Public Collections
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Brooklyn Art Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers State University of
New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Barnard College Library, New York, NY
Oz Art, Bentonville, AK
Fellowships, and Commissions
Brandywine Workshop, Visiting Artist Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA 1995
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum Commission, Commission for Prints, New Brunswick, NJ. 1985
Ariana Foundation for the Arts, Inc., Mixed Media Grant, 1984
Creative Artists Public Service Program, Graphics Fellowship, 1982-83
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Helen Oji, Group Chat, public installation - Grand Flag, curated by James Esber, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2021
Helen Oji: Envisioning Cosmic Connections, Estrada Fine Art, Artsy, Viewing Room, virtual exhibition, & Artsy/Estrada Fine Art, Mar15-Apr 30, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Eileen Fisher, Madison Avenue II, Where Fashion Meets Art, New York, NY
1986
Intar Gallery, New York, NY
1984
Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1982
Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis, CA
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1981
Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
1980
Fine Arts Center/Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1978
Soho Center for the Visual Artists, New York, NY (two person)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Threads & Territories, curators, Ragna Froda, Elisa Lutteral, NYTM, La Sudestada, Brooklyn, NY
(Mostly) Women (Mostly) Abstract PT2, Sep 8-Oct 14 Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
The Armory Show, Javits Center, Sep 8-10, Eric Firestone Gallery, New York, NY
Beauty of Summer, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Hillman Garden Artist Banners and Sculptures, curator, Charles Luce, New York, NY
Arlan Huang - Just About Us, curators, Howie Chen, Danielle Wu, Pearl River Mart (Soho),
May 4- Sep 9, New York, NY
Expo Chicago 2023, Eric Firestone Gallery, Navy Pier, Apr 13-16, Chicago, IL
2022
Voice a Wild Dream: Moments in Asian American Art and Activism, 1968-2022, curator, Kris Kuramitsu, Godzilla, OXYArts, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
MAM Research 009: Imagining Justice - Asian American Art Movement. June 29 - November 6. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
My Body/My Choice, the 2022 annual Postcard Show, A.I.R. Gallery, benefit show, Brooklyn, NY
Make Art Not War, Pierogi Gallery, Group Benefit exhibit to support Ukraine, Brooklyn, NY
Only One Earth, The Flag Project 2022, Rockefeller Center in collaboration with the United Nation's Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate Museum, NYC, April 1-May 1
2021
Group Show 5, Shrine Gallery, virtual exhibition, New York, NY
Drawing Challenge XVIII, inspired by words of artist Grace Hartigan, Jason McCoy Gallery, virtual exhibition, New York, NY.
2020
Start Small - Beginning an Art Collection on Small Business Saturday, An exclusive Artsy Online Exhibition, Estrada Fine Art, Nov 27-Dec 20, Los Angeles
Drawing Challenge XVI, inspired by words of Patti Smith, Jason McCoy Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, New York, NY.
Drawing Challenge X, inspired by words of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jason McCoy Gallery, Virtual Exhibition, New York, NY.
From Dark to Light: A Holiday Celebration, Jason McCoy Gallery on Artsy.
Self-Portrait in the Pandemic, Fat Canary Gallery. Virtual Exhibition.
FRESH ORANGE, curator, Dane Goodman, Estrada Fine Art, Artsy, online exhibition.
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: exhibit on Artsy
2017
The Bedroom, The Women Artist Team, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
Estrada Fine Art Fall Exhibition, Estrada Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Silhouettes, The EFA Foundation, Blackburn, 20/20, curator, Bill Carroll, New York, NY
2011
Social Photography II Exhibition, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2010
8 Artists Estrada Fine Arts, PYO Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Inaugural Exhibition, Estrada Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Life and Vitality, Estrada Fine Arts, Los Angles, CA
2001
Wet, Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Urban Encounters, New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC
1996
A Woman's Place, Monmouth Museum, Randolph, NJ.
