Elena Øhlander
Painter / the United States of America
ABOUT
Elena Øhlander (b. 1988) is a visual artist and muralist working in the medium of mixed-media illustration, currently residing in Jacksonville, Florida. She obtained her BFA in Photography from The Art Institute of Jacksonville in 2014 and is actively pursuing her MFA in Painting + Drawing from the University of Florida.
Her work explores identity, individuality, gender issues, societal gaze, and social justice. She utilizes a contrived scenario, characterization of her own likeness, intentional use of semiotics, and the psychology of color to build her vernacular.
Her emphasis of hyphenated American identity is used as a comparative lens that focuses on Asian diaspora awareness and unification to society at large - investigating issues surrounding cultural preservation and historical memory.
She was invited in Global Artist Committee of Asian Art Association in July 2022.
Mural Project
Wafaa + Mikes - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
Don’t Miss a Beat - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
Few & Fairy Garden - Wynwood - Miami, Florida - 2021
Sprayloween Mural - Gainesville, Florida - 2021
Cosmic Crystals Mural - The Performers Academy - Jacksonville, Florida - 2021
Zen + Ginger Cafe and Boba - St. Augustine, Florida - 2021
Motivational Edge - Miami, Florida - 2021
Pastel Paradise - Wynwood - Miami, Florida - 2020
Lantern Bar | Crane Ramen - Riverside - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Cosmic Crystals Mural - Springfield - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
The Wall at College Park - Arlington - Jacksonville, Florida -2020
Exhibition
Awards + Grants
2018 Art Ventures Grant - The Community Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “The Game of Life” = Ocala City Hall - Ocala, Florida
2019 “Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water” - Crane Ramen - Jacksonville, Florida
2019 “Old Folk Tales” - Museum of Science and History (MOSH) - Jacksonville, Florida
2018 “Endless Dream” - Space 42 - Jacksonville, Florida
Selected Exhibitions
2021 Mixed America - ETSU Tiplon Gallery - Johnson City,Tennessee
2021 Critters-Mize Gallery - St. Petersburg,Flora
2021 Flowers - Spain Restaurant -Tampa,Florida
2021 Imagination Squared - Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) - Haskell Atrium Gallery-
Jacksonville,Florida
2021 Keep it Cute - Mize Gallery-St.Petersburg.Florida
2021 Becoming: Womyn Bodies of Trauma.Displacement,and Persistence-KCKCC Gallery -Kansas City,Kansas
2021
30th Anniversary Retrospective of Art Ventures - The Cummer Museum of Art + Gardens-Jacksonville,Florida
2021 Welcome Home:Her Liminal Asian-American Experience-ETSU Tipton + Slocumb Galleries-Johnson City,Tennessee
2020 Something 2020 - Mize Gallery-St.Petersburg,Florida
2020 8th Annual Coaster Show - Gallery 30 South-Pasadena,California
2020 Vote-Mize Gallery-St. Petersburg,Florida
2020 ArtWorkers United - University of North Florida (UNF) - Jacksonville,Florida
2020 Sma Art - Scandicenter - West Newton,Massachusetts
2020 Surviving to Thriving - Women's Center of Jacksonville - Jacksonville,Florida
2020 Flower Power-Mize Gallery - St.Petersburg,Florida
2020 International Women's Day - Collective Arts Brewing - Hamilton,Ontario
2020 Conspiracy - Mize Gallery - St.Petersburg,Florida
2020 Blooms - Women Writing for a Change - Jacksonville,Florida
2020 W.AV.E."Wormen Artists,Visual Experiences" - Haskell Gallery - Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) - Jacksonville,Florida
2020 Contradictions - Webber Gallery - Ocala,Florida
