ARTIST STATEMENT
EXHIBITION HISTORY
GALLERIES
MY FAVORITES


Artist Statement -



ARTIST STATEMENT
Over the past twelve years, I’ve been working in acrylic paint, ink, pencil and mixed media. During this time period, I was inspired by an assortment of topics, while repeating one of my mainstay topics, music, and culture. Creating in the moment, allows the intuitive sensibilities too be part of the process. I bring an eclectic aesthetics with me into the studio, which I transfer into what I create. My true emotions, is what I aspire to transfer, visually to the viewer, through the media.
Hampton R. Olfus, Jr.
Artist

Artist Exhibitions



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – SOLO TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Hampton R Olfus Jr. Michael Gibson, Just Lookin Gallery, Hagerstown MD USA
2022 Brookgreen Gardens Pawleys Island SC, U.S.A.
2019 RSVP Collectors Exhibit, Upper Marlboro, MD., U.S.A.
2019 Framed Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
2019 International Peace and Art Center, Oakland, Calif., U.S.A.
2017 Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD.
2014 RSVP Studio Exhibit, North Charleston, SC USA
2013 Orangeburg Gallery, Orangeburg, SC , USA
2013 The Real Estate Studio 214 King St. Charleston, SC
2012 Felix Pinckney Center, North Charleston, SC. USA
2011 RSVP Collectors Exhibit, Lanham, MD. USA
2009 - 2010 The Avery Research Center, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC. USA
2009 Women’s History Month Exhibit, Queens, NY, USA
2009 Women’s History Month Exhibit, Wash. DC, USA
2009 HF Gallery, Mt.Rainier, MD. USA
2009 Koffee Therapy, Baltimore, MD., USA
2009 PG County Arts Council The Great and Small Paradox, Hyattsville, MD. USA
2008 MN-PPC Arts Heritage Division, Riverdale, MD. USA
2007 PGAC “Land Observations”, Hyattsville, MD USA
2006 Graham Collection, Wash. DC USA
2006 Anacostia Art Gallery, Wash. DC USA
2005 Graham Collection, Wash. DC USA
2004 Graham Collection, Wash. DC USA
2004 ”Parallel Lines” Landover Dental Associates, Landover, MD.
2004 “GIVE THANKS” JA-JA Originals Art Gallery Negril Jamaica
2003 Office of Prince George’s Councilman Peter Shapiro. Upper Marlboro, MD.
“Birds I View” project “Bird Brain” location Seabrook Schoolhouse Historic Site, Seabrook, MD. USA
2002 Studio 2001 Art Gallery Clinton, MD. USA
2001 The Prince George’s Public Playhouse. Hyattsville Md. USA
2000 Joes Movement Emporium Mt. Rainer, MD. USA
Office of the County Executive Prince George’s County, MD. Upper Marlboro, MD.
Studio 2001 Art Gallery. Clinton, MD. USA
1998 Ramee Art Gallery Washington DC NE Washington DC USA
Olfus and Dixon On Canvas On Paper Market 5 Gallery Washington.D.C. USA
1997 Dedication of MLK Site Glenarden, MD. U.S.A.
1994 An Exhibition of Paintings by H.R. Olfus, Jr. USIS Auditorium, Mutual Life Building Kingston Jamaica