Zimmerli Art Museum, NJ, Group Exhibition
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 CT
The Return Of Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, NYC, American Center, Paris, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1993
We are the Universe, Haenah-Kent Gallery, New York, NY
The Curio Shop, Godzilla, Artists Space, New York, NY
1992
The Rope Show, a three-part exhibit in cooperation with Four Walls, Artist Space, New York, NY
1991
Close Scrutiny, Art in General, New York, NY
Interactions: Collaborations in the Visual and Performing Arts, ICA, curator, Judith Tannenbaum, Philadelphia, PA,
1987
Reconstruction Project, Organized by Sabra Moore, Artists Space, NYC
1986
New Sensations, Jay Gallery, New York, NY
Let’s Play House, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, New York, NY
The All Natural Disaster Show, PS 39/Longwood Arts Project, Bronx, NY
1985
Lifelines, Here & Now, Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
Dreams and Fantasies, Asian Art Institute, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Henry Street Settlement Gallery, New York, NY
Pelavin Editions, Jay Gallery, New York, NY
1984
American Women Artists/Part II: Younger Generation, Sidney Janis Gallery, curated by Carroll Janis, NYC
Expression: Recent Work by Women Artists, AIR Gallery, curator, Elise Meyer NYC
1983
End of the World: Contemporary Visions of the Apocalypse, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, curator, Lynn Gumpert, New York, NY
New York Now: Works on Paper, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalorg, Denmark
Hong Kong-Tokyo-New York, Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY, curator, John Woo
1982
California Connection, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
1981
New Art II: “Surfaces and Textures, Museum of Modern Art, curator, Ten Bonin, NYC
A New Bestiary: Animal Imagery in Contemporary Art, Institute of Contemporary Art of the Virginia Museum, Richmond, VA
New Talent, Monique Knowlton Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Set Designs & Installation
1994
Womb Wars, Set Design for the Urban Bush Women, Penn State, State College, PA, The Kitchen, NYC, UCLA, Majectic Theater, Boston, MA
1988
Song of Lawino, Set Design for Reduta Deux LTD, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar & Valeria Vasilevski, Dance Theater Workshop, City College, NYC, LACE & MOCA, Los Angeles, CA, Boulder, CO, Tampa, FL, & London.
1987
Re-Heat, Set Installation for the Urban Bush Women, Whitney Museum
at Philip Morris, New York, NY
1983
Peachfish, Installation/Performance Collaboration, Jessica Hagedorn, Laurie Carlos, Ching Valdes, Basement Workshop, NYC
1982
Art Across the Park, Installation on pond, curator, Gilbert Coker, Horace Brockington,
Central Park, New York, NY
Panelist & Public Lectures
2021
Guest Artist, A Downtown State of Mind, organized by NYPL celebrating the launch of LIVE MAG #17, Zoom event, Tompkins Square Library, NY
2017-2016
Dorothy Waxman Textile Design Prize, Panelist, New York, NY,
Godzilla Returns! Asian American Collectives in the Arts, Panelis
2015
Guest Artist, Lecturer, Careers in the Arts; Art in Fashion, Pace University,
Art Department, New York, NY
1991-1981
New Langton Arts, West Coast Interdisciplinary Grant Panelist, 1990
Art In General, Advisory Panel, 1998
New York State Council on the Arts, Visual Arts Panelist, 1989-91
Studio Visit, Don Hazlitt/Drawing Class, Columbia University, 1994
Helen Oji, Visual Artist, Interviewer: Jessica Hagedorn, Writer, Artist and Influence,
Hatch-Billop Collection, Inc., NYC, 1994
Guest Artist, SUNY at New Paltz, NY 1993
Guest Artists Womb Wars, Urban Bush Women Creative
Process, Penn State, State College, PA, 1992
Guest Lecturer, Godzilla, Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Guest Panelist, Women Who Collaborate, Chinatown History
Project, NYC 1988
Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Program, Painting Panelist, 1987
New York Foundation for the Arts, Graphics Panelist, 1986-87
Guest Lecturer, Asian American Art Center, New York, NY 1985
Guest Lecturer, Women’s Caucus for the Arts, New York, NY 1981
Selected Bibliography
*Books, Catalogues, and Zines
Primary Information, Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network 1990-2001 ©2021 edited by Howie Chen, pg. 8-9, 83, 87, 90, 100, 161, 165, 195, 227, 230, 239, 246-251, 265, 285, 394, 509, 518, 534, 550.
Backbone Project, Frog and Squirrel and Possum by Yoko Oji & Helen Oji ©2021
Whetzine, the resistance issue #3, ©2021 pgs 51-60, (Interview/Reproductions)
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Live Mag! Issue #17 home - art and poetry Journal ©2020, Helen Oji, Survival, 2020 (Reproduction)
Sabra Moore, Openings, A Memoir from the Women’s Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992, ©Oct 26, 2016, pgs.106, 112 (Reproductions), New Village Press
Fred S. Kleiner, Gardner’s Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective, Volume II, Publisher: Gengage Learning Edition 15, Oji, Helen, Mount St. Helens, xviii preface, pg 894 (Reproduction)
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders Art World ©1999, Mark Strand, TG-S ©1999 Robert Pincus-White, “Art’s Hard Face” ©1999, Wayne Koestenbaum, Fotofolio/Artpost, Library of Congress #99-67794
From Basement to Godzilla, limited edition portfolio, 1999, #35.
