About The Artist

Ohso is a self-taught, mixed media artist, born & raised in New Orleans, LA! Although her family history is riddled with poverty, abuse, addiction, and estrangement, her work repeats the themes of peace, beauty, strength, and growth thru wisdom in learning from her past. Ohso primarily paints imaginative, 3-D composition portraits of Women of Color and enjoys incorporating acrylics, sculptamold, inks, fabric paints, textiles, and block stamp printing in her work. Ohso attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and is a graduate of John F. Kennedy Sr. High School. She also studied psychology & fine art at Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA., later graduated with a degree in Computer Graphic Design from Remington College in Metairie, LA, and was inducted into the Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society in 1999. Throughout the 90's Ohso worked as an Arts Educator, Freelance Graphic Designer & Retail Manager. In 1996 she began her career as an Artist when she took on a non-paid internship at The Neighborhood Gallery in New Orleans. In the Spring of 2005 Ohso founded ArtistiKIDS! An arts program for gifted & talented children! Sadly, the fall of that same year Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home and business forcing her family to relocate to Texas. Ohso is a Graphic Designer, Educator, and a self-taught, International mixed media Artist born & raised in New Orleans, LA! She primarily paints imaginative 3-D composition portraits of Women of Color. She also creates abstract pieces as well as handmade notecard sets, hand painted journals & handmade Ankara fabric earrings. She also produces items featuring her work including calendars, coloring books, stickers, magnets, mugs and prints. Most recently, her work has been exhibited at Electric City Barn, Schenectady, NY. Brooksville City Hall Gallery 201, Brooksville, FL. Pablo Center at the Confluence in Eau Clair, WI. InterUrban Arthouse, Overland Park, KS. GLH Gallery, Houston,Texas. Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital View Point Gallery, Schenectady, NY. and Zari Gallery in London, UK Ohso is on the Autism spectrum with Asperger's Syndrome. She also suffers from Dystonia & Osteoarthritis; however, she remains active & productive as an Internationally Collected Artist. You can find more Art of Ohso works at www.ArtofOhso.com IG: ArtofOhso FB: OhsoArt Virtual Payments: https://pay.artofohso.com/ Phone: 210.544.1356