b. Greenwich, CT 1955
Lives and Works in Providence RI and West Palm Beach, FL
Jane O’Hara is a contemporary American artist, curator and founder of Jane O’Hara Projects. O’Hara received a BFA in painting at Boston University, Boston, MA, and a Curatorial Certification from Sotheby's Institute of Arts.
In O’Hara’s paintings, we are placed within the animal’s perspective, where narratives explore the deeply problematic yet inherently complex human–animal bond, encompassing dynamics of dependence, power, empathy, and coexistence. Animal Instinct presents animals confronting the relentless forces of both nature and human intervention.
In Animals Across America, a compelling, thought-provoking traveling exhibition that examines the contrast between how animals are revered in American symbolism and their realities in society, Jane O’Hara contributes a perspective that places the viewer within the animal’s point of view, foregrounding the emotional and ethical complexities of the human–animal relationship. Organized by Jane O’Hara Projects Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with Jane O’Hara, the exhibition is made possible through the generous support of Culture & Animals Foundation, PETA, Compassion Arts, Animal Culture, Argo Films, Adams State University, Our Hen House, Unchained TV, Talking Animals, and The Peace Abbey Foundation.
O’Hara is an honoree of the Courage of Conscience Award from the Peace Abbey honoring individuals and organizations that have distinguished themselves through humanitarian causes, peace and social justice activism. She is a recipient of Rare Air Artist-in-Residency, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO, a Curatorial Grant, Curatorial Opportunity Program, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA and a Culture and Animals Foundation Grant.
O’Hara’s work has been presented and exhibited throughout the US including New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA; Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; Brown University, Providence RI and NY’s Pace University, among others.
