain/ 5 Vases, handpainted by the Manufacture in Meissen (limited Edition of 10 of each Vase)

"Perfume Garden" /// Painting for new Ditptyque Store Berlin Mitte. The Original Painting is part of the Interior of the new Boutique Store.

March 2020/// Drawings for Exhibition "Dark Patterns" at Gallery "Feinkunst Krüger" in Hamburg

March 2020/// My new Picture Book "Flower Power/ OLaf Hajek´s Buch der Blumen" is published at Prestel and Randomhouse Publishers. Olaf Hajek's fantastical and mesmerising art is familiar to many adults. Now young readers can enjoy his work while learning about the fascinating health benefits of flowers they encounter every day. Hajek's paintings spring to life, populated by insects, birds, fruit, and fairytales that illustrate the drama of the natural world. Accompanying each painting are engaging texts that explore various cultural and medicinal aspects of the flowers as well as their importance to artists, writers, and healers. As they learn how iris roots were used to alleviate teething pain in babies and how poppy plants led to the invention of the salt shaker, kids will also get to know a garden's worth of blooms-from wild roses to carnations and peonies to marigolds. Kids will look at flowers in a whole new light and will delight in this beautiful keepsake of botanical illustrations by a celebrated artist.

February 2020/// SWATCH X OLAF HAJEK /// I created a unique Swatch X You canvas /// "This time around for his second Swatch design, Hajek’s idea was to create an image of luxury, opulence and beauty which has absolutely nothing to do with wealth and prosperity. In this striking design, he adapted the idea of Marie Antoinette and created a “Black Antoinette” who wears the idea of nature in its entirety on her head. This alludes to birth and death, where human beings and nature become one."

My Window Displays for Christmas for Swedish Departmentstore "Åhléns" /// „I wanted to create a joyful and happy and funky Christmas crowd with a combination of fashionable accessories and artistic patterns. Some surreal feeling is in the air and little toys come alive“

My Holiday Collection for Diptyque, Paris// The diptyque Lucky Charms Bring a touch of whimsical charm to the end of the year... " For the end of the year collection conceived by Diptyque, Olaf Hajek invented "arbres à voeux"- "wish trees", appropriating those sacred places where people deposit their wishes and turning them into locations where diptyque lucky charms may be hung. Hajek borrows from popular traditions such as ladybirds, horseshoes, pieces of coral, four-leaf clovers, holly or shooting stars- playing, in each of his creations, with their benign powers. Creations that invite us too to cross our fingers and explore our heart line for a good end of the year.

Art Collaboration with Textile Company Rohleder/// With the Rohleder Home Collection by Olaf Hajek, Rohleder launches the most exclusive and extravagant collection within the Home Collection 2018. The interplay of design and art of weaving at the highest level is characteristic for this sophisticated collection.

ARTESIA, Art Project for a Renovation Site in Amsterdam //The Golden Age

Monograph "Precious" Olaf Hajek, Gallery Work
Lavishly Colorful Paintings of Fantastic Worlds of Wonders Olaf Hajek ( lives and works in Berlin) got known as one of the world’s most successful illustrators. His work has appeared in newspapers including the New York Times and London’s The Guardian. He is a magician of color and a superb storyteller. Today art lovers collect his drawings and textured paintings. Their spellbinding charm derives from the folkloristic naïveté and fresh spontaneity. Working in the tradition charted by André Breton’s essay on “Le surréalisme et la peinture,” Hajek creates fantasy worlds, drawing on a searching study of the human subconscious as revealed in dreams. With their multilayered compositions and virtually endless wealth of detail, Olaf Hajek’s pictures invite us on a voyage into the unknown. With essays by Philipp Demandt, Oliver Hilmes, Ashleigh McLean, Taiye Selasi, Lisa Zeitz and Anna Jill Lüpertz. Publisher: DISTANZ Verlag

"THE ART OF SLOW" // Worldwide Campaign for ZACAPA Rum
Crafted in Guatemala, Zacapa Rum is a work of art, and an expression of patience, richness, quality and master blending. Aged to perfection in the highlands of Quetzaltenango, Zacapa Rum develops its complex flavour and character 2,300m above sea level in the mystical House Above the Clouds.

BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ART EVENT "Stir Creativity" Event Berlin and London
Bombay Sapphire's longstanding association with nurturing creativity includes its backing for The Artisan Series, a competition that provides emerging artists with an international platform culminating in a show, and collaborations with well-known artists and creators. The gin brand wanted to increase its cultural relevance by targeting the next generation of gin drinkers with a new global marketing proposition – Stir Creativity. It was a call to arms for everyone to engage with their inner artist and unlock their creative potential.

Lotte World Mall, Seoul, South Korea
I created personas and characters who celebrate world of wonders in 4 seasons of the year. My Creations were used for Posters and Installations inside the Mall and Window Displays.