Jennifer Jean Okumura
I am keenly aware that every mark I made 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 share.
As I created these new works, I was keenly aware that every mark I made 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 share. An expression is synonymous with Mother Earth, leading to our departure from the stations of life, searching for new noise and passion, and empowering and encouraging change. In this conception, 'Nature' is not a source of material for production but the beginning and end of all life and culture. My work is centered around the main idea of being nowhere and everywhere, waltzing around cultural boundaries with beliefs and traveling through form and energy, attempting to incorporate conflict, balance, and harmony to shape the work's influences, thoughts, and hope for the same thing and shared moment.
Jennifer grew up in Philadelphia. 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 as an Operations Manager, Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, coFounder of Art Advising Group Invoke Contemporary with Diana Stelin the Founding member of DTR Modern, and currently sits on the board as President and founding Exhibition Chair for National Association of Women Artists, Inc. MA chapter and former The FPAC Board of Directors.
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Biography
As I created these new works, I was keenly aware that every mark I made 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 share. An expression is synonymous with Mother Earth, leading to our departure from the stations of life, searching for new noise and passion, and empowering and encouraging change. In this conception, 'Nature' is not a source of material for production but the beginning and end of all life and culture. My work is centered around the main idea of being nowhere and everywhere, waltzing around cultural boundaries with beliefs and traveling through form and energy, attempting to incorporate conflict, balance, and harmony to shape the work's influences, thoughts, and hope for the same thing and shared moment.
Jennifer grew up in Philadelphia. 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 as an Operations Manager, Fine Art Consultant, Design Associate, Adjunct Educator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, coFounder of Art Advising Group Invoke Contemporary with Diana Stelin the Founding member of DTR Modern, and currently sits on the board as President and founding Exhibition Chair for National Association of Women Artists, Inc. MA chapter and former The FPAC Board of Directors.
- Nationality: UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1980
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Education
2004 - 2006
Boston University, M.F.A. in Painting
Boston,
MA,
United States
1998 - 2002
Syracuse University, B.F.A. in Computer Art & Animation
Syracuse,
NY,
United States
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Achievements
Collective Expositions
2024
‘Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?’ April 28, 2024 - September 1, 2024, The Art Complex Museum
Duxbury,
MA,
United States
2024
'Boston Muse: Womxn’s Art' March 4 - April 12, 2024, The Scollay Square Gallery, The Galleries At Boston City Hall
Boston,
MA,
United States
2024
The Alchemy Of Art And Play, Piano Craft Gallery, January 26 - February 11, 2024
Boston,
MA,
United States
2024
Hopscotch, Dreaming, And Playing, Spaulding R. Aldrich Heritage Gallery, June 27-August 22, 2024
Whitinsville,
MA,
United States
2024
Celebrate The Joy Of Tenacity, The White Room, January 18-April, 2024
Worcester,
MA,
United States
2024
Times Square, Artist Talk Digital Exhibition, 7Th Ave &Amp; 43Rd St, June 20 And June 22, 2024
New York City,
NY,
United States
2024
Sisterhood, Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum, January 2 - April 14, 2024
Myrtle Beach,
SC,
United States
2024
Mixmaster, Mattatuck Museum, January 28 – March 3, 2024
Waterbury,
CT,
United States
2024
Nawa, Hollis Taggart Gallery, March 21-April 20, 2024
New York City,
NY,
United States
2023
Hopscotch Game Of Wonder, Gallery Sitka South, Newport, August 5-August 25, 2023
Newport,
RI,
United States
2023
We Are Not Women; We Are Gods, Multicultural Arts Center, June 12-August 14, 2023
Cambridge,
MA,
United States
2023
Female, Berkshire Art Museum, June 14-October 7, 2023
North Adams,
MA,
United States
2023
Ambition, Wedeman Gallery At Lasell University, Newton, November 8-December 9, 2-2023
Newton,
MA,
United States
Residencies
2024
Copa Artist In Residence - 'The Arts In The Court Project' For Judge's Chambers, A Glimpse Into An Earlier Period Of Philadelphia History Where The City Was The 'Workshop Of The World.'
