ANDREW OOI (b. 1979 CAN)
Lives and works in Toronto ON

GALLERIES
BoxHeart Gallery, 4523 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15224

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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