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
The Art Out There, David Carmack Lewis, March 20, 2013
Concept Art Writing Prompt: Sitting at the Bar with a Giant Praying Mantis, io9, Oct. 27, 2012
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
June 2013: Bugs, Holes, Heads, and How-tos (solo show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR. Opening reception: Fri. June 7th, 7-10pm.
Feb. 22, 2013: Selected Paintings in Works: An Art Happening (group show) at The Old Church, Portland, OR.
Feb. 2013: Big Goose in Night of the Hunter (group show) at Antler Gallery, Portland, OR.
Nov. 2012: Mitt, Newt, Uncle Sam, and Sarah in DO SOMETHING (group show) at AFRU Gallery, Portland, OR.
Nov. 2012: Bunko the Clown in Send in the Clowns (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
Oct. 2012: Still Life with Bob Ross in Happy Little Trees, Bob Ross Tribute Art Show (group show) at Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland, OR.
June 2012: Maija and the Mantis in June Bugs (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
April 2012: The Anthropod Companion (solo show) at Antler, Portland, OR.
Feb. 2012: Select paintings in Diorama of an Art Exhibition - No.3 at Musée 16, Los Angeles, CA.
Feb. 2012: Pudding No. 2 in The 100 Show at the Wieden + Kennedy Gallery, Portland, OR.
Dec. 2011: Select works from Celebrity Still Life with Brooke Weston's Taxidermy at Nirvana Cafe, Portland, OR.
Nov. 2011: The Presidential Ham (solo show) at Gold Dust Meridian, Portland, OR.
Nov. 2011: Sarah Palin for President in What the Undertaker Saw (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
Oct. 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.
Feb. 2011: The Presidential Ham (solo show) at The Basil Hallward Gallery, Portland, OR.
Oct. 2010: Andreas Vesalius in Good is Evil (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
Aug. 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.
Dec. 2009: David Hasselhoff in The Present (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
Nov. 2009: Pudding No. 1 in Gluttony (group show) at Good: a gallery, Portland, OR.
Oct. 2009: JT with Ham and Feynman in Open Wide (group show) at The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, Portland, OR.