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
2023
Copa Artist In Residence - 'The Arts In The Court Project' For Judge's Chambers, A Glimpse Into An Earlier Period Of Philadelphia History Where The City Was The 'Workshop Of The World.'
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
2022
Copa Artist In Residence - 'The Arts In The Court Project' For Judge's Chambers, A Glimpse Into An Earlier Period Of Philadelphia History Where The City Was The 'Workshop Of The World.'
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
2021
Copa Artist In Residence - 'The Arts In The Court Project' For Judge's Chambers, A Glimpse Into An Earlier Period Of Philadelphia History Where The City Was The 'Workshop Of The World.'
Philadelphia,
PA,
United States
Solo Expositions
2024
Joy, Celeste Lewitt Gallery, August 8-November 7, 2024
Farmington,
CT,
United States
2024
Self-Awareness And Love, Creative Connections Gallery, February 3-March 30, 2024
Ashburnham,
MA,
United States
2024
Wake Up! Nothing Is Permanent Except Change, Diana Stelin Gallery, February 16 - March 17, 2024
Brookline,
MA,
United States
2023
Amen, So Be It! Solo, Project B Gallery, The Mill Contemporary Art, June 5-July 11, 2023. Dj Music By Spoken Word Poet/Emcee/Public Figure Liza Zayas
Framingham,
MA,
United States
2023
We Look At The Same Sun. Solo Fp3 Gallery, Seaport District, September 19-December 31, 2023
Boston,
MA,
United States
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Added Feb 29, 2024
Meet the Artists
Added Jun 1, 2023
A SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION: NAWAMA EXPANDS ITS MESSAGE TO THE BERKSHIRES
Added May 29, 2023
TRANSMIT. TRANSCRIBE. TRANSFORM.
Added Nov 1, 2022
HOPSCOTCH. CARE TO PLAY?
HOPSCOTCH. CARE TO PLAY? by Claudia Fiks, Arts Administrator. Arts and Culture Producer
Curated by Marsha Nouritza Odabashian and Jennifer Jean Okumura, the artists of the ongoing “Hopscotch” exhibition take us back to familiar places, bringing smiles, happiness, and hope to our daily lives.
Added Aug 31, 2022
Hopscotch
Layered with meaning, Hopscotch is imbued with physicality, psychology, entertainment, and challenge. This multimedia exhibition marks the grid in a child’s game of hopscotch as a starting point. It quickly diverges into various topics, including play, gender, mathematics, philosophy, literature, and art history. Extending across cultures, continents, and time, hopscotch imagery was discovered on painted greyware in Ancient India. Also, it has been reported to have been used as endurance training for soldiers in the Roman Empire. The exhibition plays hopscotch by evoking movement and conveying a sense of passing through geographical areas or fields of endeavor.https://vimeo.com/744935916
Added Mar 29, 2021
MiA Mag Vol. 5
MiA Mag Vol. 5 featuring Brian Booth Craig, Michelle Elizabeth O'Shea, Snap Judgement Photography, Zambrano Architects, Jennifer Jean Okumura, Flavia Testa, Colleen Blackard, Jason Verdi [Calidoscopic]. Video created by @m.i.a.magazine
Added Jan 30, 2021
Our Face of Ours is Revealed in the New Year
Art and its ability to elevate people inspire me, and how I perceived 2020 felt like every day for creatives. On some level, art is life—telling a story or simply creating our lives.
As artists, we are in tune with the activity of past and present, who push the envelope to the maximum of what is defined as art. Life’s honest words can best be summed up in a line by Jorge Luis Borges (from Dreamtigers), “Art must be like that mirror that reveals to us this face of ours.” For 2020, open and honest imagery and words were a way to express oneself—it was vital, not just therapeutic. It revealed our thirst for world stories never told; this became a 2020 mission and the essence of our heartfelt pandemic narratives of resilience, healing, solidarity, and freedom.
https://pandemiclens.com/2021/01/30/our-face-of-ours-is-revealed-in-the-new-year/
Added Feb 25, 2020
Jennifer Jean Shares Insights On How To Overcome Challenges As An Artist
2/21/2
Reviews and comments
Original and refined artist, excellent technique, top+++