Bijijoo lives in Portland, Oregon, has a Ph.D. in chemistry (trained as a biophysicist), works as a consultant at an intellectual property law firm, and paints as much as possible. Bijijoo has a large growing collection of baby dolls and her favorite color is hot pink.
SELECTED PRESS
Rick Santorum Leads Gay Parade, GodMakesLemonsToo, Feb. 11, 2012
Santorum neologism gains prominence during US election cycle, Wikinews, Feb. 7, 2012
A Modest Plea for a Return to Useful Art, Swellco & Swellco, Feb. 1, 2012
Harper Steps in It, Balloon Juice, Jan. 13, 2012
Still Life With Rick Santorum, Dan Savage, Jan. 11, 2012
Miyamoto’s, Where You Know Everybody’s Name, Kotaku, July 14, 2011
Bijijoo Painting to Benefit Japan Earthquake Relief, Paste Magazine, March 21, 2011
Conceptual Art Projects, eHow, Feb. 24, 2011
Hail to the Presidential Ham, Willamette Week, Feb. 2, 2011
15 Portraits of Presidents with Ham, Salon.com, Nov. 10, 2010
The Most WTF Portraits Of Politicians Ever, Huffington Post, Nov. 10, 2010
The Presidential Ham, OddityCentral, July 25, 2010
A Man, A Plan, Some Hams: Bijijoo?, Paste Magazine, July 14, 2010
EXHIBITIONS
April 2012: The Anthropod Companion (solo show) at Antler, Portland, OR. Opening reception: Thurs. March 29th 6-9pm.
February 2012: Select paintings in Diorama of an Art Exhibition - No.3 at Musée 16, Los Angeles, CA. Opening reception: Sat. Feb. 18th 5-10pm.
February 2012: Pudding No. 2 in The 100 Show at the Wieden + Kennedy Gallery, Portland, OR. Opening reception: Thurs. Feb. 2nd 6pm.
December 2011: Select works from Celebrity Still Life with Brooke Weston's Taxidermy at Nirvana Cafe, Portland, OR.
November 2011: The Presidential Ham (solo show) at Gold Dust Meridian, Portland, OR. Nov. 5th through Nov. 30th.
November 2011: Sarah Palin for President in What the Undertaker Saw (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR. Opening reception: Fri. Nov. 4th 7-10pm. More info here
October 2011: The Celebrity Still Life (including 250 baby dolls) (solo show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
July 2011: Leonid Brezhnev in Underpants (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
April 2011: The Bathing Clown in Life Underwater (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
February 2011: The Presidential Ham (solo show) at The Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, OR.
October 2010: Andreas Vesalius in Good is Evil (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
August 2010: High School French Teacher in The Cutting Edge (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
April 2010: Stalin Slug in Creepy Crawlies (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
December 2009: David Hasselhoff in The Present (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
November 2009: Pudding No. 1 in Gluttony (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
October 2009: JT with Ham and Feynman in Open Wide (group show) at The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, Portland, OR.