SELECTED EXHIBITIONS – GROUP
2024 Black Fine Art Exhibit, Goshen United Methodist Church, Gaithersburg, MD., U.S.A.
2023 An Autumn Impromptu Friendship Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD., U.S.A.
2023 Just Lookins New York Black Fine Art Exhibit Beacon Hall - Broadway at 75th, N.Y.C., New York, USA
2023 James E. Lewis Museum, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD. U.S.A.
2020 Just Lookin Gallery, Hagerstown, MD, USA
2020 Howard University, Washington, D.C., USA
2020 Busboys and Poets, Washington, D.C., USA
2019 Black Fine Art Show, Silver Spring, MD, USA
2018 Framed Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. USA
2017 Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD. USA
2016 “Nudes” Mark Cottman Gallery, Baltimore, MD. USA
2016 Moja Juried Art Exhibit, Charleston SC, U.S.A.
2016 Just Lookin’ Gallery, Hagerstown, MD. USA
2016 Fabulon Gallery, Charleston, S.C. USA
2016 City Gallery, Charleston, S.C.USA
2015 “African Diaspora Convergence and Reclamation” Picture This Gallery, Hilton Head, SC. USA
2014 “African Diaspora Convergence and Reclamation” City Gallery at Waterfront Park Charleston, SC USA
2014 Moja Juried Art Exhibit, Charleston SC, U.S.A
2013 MOCA DC 1054 31st Street, Washington, DC
2013 Belmont Legacy Exhibit ,The Artist Lofts, Mt. Rainer, MD.
2012 “Cultural Cross Currents” North Charleston Gallery, North Charleston, SC.
2012 Moja Arts Festival Juried Art Exhibit, SC, USA
2012 Penn Center, St. Helena Island, SC, USA
2012 Footlight Theatre Charleston, SC. USA
2012 Green Herring Gallery, Beaufort, SC, USA
2011-2012 Blackburn Center, Howard University, Wash. D.C, USA
2011 Moja Juried Exhibit, Charleston, SC. USA
2011 Art In The Garden, Wash. DC, USA
2010 I – 8 – TEE, Earthquake Relief for Haiti, The Gaillard Exhibit Hall, Charleston, SC.
2010 Brookgreen Gardens, Black History Exhibit, Georgetown, SC, USA
2010 North Carolina University Chapel Hill, N.C. USA
2010 Anacostia Gallery, Washington, DC, USA
2009 Moja Juried Exhibit, Charleston, SC. USA
2009 Art In The Garden, Wash. DC USA
2009 HF Fine Art Gallery, Mount Rainier, MD. Obama Art Politics USA
2008 Laurel Art Guild Juried Show, Montpelier Art Center, Laurel, MD. USA
2007 HF Fine Art Gallery Mount Rainier, MD USA
2007 “Art In The Garden“, Wash. DC. USA
2006 “Erotic Blue“, Graham Collection, Wash. DC. USA
2006 Skewers Bistro 1633 P St. NW, Wash. DC. USA
2006 Galerie Ornato, Takoma Park, MD.USA
2006 “Art in the Garden” Wash. DC. USA
2006 “Prince George’s County Business Showcase” Annapolis, MD. USA
2006 “Solutions” Graham Collection, Wash. DC. USE
2005 “Ecolovisions” JA JA Originals, Negril, Jamaica, W.I.
2005 ‘Maryland Arts Day’ Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, MD. USA
2004 “Art in the Garden” Wash. DC. USA
2004 Graham Collection, Wash. DC. USA
2003 “Birds Eye View” M-NCPPC Upper Marlboro, MD, USA
2003 Washington Area Community Investment Fund 16th Annual Fundraising Event Washington DC USA
2002 “The Art of Marriage” ArtSpin Gallery, Hyattsville, MD. USA
2000 “International Black Arts Festival Union Station Washington DC USA
1999 Transformations HCAA Hyattsville Municipal Center USA
Spin on the Familiar University of Maryland, Conference Center, College Park, MD.
Gateway Community Arts Summit Northwestern High School, Hyattsville, MD. USA
1998 Holiday Collectors Show Ramee Art Gallery Washington. DC USA
HCAA Summer Show Joes Movement Emporium, Mt. Rainier, MD. USA
Zakiyah’s Gallery, Read St. Baltimore, MD. USA
Art Spin 98 Hyattsville Municipal Center Hyattsville, MD. USA
1997 Enigmatic Concepts The Gallery of Fat Dreams, Hyattsville. MD USA
2001 Gallery, Clinton, MD USA
Art Here and Now The Capital Gallery, US Air Arena, Largo, MD. USA
Art Scape Maryland Institute, College of Art, the Fox Building, Baltimore, MD. USA
1996 Ampofo Design Washington. D.C. USA
Spring Art Fair Edmund Burke School Washington. DC USA
1994 The Artist Consortium The Hutwork Gallery Takoma Pk. MD. USA
In Celebration University of Maryland, Conference Center, College Park, MD. USA
Opening Exhibit The Artist Consortium Gallerie, 1800 Belmont Arts Bldg. USA
Olfus and Dixon On Canvas On Paper Market 5 Gallery Washington.D.C. USA
1800 Belmont Rd. NW Wash. DC USA
1993 Art Show Art Sale Galerie 500, 500 9th St. SE Wash. DC USA
All That Jazz Office of Congress Woman Eleanor Holmes Norton D.C. USA
1992 The Wyche Fine Arts Studio, NW Wash. D.C USA
Rededication Ceremony MLK, Jr. Center. Glenarden, MD. USA
1991 The Artist Consortium South Eastern University, Washington. DC USA
The Artist Consortium Howard University, Washington. DC USA
1991 Maryland University, College Park, MD, USA
1991 NALC 142 Union Hall, Washington, DC, USA
1988 Sun Gallery, Washington DC, USA
1980 RSVP Collectors Exhibit, Glenarden, MD, USA
1979 Greenbelt Amory Art Exhibit, Greenbelt, MD, USA
1978 EEO Juried Art Exhibit, USPS Washington DC, USA
1976 Chevy Chase Center Art Exhibit, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
1975 Chevy Chase Center Art Exhibit, Chevy Chase, MD, USA

