ohni

Ohni Blu

b. 1984 Winton, Australia

Ohni is an emerging artist, curator and events producer currently based in Sydney, Australia. They are passionately committed to collaboration and community focused events and outcomes. They have just finished a Bachelor of Visual Arts Honours at Sydney College of the Arts. Their work explores themes of gender and identity, radical healing, disability, rituals of care, community relationships and vulnerability. They have also served on the Board of Directors at Firstdraft.

Education:

2019 - Bachelor of Visual Art - Honours (First Class) - Sydney College of the Arts

2014 - Diploma of Photo Imaging- CATC Design School

Solo Exhibitions:

2019 - Obliteration, Creation - c3 Contemporary Art Space

2019 - Obliteration, Creation - Verge Gallery

2019 - Queer Life Drawing - AIRspace Projects with Blake Lawerence

2010 - Ohni’s 25 Year Life Retrospective – Little Fish Gallery

Selected Festivals & Group Exhibitions:

2020 (forthcoming) - Rituals of Renewal - Tian Zhang

2020 - Hatched - Perth Institute of Contemporary Art

2020 - Adaptation - Casula Powerhouse

2019 - Hermes USU Creative Awards - Verge Gallery

2019 - Honours Graduate Exhibition - Sydney College of the Arts

2018 - Waves– Sullivan & Strumpf – by Kate Britton

2017 - Fully Sick– Firstdraft – by Ohni Blu & Willurai Kirkbright

2017 – Embittered Swish Refracted– Firstdraft - By Embittered Swish 

2017 - Cache– Down Under Space – By Alice Joel

2016 – 100 Needles- Undergraduate Degree Show – Sydney College of the Arts

2016 - Put it on Wax– aMBUSH Gallery – by Lord Street Collective 

2014 – Moon Lairs– Little Woods Gallery – by Kati Elizabeth  

2013 – The Mane Event– Ponyland 

2013 - Interlude– The Rocks

2013- Debbie Doesn’t Do It For Free- Tap Gallery 

2013 - Idapolooza Fruit Jamboree- Tennessee, USA

2011-2015 - Ova The Rainbow- The Spectrum - NYC, USA

2010 - Holographic Love Motel- by Princess Amy

2010 - Islands in the Stream– Brisbane Powerhouse - by Vivian Ziherl

2010 - Koalacore 50,000- by Gooey On the Inside - Santiago, Chile

2009 - Cream & Ice– by Little Fish Gallery

2009 - Queer as Punk– by Spunk - Red Rattler Theatre

2009 - Homoquilt– LGBT Craft Auction- Project curated by Warren Gracie 

Panels & Print:

2017 - Fully Sick - FBi radio – Agenda

2017 - Feminism in Art– by Women in the Arts - Verge Gallery

2015/16 – Queer Spritz- Art Monthly Summer Bumper - by Kate Britton

2012 - Randy Magazine – by Kid Vintage - NYC

2010 - Little Fish Gallery 2010 Calendar

2003 - Slit Magazine – Edition 14

2003 - Spunk Magazine – Edition 1 

Curation:

2017 - Fully Sick- Firstdraft – with Willurai Kirkbright

2016 - 2017 - Soft Edges – Curation of live events

2015-2018 - Queer Life Drawing - Curation of events in collaboration with Blake Lawrence

2011- 2018 - DancePIT – Curation of live events 

2009-2011 - Little Fish Gallery – Co-director & curator

 Awards: 

2019 - Zelda Stedman Young Student Award

2016 - Thomas Walker Award

2014 - The Jerome De Costa Memorial Awards