Jennifer Jean Okumura
Artist Statement:
As I created these works I was keenly aware that every mark I made, whether it relied on my Eastern or my Western heritage, was made by one hand--my hand--and that the finished product would live and breathe as part of a world in which we all are tenants and that we all share.
Conflict, balance and harmony shape the vitality, form and energy -- no constraints here.
Artist Bio:
Jennifer grew up in Philadelphia and has been creating art for over 15 years. She attended Syracuse University in addition to receiving her MFA from Boston University. She has a strong comprehensive knowledge of the Art Market: Modern and Contemporary Art with diverse and extensive Fine Art experiences such as Operations Manager, Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and currently sits on the board as President and founding Exhibition Chair for National Association of Women Artists, Inc. MA chapter.
Selected exhibitions include ‘Harmony & Clash’ at Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, 'Earned: Women in Business & Labor' Scollay Square Gallery, Boston , 'Botanica' (poster child) at Cahoon Museum of American Art, 'Love-Locks' (muse) at Paula Estey Gallery, Newburyport, 'Breaking Ground' at Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, Endicott College, ‘Les arrêts de la vie’ Solo exhibition at the French Cultural Center Boston, ‘Invoking the Muse’ at Coral Springs Museum of Art in FL, 'Strokes of Genius’ at Rockport Art Association & Museum, 'A Current Vision' at Whistler House Museum of Art and 'Visual Contrasts' at Coral Springs Museum Art.
Featured works in Massachusetts State Senate [State Senator Will Brownsberger], Kayak, Boston Consulting Group [BCG], Boston College Office of Marketing Communications, Morgan Stanley, Acadian Asset,Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Collection, Aetna Corp. Collection, Richard Flood Educational Services LLC and several Private Collections.
Press include International Contemporary Artists art book, vol. XII; BigScreen Plaza Manhattan; Artist Talk Magazine [Issue 11]; WhereBoston February ‘Romance Galleries’ 2019 Cover; BostonVoyager 'Thought Provokers Series'; Artscope 'A Woman’s Perspective' by Don Wilkinson; Metro West Daily News ‘Women’s talents, past and present’; American Art Review [Vol. XX VII No. 5]; Arts Section: Times Union, NY 'Spa City gallery exhibiting women's works on climate change'; Kivo Daily; Thrive Global, Disrupt Magazine.
Represented by Saphira & Ventura Gallery NY, Westport River Gallery CT, Invoke Contemporary in Boston, Galerie d’Orsay at the Boston Design Center, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery at BDC, Galatea Fine Art in Boston, @theartling, House of Roulx.
www.jenniferjeanart.com
@jennyjean25
Jennifer grew up in Philadelphia and has been creating art for over 15 years. She attended Syracuse University in addition to receiving her MFA from Boston University. She has a strong comprehensive knowledge of the Art Market: Modern and Contemporary Art with diverse and extensive Fine Art experiences such as Operations Manager, Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and currently sits on the board as President and founding Exhibition Chair for National Association of Women Artists, Inc. MA chapter.
Selected exhibitions include ‘Harmony & Clash’ at Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, 'Earned: Women in Business & Labor' Scollay Square Gallery, Boston , 'Botanica' (poster child) at Cahoon Museum of American Art, 'Love-Locks' (muse) at Paula Estey Gallery, Newburyport, 'Breaking Ground' at Walter J. Manninen Center for the Arts, Endicott College, ‘Les arrêts de la vie’ Solo exhibition at the French Cultural Center Boston, ‘Invoking the Muse’ at Coral Springs Museum of Art in FL, 'Strokes of Genius’ at Rockport Art Association & Museum, 'A Current Vision' at Whistler House Museum of Art and 'Visual Contrasts' at Coral Springs Museum Art.
Featured works in Massachusetts State Senate [State Senator Will Brownsberger], Kayak, Boston Consulting Group [BCG], Boston College Office of Marketing Communications, Morgan Stanley, Acadian Asset,Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Collection, Aetna Corp. Collection, Richard Flood Educational Services LLC and several Private Collections.
Press include International Contemporary Artists art book, vol. XII; BigScreen Plaza Manhattan; Artist Talk Magazine [Issue 11]; WhereBoston February ‘Romance Galleries’ 2019 Cover; BostonVoyager 'Thought Provokers Series'; Artscope 'A Woman’s Perspective' by Don Wilkinson; Metro West Daily News ‘Women’s talents, past and present’; American Art Review [Vol. XX VII No. 5]; Arts Section: Times Union, NY 'Spa City gallery exhibiting women's works on climate change'; Kivo Daily; Thrive Global, Disrupt Magazine.
Represented by Saphira & Ventura Gallery NY, Westport River Gallery CT, Invoke Contemporary in Boston, Galerie d’Orsay at the Boston Design Center, Masterpiece Fine Art Gallery at BDC, Galatea Fine Art in Boston, @theartling, House of Roulx.
www.jenniferjeanart.com
@jennyjean25
