Circle of Shells - Original Oil Painting on Silver Leaf, Sea Shell Arrangement
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Helen OhCircle of Shells - Original Oil Painting on Silver Leaf, Sea Shell Arrangement2009
2009
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Helen Oh
Helen Oh is a visual artist born in 1962. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, she studied painting at the School of Visual Arts, the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League. She holds a BFA in art and design from Columbia College Chicago and an MFA in communication design from Harrington College of Design. She has taught studio art courses at New York Academy of Art and the Linos School of Art in Umbria, Italy. Currently, she is an adjunct instructor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts. Courses she has taught include painting Materials and Methods (oil and water media), History of Painting Techniques, Human Anatomy, Perspective, Drawing, 2D and 3D Design and Color Theory and Application. The artist has received two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants. Her work has been exhibited at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, the Terra Museum of American Art, the National Academy Museum and the Butler Institute of American Art. Her work is in the collections of Columbia University and the Americas Society in Manhattan. Her artworks have been featured in New American Paintings, Art Scene Chicago 2000, House Beautiful, American Artist magazine and International Artist magazine.
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