JULIE OH

sesame, open yourself

June 3 - August 30, 2022

Kenderdine Art Gallery

curator, Leah Taylor
exhibition essay by Rose Bouthillier

Julie Oh’s artistic practice considers found objects as powerful vessels for the human experience: mortality, labor, faith and freedom. The Saskatoon-based artist works from the realm of the everyday, initiating a period of sustained engagement with collected materials. Oh works instinctually by allowing the installation of objects to each hold space within the gallery, offering an entanglement of conceptual readings that address the aura of their presence.

Julie Oh will be the Kenderdine Art Gallery artist-in-residence for the month of May, followed by the opening of her solo exhibition.

Please join us for the opening reception of Julie Oh's solo exhibition 'sesame, open yourself', following Oh's month-long residency in the Kenderdine Art Gallery: THURSDAY, JUNE 2 / 2022artist & curator talk/tour: 6:30pm to 7:30pmpublic reception: 7:30pm to 9:00pmAll events are free and open to the public.

 

Julie Oh, sesame, open yourself, 2020, American Eagle Outfitters t-shirts, wood crate. Image courtesy of the artist.
Headshot, Julie Oh, 2019. Courtesy of the artist.

About

Recent solo exhibitions of her work include lines (2018) as part of the RBC Emerging Artist Series at Remai Modern; Your Hog Has Arrived (2019) at PAVED Arts; and Tunnel, Air, Mother (2019) at Dunlop Art Gallery. She holds an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied as a Fulbright Scholar, and a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan.