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.
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. A diverse and extensive Fine Art experiences such as having run and managed art galleries specializing in full service art advisory as investment acquisitions for private and corporate collectors to Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and currently sits on the board as co VP 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 in the Boston College Marketing Communication, Morgan Stanley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Aetna Corp., Acadian Asset Management, Junior League of Boston HQ, and several Private Collections.
Press include International Contemporary Artists art book, vol. XII; Artscope, American Art Review (Vol. XXVII No. 5); Scout Cambridge interview; Artavita and bostonbackbay.com
Represented by: Galerie d’Orsay at the Boston Design Center Suite 204, Paula Estey Gallery in Newburyport, Masterpiece Framing & Fine Art Gallery and Galatea Fine Art
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. A diverse and extensive Fine Art experiences such as having run and managed art galleries specializing in full service art advisory as investment acquisitions for private and corporate collectors to Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and currently sits on the board as co VP 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 in the Boston College Marketing Communication, Morgan Stanley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Aetna Corp., Acadian Asset Management, Junior League of Boston HQ, and several Private Collections.
Press include International Contemporary Artists art book, vol. XII; Artscope, American Art Review (Vol. XXVII No. 5); Scout Cambridge interview; Artavita and bostonbackbay.com
Represented by: Galerie d’Orsay at the Boston Design Center Suite 204, Paula Estey Gallery in Newburyport, Masterpiece Framing & Fine Art Gallery and Galatea Fine Art
