By Helen Oji
Located in Surfside, FL
Mixed media monotype or monoprint works with hand painting, chine colle, applied glitter. From Cheryl Pelavin Editions NYC.
Helen Oji (American, born 1950) Born in Sacremento, CA. Helen Oji was highlighted in the early 1980s New York City art scene as an artist with a distinctive vision. She has exhibited her paintings, works on paper and prints including mixed media monotype or monoprint works with hand painting, chine colle, applied glitter etc. in numerous exhibitions in New York, nationally and Europe. In addition to her artwork, she collaborated with a range of performers/writers in creating set designs that were presented in New York City, London, and across the US. and in various corporate and private collections. Awards and honors include: Creative Artists Public Service Program, Ariana Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Mixed Media Grant , The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Commission, Recieved Artists Space Materials Grant, New York, NY Visiting Artist Fellowship, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
Lives and works in New York, NY
Select Exhibitions
1986 Intar Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1984 Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT (solo)
1982 Nelson Gallery/University of California, Davis, CA (solo)
1981 Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1980 Fine Arts Center/Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem , NC (solo)
1978 Soho Center for the Visual Artists, New York, NY
Select Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, MoMA New York, NY
The Brooklyn Museum of Art
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Surface 9, ARENA at BD, curator, Renée Riccardo, Brooklyn, NY (forthcoming Nov 22)
Plus 2 pix from 122, PS122 Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Donald Alberti & Helen Oji, Estrada Fine Art
2017 The Bedroom, The Women Artist Team, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
2013 Silhouettes, The EFA Foundation, Blackburn, 20/20, curator, Bill Carroll, New York, NY
2011 Social Photography II Exhibition, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
1998 Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
1995 Made to Order, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY Ancestors, Asian American Arts Centre & Kenkeleba House, New York, NY
1994 Robert Beauchamp, William Kent, Helen Oji, Shari Urquhart, Monique Knowlton Gallery/Kent, Kent CTThe Return Of Cadavre Exquis...
Category
1980s American Modern Helen Oji Mixed Media
MaterialsPaint, Mixed Media, Monotype, Glitter