Patricia Oji

Artist Statement

I am a San Francisco Bay Area contemporary painter who works in a realistic style. I show the world using fresh angles and points of view to help us see familiar subjects with newly sharpened eyes.

I use a limited color palette to convey my own interpretation of my subjects, which include urbanscapes and a wide range of portraits: food, fish, and fowl, familiar animals and imaginary creatures. By careful attention to value, temperature, and hue, my work shows how light and atmosphere affect how we see.

My recent paintings (Loveable Canines) have been inspired by my own dogs, which were adopted from Marin Humane. I am also creating portraits of their Shelter Dogs as well as a few pups from my neighborhood. As I spend time getting to know these special characters, they reveal their unique personalities. My intention is to capture their spirit as I create mood and atmosphere, showing their rhythms and patterns of life.

Email: PatriciaOjiArt@gmail.com

Studio: Art Works Downtown, 1325 4th Street, #6,

Biography

2024
“Tiny Show”, Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco, CA
“Autumn Showcase Art Exhibit”, Marin Art & Garden Center
“Marinwood Fall Art Show”, Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
“Furry & Feathered Friends”, Red Bluff Art Gallery 3-D Virtual Exhibit, https://www.redbluffartgallery.com/furryfriends2024.htm, Monday. September 9
“Summer Dreaming”, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael
“City Streets”, Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco, CA
Marin Open Studios, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Marinwood Spring Art Show”, Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
Route One Gallery–Art Works Downtown Show, Route One Gallery, Pt. Reyes Station, CA
San Francisco-Marin Food Bank Auction, Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco, CA

A Gathering of Color, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Exhibitions 2023
“tiny Show” Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco, CA
“Small Works Show” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Marinwood Fall Art Show” Marinwood Community Center, San Rafael, CA
“New Visions”, Thompson-Dorfman, Mill Valley, CA
“Things with Wings, acci Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“12th All Women Exhibition,” Light Space & Time, virtual
Exhibitions 2022
“Cornucopia,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA “Small Works,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA Fall Art Show, Marinwood, San Rafael, CA “Look, Up In The Sky,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1st Tuesday Art Walk, Moonstruck Fine Jewelry, Mill Valley CA”Animals” Light Space & Time, virtual Marin Open Studios, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA “Delicious Show,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Food Bank Auction,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions 2021
“Small Works Show,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA “100th Anniversary Exhibition,” Pacific Art Gallery, Palo Alto, CA “tiny,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA “Heartscapes,” Solo Exhibition, Avalon, San Rafael, CA “Fall Art Show,” Marinwood, San Rafael, CA 11th Annual Animals Show, Light, Space & Time Online Gallery “Expressions,” Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA “Animal Kingdom,” Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA “Still Life,” Fusion Art, Palm Springs, CA
Exhibitions 2020
“A Sense of Place,” Marin Open Studios, Marin County
“Fresh Art,” Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
“Small Works,” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“tiny,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Art of the Mask,” 2nd Place for Soaring Spirit, Blue Girl Gallery, Texas “Our World Re-Imagined,” California Art Club, Pasadena, CA
“Bird, Nest, Nature,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
“Spring 2020 Online Show,” Honorable Mention, Oil Painters of America, Crystal Lake, IL
“100 Years of the Women’s Vote,” Bartolini Gallery, San Rafael, CA
“Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt,” Art Escape, Sonoma, CA
Exhibitions 2019
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Fresh Art 2019” Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
“Autumn Festival” Flatbed Farm, Glen Ellen, CA
“City & Country Visits”At the Top, Mill Valley, CA
Marin Open Studios,
Studio #9, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Garden Tour Artist, Mill Valley Outdoor Garden Club, Mill Valley, CA
Exhibitions 2018
“Tiny Show” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Small Works Show”Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Holiday Show” Marin Jewelers Guild, San Rafael, CA
“Escaping the Noise” solo exhibition, Thompson|Dorfman, Mill Valley, CA”
“Bank of Marin Group Show” Bank of Marin, San Rafael, CA
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“On the Road” Honorable Mention, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA “Marin Open Studios” Studio #9, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Feathers and Fins: New Work by Patricia Oji” Thompson Hall, Sausalito Presbyterian Church, Sausalito, CA
Art Works Downtown Group Show, Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, CA
“Red-Ception” Marin Jewelers Guild, San Rafael, CA
Exhibitions 2017
“Auspicious Beginnings” solo exhibition, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Chickens” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Marin Open Studios” Studio #9, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Exhibitions 2016
“Holiday Market” Flat Bed Farm, Sonoma, CA
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Small Works” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“20/20″ Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Spring, Online Showcase” Oil Painters of America
“Bean, Langston, Oji, & Reis” Thompson|Dorfman, Mill Valley, CA
“Marin Open Studios” Studio #24, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Architecture” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Exhibitions 2015
“Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
Solstice” 4th Street Fine Art, Berkeley, CA
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Landscapes, Seascapes, Urbanscapes” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
“Fire and Water” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Casa Azul” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Studio Visit Magazine (Winter 2015), a series of juried artist books sponsored by New American Paintings Magazine.
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“50/50″ Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
“Make It Work” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2014
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Patricia Oji: Color and Light” At the Top, Mill Valley, CA
“All that Glitters” Gold Medal Show, California Art League, Pasadena, CA “Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
“Summers Past” California Art League, Pasadena, CA
“New Work” Underground Gallery, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA Exhibitions 2014
“Art in Food: Farm, Table, Community” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Featured Artist in Studios, a national arts publication, Sudbury, MA
Exhibitions 2013
“Body of Work: Figurative Works from the California Art Club, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“CreativiTea” acciGallery, Berkeley, CA ”
Midnight in Paris” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Downtown Visions” Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, CA
“National Juried Exhibition” acciI Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Hospitality House, 28th Annual Art Auction” San Francisco, CA
“Delicious” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Annual Fall Juried Exhibition” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
“Art Between the Lines” California Art Club, Santa Monica, CA
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions 2012
“Annual Juried Exhibition” Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
“Still Lifes” Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
“Scapes: Land, Sea, and Urban” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
“Tiny” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions 2011
“Solo Exhibition” Underground Gallery, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA

Affiliations
Resident Artist, Art Works Downtown
Associate Artist, Oil Painters of America
Associate Member, California Art Club
Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco

Education
B.S., Business Administration, California State University, Fresno Graduate Studies in Graphic Design, California State University, Chico
Studied oil painting with artist Carol Peek, Camille. Prezwodek, Derek Penix

Art Medium(s)

Oil Paint, Drawing