Khara Oxier-Mori 

(b. 1979)

Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology, BSU (2005-2016)

United States Marine Corps (2001-2005)

Khara is an artist concentrating on the body, power dynamics, and the exploration of various aspects of defiance and compliance.

Her personal and intimate experiences strongly influence her fascination with bodily and psychological perseverance, especially when considering life transitions and survival. Her depictions of the human body correlate with her background in anthropology and self-experimentation, exploring change in the biological and philosophical in response to a wide variety of stressors. Heavily influenced by prehistory and the envisioning of ancient lifeways, her works manifest aspects of life, death and resurrection in contemporary time and moments, in effort to communicate a cyclic subspace, and transformative power through taboo, ritual and energy transfer.

Khara's interests include evolutionary medicine, feminist archeology, self-psychology, paleoethnobotany, biopower, micro-histories, livestock husbandry, rural life, mutualism, and the occult. She lives with her family in Idaho and is a frequent reader, observer, and collector of rare plants.

Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

2021  Scarlet Women, Atelier de Melusine, France, Fall - Winter

2021  MAIA Contemporary presenta Arte Vivo, Ciudad De México

2020  Museo Jumex presenta Arte Vivo, Ciudad De México, November 3-12

2020  Virtual Open Studio with the James Castle House and Khara Oxier-Mori, December 12

2020  Georges Bergès Gallery, Winter Group Show, Manhattan, NYC (SoHo)

2019  **Solo show, "Osmosis", Boise State University. Speaker series and exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery 

2019  LaBry Fine Art, Opening reception, January 17

2018  World Center for Birds of Prey Nocturne. September, Boise, Idaho

2018  LaBry Fine Art, Group Show Benefit. March 1. Boise, Idaho

2017  LaBry Fine Art, Holiday group show. December, Boise, Idaho

2017  ** Solo show, LaBry Fine Art, September - November. Boise, Idaho

2017  The Atlanta School, Post Atlanta School Show, July 28th, Atlanta, Idaho

2016  Galleri Oxholm, Christmas Group Exhibition, (Frederiksberg), Denmark, opening December 10th

2016  Galleri Oxholm, 3 person group show, (Frederiksberg), Denmark, October 8th - October 30th 

2016  Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen (København), Denmark

2015  Khara Oxier Art Exposition, Metro Gallery, Iida, Japan メトロギャラリー飯田 Metro Gallery IIDA 長野県飯田市知久町 2-1

2015  "The Filthy Few", December group exhibition, Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen (København), Denmark

2015  **Solo show, "Decultivated" Opening date, Nov. 7

2015  Galleri Oxholm, Copenhagen (København), Denmark

2015  *Two-person exhibition, La Bottega Dell’ Acquaforte, Laguna Beach, CA

2014  *Two-person exhibition, “Half-Light”, Portland OR

2014  Art in the Bar, Boise, ID

2014  World Horror Convention, New Orleans, LA

2014  Eagle Arts Festival, Eagle, ID

2013  Art in the Bar, Boise, ID

2013  World Horror Convention, Portland, OR2013  Eagle Arts Festival, Eagle, ID

2012  Art in the Bar, Boise, ID

International Art Fairs

2017  Rotterdam Contemporary Art Fair, World Trade Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2016  Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, United Kingdom

2016  Art Copenhagen, København, Denmark

Residencies

2020  James Castle House, Boise Idaho, TBA

Honors and Awards

2020 James Castle House Artist-in-Residence, Boise Department of Arts and History, Boise, ID 

Discourse

2022  Scarlet Women In Dialogue, Panel 2 : Final Taboos, Fleshy Bodies and New Boundaries - Jan. 22, 2022, Speakers : Penny Slinger, Tiffany Trenda, Khara Oxier-Mori 

2019  "Osmosis" Artist talk, Boise State University. Speaker series and exhibition

2019  Guest Speaker, Boise State University 

Print Media

2019  New Sub Art Exhibit Explores Life and Consciousness, The Arbiter, Boise State University

2015  Boise Weekly cover artist, Volume 22 / Issue 22, USA

2015  Lathouses: Psicoanálisis, Arte y Humanidades, Mexico. Máscaras De La Locura Tercer Número Febrero 

2015  Versión Digital

2013  Boise Weekly cover artist, Volume 22 / Issue 23, USA

2013  The Stray Branch, Volume 5 / Issue 8, USA​

Collections

Ioema Collection, PA, USA

Private Collections

Canada

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Guatemala

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Mexico

Netherlands

Puerto Rico

Switzerland

United States of America