ANDREW OOI (b. 1979 CAN)
Lives and works in Toronto ON
GALLERIES
BoxHeart Gallery, 4523 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15224
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Indoor Fireworks, Mon Ton Window Gallery, Toronto ON
2022 Without Interrupting the System, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2022 Without Interrupting the System, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas ON
2021 Without Interrupting the System, Art Gallery of Bancroft, Bancroft ON
2019 Genarcha, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2018 Anatomy of Resilience, Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa ON
2017 IOI OOI New Primitives, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2016 Meta-Chroma, L.A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa ON
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 paper trail$, The Drey, Toronto ON
2022 a matter of perspective, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto ON
2021 20!, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2021 ReDesign, The Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College; Columbia MO
2020 (Cancelled COVID-19) Ichigo Ichie, via Indigo Gallery, Buffalo NY
2019 Allsorts, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2018 Article, with Jordan Buschur, PLEAT, Online-Only Gallery
2018 Almost 17 and #werestillhere, BoxHeart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2016 Intention, Indigo Gallery, Buffalo NY
2011 Let There Be Light, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto ON
2011 Washi Collaboration Show, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto ON
2011 Interior Design Show (IDS), Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto ON
2009 Graphica Creativa ‘09, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Jyväskylä FI
2009 Come Up to My Room, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
2008 Radiant Dark, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
2008 World Washi Summit, Japanese Paper Place, Toronto ON
2007 Radiant Dark, Burroughes Building, Toronto ON
ART FAIRS
2018 Aqua Art Miami with BoxHeart Gallery, Miami FL
2018 Superfine!DC with BoxHeart Gallery, Washington DC
2018 Affordable Art Fair New York with BoxHeart Gallery, New York NY
2018 Cosmos, Superfine!NY with BoxHeart Gallery, New York NY
2018 Cosmos, littletopia at the LA Art Show with BoxHeart Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2017 Cosmos, Aqua Art Miami with BoxHeart Gallery, Miami FL
2016 SOFA 2016 with Option Art, Chicago IL
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Arts Response Initiative
2021 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Visual Artists Creation Projects
2021 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Exhibition Assistance
2020 Toronto Arts Council Grant, TOArtist COVID Response Fund
2018 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Visual Artists Creation Projects
2017 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Exhibition Assistance
2017 Ontario Arts Council Grant, Materials
COLLECTIONS
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa ON
BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Kerr, Penelope., editor. Blank Realism. Headlight Anthology c/o Concordia University, Department of English, 2019. Cover.
Fagan, Cary. Rock, Paper, Scissors. Ottawa: Karsh-Masson Gallery, 2018. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Andrew Ooi: Anatomy of Resilience” shown at Karsh-Masson Gallery, February 8–April 18, 2018. An exhibition catalogue.
Nunn, Hannah (Compiler) Illuminate Contemporary Craft Lighting, Bloomsbury Publishing 2013, pp. 47-49
Chan, Eric (Compiler) 1,000 Product Designs Form, Function, and Technology from Around the World, Rockport Publishers 2010, p. 61
MEDIA
Rockwell, Steve. “a matter of perspective at Lonsdale Gallery.” artoronto.ca August 2022. https://www.artoronto.ca/?p=49774
Rockwell, Steve. “A Matter of Perspective.” dartmagazine.com August 6, 2022. https://www.dartmagazine.com/?p=2467
“Coup de Coeur.” Dovetail, vol. 1, Summer 2020, p. 11.
“Simple Complexities.” Uppercase, vol. 44, Jan.-March 2020, pp. 46-51.
Walker, Josh. “Objects of Desire.” Dolce, October 11, 2019. https://dolcemag.com/general-interest/specialfeatures/objects-of-desire-19/33401
Irons, Bethanie. “Studio Visit: Andrew Ooi.” pleatgallery.com. December 9, 2018. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2NcMklIfI/
Beall, Kelly. “Andrew Ooi.” designcrushblog.com. November 29, 2018. http://designcrushblog.com/2018/11/29/andrew-ooi/
Field, Natalie., & Pittman, Emily. (Eds.). “Andrew Ooi.” thegatheredgallery.com. November 21, 2018. https://www.thegatheredgallery.com/single-post/2018/11/21/Andrew-Ooi
Cowan, Katy. “Andrew Ooi’s intricate 3D artworks crafted by hand out of thousands of pieces of paper.” creativeboom.com. August 29, 2018. https://www.creativeboom.com/inspiration/andrew-ooi/
Mothes, Kate. “Andrew Ooi.” yngspc.com. June 28, 2018. https://www.yngspc.com/artists/2018/06/andrew-ooi/
Korp, Maureen. “Andrew Ooi: Anatomy of Resilience.” home.imagesandyhill.org. June 5, 2018. http://home.imagesandyhill.org/2018/06/andrew-ooi-anatomy-of-resilience/
Belcea, Livia. “Exhibition: Andrew Ooi’s Anatomy of Resilience at Karsh-Masson Gallery.” apt613.ca. February 2018. https://apt613.ca/exhibition-anatomy-of-resilience-at-karsh-masson-gallery/
Brennan, Lissa. “Andrew Ooi’s Folded-Paper Sculptures at BoxHeart.” Pittsburgh City Paper. September 6, 2017. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/andrew-oois-folded-paper-sculptures-%20at-boxheart/Content?oid=4096314
Shaw, Kurt. “Bloomfield’s BoxHeart Gallery Turning the Tables.” Tribune-Review. September 2, 2017. http://triblive.com/aande/museums/12656395-74/bloomfields-box-heart-gallery-turning-the-tables
Krysa, Danielle. “andrew ooi.” thejealouscurator.com/blog. January 31, 2017. http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2017/01/31/andrew-ooi/
Fromer, Liza. Demonstration of Modular Origami with TMS-Scripts, The Morning Show, GLOBAL, May 14, 2012.
Kempton, Beth. “Do What You Love Interview: Andrew Ooi.” dowhatyouloveforlife.com. February 2012. https://dowhatyouloveforlife.com/blog/2012/02/do-what-you-love-interview-andrew-ooi/
TEACHING
2011 Guest Lecturer, OCAD University, Toronto ON
