Jennifer Okumura

Jennifer Okumura grew up in Philadelphia. She attended Syracuse University in addition to receiving her MFA from Boston University. Jennifer’s work has been featured and a part of The Vendue Art Hotel, Massachusetts State Senate [Sen. Will Brownsberger], Four Seasons Downtown Boston, Kayak, Boston Consulting Group, Boston College Office of Marketing Communications, Morgan Stanley, Acadian Asset, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Collection, Aetna Corp. Collection and Private Collections. Okumura has relationships with galleries in Manhattan, Westport, Boston, Charleston and exhibited in Swiss Art Expo ZÜRICH, Art Metropole Europe Barcelona, Spain, and upcoming Artexpo New York Art Fair, Pier 36 in 2021.

“ In the NOW, provocative in a decorous way, optimistic—these terms characterize me as an Artist. I believe art and its ability to elevate people are what inspire me every day. My new series 'Knots of the mind’ explores the ongoing melee between the heart and the mind, complicated by love, hunger, power, doubt. Knots bind—like an embrace? as a restraint? Twisted strands of thought and feeling in our souls. Should we leap or remain motionless?

The somber Asian flesh and skin: My heritage is strong, regal, spicy. Like a soul gone mad with pain, strength, and love express themselves in this image—my perspective about my limited self-understanding. There are deep multi-generational connections that are inherited and passed on as I grow and experience life. I may not always have a comfortable life or be able to solve all the world's problems, but thanks to my family, I love where I stand--my heritage and the warmth of their contagious love.”

——— Jennifer Okumura