Alice Yang, Why Asia, Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art, New York, University Press, New York & London ©1998 The Estate of Alice Yang, pgs 60-61
Hatch-Billops Collection, Inc., Helen Oji, Visual Artist, Interviewer: Jessica Hagedorn, Writer, Artist and Influence, 1993, Vol. XIII, pgs. 177-183,
The Return of The Cadavre Exquis, The Drawing Center, 1994,(Catalog)
Judith Tannenbaum, Interactions: Collaborations in the Visual and Performing Arts, ICA, Philadelphia, PA, pg. 7, 10.
Lucy R. Lippard, Mixed Blessings, Pantheon Books, pg. 24 (Reproduction)
Judy K. Collischan Van Wagner, Lines of Vision, Hudson Hill Press, NYC, 1989
Lifelines, Here & Now, Greenville County Museum of Art, 1985, Greenville, SC, (Catalog/Reproduction)
Lynn Gumpert, The End of the World: Contemporary Visions of the Apocalypse, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, 1983, Catalog/Text
New Imagists, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY (Catalog/Reproduction)
*Articles, Essays, and Reviews
David Cohen, Brenda Zlamany's Mask Flags in Williamsburg, Artcritical, (name mention), Mar. 15, 2021
Brian Boucher, Politics, An Exhibition Dedicated to a Legendary Asian American Art Collective Have Been Cancelled After a Majority of the Artists Withdrew, news, art net.com, art world, (photo), Mar. 11, 2021
Susan L. Power, PhD, Helen Oji: Envisioning Cosmic Connections, for Estrada Fine Art (Essay/Reproductions)
Alice Yang, Group Show at Haenah-Kent Gallery, Asian Art News, Mar/Apr 1994, pg. 94, Vol. 4 No. 2 (Review)
Edward J. Sozanski, ICA’s New Space, Philadelphia Inquirer, 7-F
Helen A. Harrison, Drawing: A Term Rich in Meanings, NYTimes, Sunday, June 11, 1989, pg 30 L.I.
Jennifer Dunning, Song of Lawino, The New York Times, Dec. 23, 1988, pg. C29,
William Zimmer, Natural Disaster Show Offers Samples of Creative Upheaval,WC, The New York Times, Jan. 26, 1986, pg. 24,(Review/Reproduction)
Marsha Tajima, Helen Oji, Asian American Perspective, Bridge, Spring 1985, Vol. 10, No., 1, pg. 26-27, 41 (Article/Reproduction)
Theodore F. Wolff, World Disaster Viewed Through the Artist’s Brush, The Christian Science Monitor, Monday, Jan. 16, 1984, pg. 21, (Review)
Grace Glueck, When Artists Portray Utopia and Armageddon, The New York Times, Sunday, Jan. 15, 1984, pg. 33/35, (Review) pg.124/126
Ronny H. Cohen, Helen Oji, Review, Artforum, Vol. XXI, No. 5, Jan 1983, pg. 74
Ann Sargent-Wooster, Helen Oji at Monique Knowlton, Review/Reproduction, Art in America, Vol. 71, No. 1, Jan. 1983
William Zimmer, Art Breakers NY’s Emerging Artists, Soho News, Special Supplement, Vol. 7, No. 51, Sept 17-24, 1980, pg. 36 (Profile)
Kay Larson, Talkin’ Bout My Generation, The Village Voice, Vol. XXV, No. 25,, Jun 18-24, 1980, pg. 36 (Review/Reproduction)
William Zimmer, 62 Drawings by 12 Artists, Soho News, Vol.7, No. 33, May 14-20 1980, pg. 54 (Review)
Related Work Experience
Eileen Fisher, Design Director, Designer, Creative, Inspiration, & Research Director, NYC,
1997-2017
Fashion Institute of Technology, Adjunct Art Professor Fine Arts Department, NYC, 1996
Yuba College, Marysville, CA, Adjunct Art Professor, 1975-1976
Born - Sacramento, California.
Education - California State University, Sacramento, B.A. & M.A. in Art