UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS + EVENTS
Ho Ho Ho - Touché Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida - December 2024
Objects of Innocence - The Lark - Jacksonville, Florida - January 2025
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville Individual Artist Grant - 2024
Pieces of Japan - Kintsugi Apprenticeship - Kyoto, Japan - 2024
Placemaking Jax Project - 2024
Art Ventures Grant - The Community Foundation of Northeast Florida - 2018
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Objects of Innocence - The Lark - Jacksonville, Florida - 2025
Beaches Fine Art Series (BFAS) 50th Anniversary Concert Season - Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio @ St. Paul’s By-The-Sea - Jacksonville, Florida -2023
Journey to the East - FSCJ Deerwood Center - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
After the Rain Falls, The Ground Hardens - Larimer Arts Center - Palatka, Florida - 2022
In This Moment - Gallery 725 - Jacksonville, Florida - 2021
Jinsei Geemu (The Game of Life) - City Hall of Ocala - Ocala, Florida - 2021
Kyouka Suigetsu (Flower in the Mirror, Moon on the Water) - Crane Ramen - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Mukashi Banashi (Old Folk Tales) - Museum of Science and History (MOSH) - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Hatenai Yume (Endless Dream) - Space 42 - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Ho Ho Ho - Touché Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida - 2024
Cute + Creepy - The Hive Gallery - Los Angeles, California - 2024
Everything But The Kitchen Sink - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, California - 2024
Babe Walls Gallery Show - Ryan Joseph Gallery - Denver, Colorado - 2024
EØ - TSU Project - Gallery 725 - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
KAPWA - Museum of Science and History (M.O.S.H.) - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
Together Against Hate - Jewish Community Alliance - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
Metamorphosis - Women Writing for a Change - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
Black Light - Underground Atlanta - Atlanta, Georgia - 2023
Everything But the Kitchen Sync - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, California - 2023
Against All Odds - One Art Space - New York, New York - 2023
Babe Walls Gallery Show - The Banshee House - Denver, Colorado - 2023
Power in Numbers - Gallery Nucleus - Alhambra, California - 2022
Deja Vu - MIZE Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida - 2022
Our Florida - Jacksonville Public Library - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
Everything But the Kitchen Sink - La Luz De Jesus Gallery - Los Angeles, California - 2022
BEYOND THE WALL - Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens - Delray Beach, Florida - 2022
I AM HERE - Filipino American History - Museum of Science + History (MOSH) - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
DECADES - Mize Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida - 2022
Critters - MIZE Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida - 2021
Mixed America - ETSU Tipton Gallery - Johnson City, Tennessee - 2021
FLOWERS - Spain Restaurant - Tampa, Florida - 2021
9th Annual Coaster Show - Gallery 30 South - Pasadena, California - 2021
The Angst + Art of Caregiving - CoRK West Gallery - BABS LAB - Jacksonville, 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 of Art Ventures - The Cummer Museum of Art + Gardens - Jacksonville, Florida - 2021
Welcome Home: Her Liminal Asian-Appalacian Experience - ETSU Tipton + Slocumb Galleries - Johnson City, Tennessee - 2021
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
Roots - Women Writing for (a) Change - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center at LaVilla - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Små 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 - Pop-up Gallery - Collective Arts Brewing - Hamilton, Ontario - 2020
Conspiracy - Mize Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida - 2020
Blooms - Women Writing for (a) Change - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
W.A.V.E. “Women Artists, Visual Experiences” - Haskell Gallery - Jacksonville International Airport - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Contradictions - Webber Gallery - Ocala, Florida - 2020
Games, Art, and Music (Space GAAM) - Schultz Center - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Sup Cones 2 - Mize Gallery - St. Petersburg, Florida - 2019
A Vision for Art - St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Shine: A Feminine Perspective - Women Writing for (a) Change - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
