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Ophelia M. Chambliss
Oliver Bliss Design 
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Artist, Lecturer, Designer, and Muralist
Ophelia M. Chambliss has been successfully working as a fine artist, for several years. In addition to a number of solo and group exhibitions, she has participated in several distinguished juried shows, and has successfully completed a number of large scale, and permanent art installations for public spaces like schools, municipalities, history centers, and hospitals. . She calls her signature painting style realistic cubism, and paints a variety of subject matters, with the goal of creating a narrative. Her medium is primarily in Acrylic, and her color palette is generally colorful and energetic, but each piece fits a theme or the subject matter. Ophelia has a Bachelors in Communication Arts and Sciences from PSU and combines her visual communication with verbal and written communication to tell the story behind her work, She has a Masters Degree in Communications from PSU Capital campus, with a concentration in critical discourse analysis, media discourse and the representation of the visual image. In 2023, Ophelia was awarded an honorary PhD from the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design. As an artist, several of her pieces are dualistic in nature, meaning there is more than one way to display and view the painting to get a different image or point of view. Most of her recent work has been in the realm of public art and murals. She is particularly fond of this because of the community contribution, collaboration, and the challenge of scale. Originally from Chicago, IL, Ophelia currently resides in York, Pennsylvania. Prior to her career in Fine Art, she was a business professional in the Publishing Industry, specializing in Graphic Design, and Business Development. Before transitioning to fine art full time, Ophelia held the position of Vice President of Publishing Services, and as an independent contractor, worked as the Business Development Director, for a Publishing Services company in Maryland. She continues to do freelance work in Graphic Design and has done several community based, public and permanent, arts projects. She focuses on community engagement, participation, and collaboration to create art that is both of and by the community. She established the non-profit, Ophelia’s Making Agency in 2023. OMA works to provide professional development, with the goal of sustainability, to small, minority owned and creative businesses. OMA also operates working studio spaces that are commission cost free to the artists and come with professional development and community building support. The OMA studios now consist of three buildings which have reactivated buildings in downtown York and grew the arts community. Relevant links and media coverage: USA Today, Story Tellers Project https://www.storytellersproject.com/talk/ophelia-chambliss/ https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a744a2edb8344511878e1bd90c9b5d1b Our York Media Podcast Video http://bit.ly/2KhCsoT https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/ophelias-making-agency-nonprofit-entrepreneur-york/521-87ec9aa4-d25d-4e48-babb-c853f5644a60? |
""I do one thing, in many spaces" I use my art as a tool to teach, inspire, and heal. —Ophelia M. Chambliss