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Artist Publications



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Artist Collections



Sam Dixon,Deborah Shedrick, Larry “Poncho” Brown, T.H. Gomillion, Jacqueline Lee, Gwendolyn Aqui-Brooks, Arianne King-Comer, George Duke, Winston Burning Spear Rodney, Mutabaruka, aka Alan Hope, Rick Kevonian, Lynval Whitlocke, Al Burts, H.R. a.k.a. Paul Hudson., Stevens J. Carter, Johnny Harris, Dr. Milton Hudson, Dr, Buesghen, Avery Research Center of African American History Charleston, S.C. USA, Dale Johnson, Eric Harris, Kevin Gage, Wes Thomas, Vivica Jones, Ira Quarles, Winston Kennedy,

Must of my art work was sold to collectors via galleries that represented me, and the galleries dont share their collectors information.




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Artist Favorites



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Original Pen Drawing, 2015
4 x 11 inches (10.2 x 27.9)
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Original Pen Drawing, 2015
4 x 11 inches (10.2 x 27.9)
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Original Pen Drawing, 2015
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Original Acrylic Painting, 2015
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Personal Favorites



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https://www.artsy.net/artwork/hampton-r-olfus-the-princesss-court
https://www.amazon.co.uk/thats-what-Artist-Hampton-Olfus/dp/B00F8QN8TQ
https://www.passionweiss.com/2019/10/30/shit-goes-back-way-farther-back-from-what-were-told-an-interview-with-marcy-mane/
http://www.thegullahsociety.com/african-diaspora.html
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https://www.postandcourier.com/charleston_scene/arts/fabulon-art-of-west-ashley-anchors-the-community/article_2658e500-b12b-52d7-9860-7311a04b513d.html
https://www.artmajeur.com/hrolfus
https://www.framedgallery.net/artists/
http://www.carolinaarts.com/1012/1012carolinaarts-pg31.pdf
https://www.evensi.us/53-63-73-fabulon/194833229
http://www.carolinaarts.com/1013/1013carolinaarts-pg44.pdf
https://www.authorsreading.com/book-reviews/arthur-conway/the-poetic-vibrations-of-a-matured-butterfly/
http://canjournal.org/2018/10/framed-selling-art-by-african-americans-on-waterloo/
http://www.mojafestival.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016MOJAprogram_09062016.pdf
https://caribjournal.blogspot.com/2014/08/exhibition-african-diaspora-convergence.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wasKmH7IMqM
http://theartofponcho.com/product/the-flower-pickers/
https://classicalstudies.org/scs-blog/nina-papathanasopoulou/blog-black-classicisms-visual-arts
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https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gullahgeechee/0AG7zBg0gSA
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