The Craft of Art: A Feminine Approach - Women Writing for (a) Change - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
Games, Art, and Music (GAAM Anime) - The Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
Surviving to Thriving - Women's Center of Jacksonville - The Yellow House - Jacksonville, Florida 2018
Sum + Substance - The Space Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
Local Exposure - Gallery 725 - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
The HEart of FemArtists - The Art Center Cooperative - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
First Things First - Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2018
5 & Under - The Space Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida - 2017
Games, Art, and Music (GAAM Adventure) - The Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2017
FemArt Gallery - 5iveCanons - Jacksonville, Florida - 2017
Cultural Council of Jacksonville Art Awards - Glass Factory - Jacksonville, Florida - 2017
Resistance Art Show - Union 3B - Jacksonville, Florida - 2017
Games, Art, and Music (GAAM VS.) - The Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2016
SOUTH By Southlight, Head To Toe - CoRK - Jacksonville, Florida - 2016
SOUTH By Southlight, POP! - CoRK - Jacksonville, Florida - 2016
Local Exposure - Gallery 725 - Atlantic Beach, Florida - 2016
Games, Art, and Music (GAAM) - The Birdhouse - Jacksonville, Florida - 2015
Games, Art, and Music (GAAMvengers) - The Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2015
SOUTH by Southlight Exhibition - Wilson Center for the Arts - Jacksonville, Florida - 2015
Elements of MOSH - Museum of Science and History - Jacksonville, Florida - 2015
Games, Art and Music (GAAM Fantasy) - The Museum - Jacksonville, Florida - 2014
The Art Institute of Jacksonville Annual Exhibition - Jacksonville, Florida - 2014
ECHO III - BFA Thesis Group Exhibition - Jacksonville, Florida - 2014
Artistic Perceptions - Solo Exhibition - Augusta, Georgia - 2013
The Art Institute of Jacksonville Annual Exhibition - Jacksonville, Florida - 2013
Juice, A Jen Jones Gallery - Jacksonville, Florida - 2013
Local Exposure - Gallery 725 - Atlantic Beach, Florida - 2013
The Art Institute of Jacksonville Annual Exhibition - Jacksonville, Florida - 2012
The Art Institute of Jacksonville Annual Exhibition - Jacksonville, Florida - 2011
WORKSHOPS
The Episcopal School of Jacksonville - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
The Harn Museum - Gainesville, Florida - 2022
The Art Center Cooperative - Jacksonville, Florida - 2021
Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Don’t Miss A Beat (DMAB) - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Mukashi Banashi - Museum of Science + History (MOSH) - Jacksonville, Florida 2019
St. Mark’s Episcopal Day School - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
Cathedral Arts Project - Beauclerc Elementary - Jacksonville, Florida - 2019
MURALS
Moonshine Liquor 2 - Jacksonville, Florida - 2024
Phoenix Arts and Innovation District - Jacksonville, Florida - 2024
Leaderboard Arcade II - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
West Art Walls - Orlando, Florida - 2023
Samurai Skate Shop - Gainesville, Florida - 2023
The Nash - Art Changes the Mind Festival - Orlando, Florida - 2023
Van Gogh Experience - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
Norikase - Jacksonville, Florida - 2023
Miracle on 34th Street - Gainesville, Florida - 2022
Miami Vice Few and Far Women - Wynwood, Miami - 2022
Nakama Anime Bar - Jacksonville, Florida - 2022
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
Don’t Miss a Beat - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
Cosmic Crystals Mural - Springfield - Jacksonville, Florida - 2020
The Wall at College Park - Arlington - Jacksonville, Florida -2020
BIO | ARTIST STATEMENT
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. Academics and research laid the foundation for her career as a visual artist, art advocate/curator and non-profit/city municipality collaborator - facilitating public art projects throughout the southeast region of the United States. She is an accomplished artist, exploring various mediums to express her inner dialogue. Her paintings, murals, and installation work - often inspired by the intersection of culture and identity - have been featured in several exhibitions showcasing her ability to merge traditional artistic forms with contemporary themes. Her insightful analysis and thought-provoking commentary on cultural preservation and historical memory, particularly its relation to community, is imbued in all the work that she either creates or curates.
CONTACT
elena@elenaohlander.com
elena@elenaohlander.com