Contact:

ojonnwakalo@gmail.com

5184955206

I explore the edges of form and how size, scale, space and material impact the viewers relationship to those borders and spaces of a physical object. I use the physicality of the paint and structure of the surface in order to emphasize the tensions that emerge from these border spaces.

Education:  


  • Tyler School of Art and Architecture Temple University, Master of Fine Arts, May 2021

  • University of Albany, Bachelor of Fine Arts,GPA 3.7, Summa Cum Laude, December 2018

  • Hudson Valley Community College, Associate of Science, May 2016


Awards:  


  • Roanne Kulakoff Award, based on portfolio merit, University of Albany, 2018

  • Painting and Drawing Award, based on merit, University of Albany, 2018

  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Byrdcliffe Artist-in Residence, 2024


Exhibition History: 

  • Artists in Residence Show, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts 2025

  • Abstract Space: Regional Group show at Spring Street Gallery 2024

  • Group Show, Joyce Goldstein Gallery 2023

  • Roses are Red the Sky is Blue, I got my barrel at your Neck so WTF You Gonna Do? Solo show, Green Lodge 2023 

  • Vox $99 Exhibition, 2022

  • WTF! Exhibition, Storefront 2022

  • Tyler School of Art and Architecture MFA Thesis Exhibition, 2021

  • Everything Must Go: Selected works from 2020 and 2021 Tyler School of Art MFA Graduates

  • Hudson Valley Community College Home Alone 2: Fine Arts Digital Media Alumni Exhibit 2020

  • Stella Elkins Gallery 2020: Distanced but closer Online Exhibition

  • Second Street Studios Hallway: Online Exhibition 2020

  • Art in Public Places Saratoga Arts 2019

  • Albany Black Arts and Cultural Festival 2018

  • University at Albany Fine Arts: Senior Exhibition 2017

  • Albany Black Arts and Cultural Festival 2017

Hudson Valley Community College Fine Arts: Student Exhibition 2016


Jobs:  

  • Art Omi: May 2019- August 2020

I was a park guide assistant. I helped set up the shows, cleaned the artworks, and      

installed the work.

  • Teachers Assistant: August 2019-December 2020

I assisted my professor in teaching the class. Also keeping up class maintenance.

  • Artists Assistant : June 2021

Artist assistant for Odili Donald Odita. I currently help make his paintings, while also attending to studio maintenance. 


Experience:

  • Ualbany Museum Internship: Fall 2018

  As an intern, I helped set up the Triple show, featuring the artists Tschabalala Self, Louis Fratino, and Alex Bradley Cohen. Along with this I also helped set up the Mohawk Hudson Regional. I helped hang the work, prime the walls, and clean the floor. Along with this, I was writing descriptions for the works.