Robert Olsen
Biography

Education
2002    MFA, University of California Los Angeles, CA
1998    BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2006    Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2005    Caution, Plane Space, NY
              Night Light, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
              Elements, Particular, G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, DC
2004    Stand, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA
              re:moving, Plane Space, New York, NY
2003    C6H6, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA
              Tied Up…Down (in the basement), Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2002    Intraurban Interurban, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
              MFA Thesis Exhibition, UCLA Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000    Paintings, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Group Exhibitions

2007    CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006    Small Wonders, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD
2005    New Trajectories I: Relocations: Recent painting, drawing and multi-media work from the Ovitz
                             Family Collection, Los Angeles, Cooley Gallery at Reed College, Portland, OR
              PETS, Fundacion Internacional Arte Contemporaneo, Monterey, Mexico.
2004    Painting at Plane Space, Plane Space Gallery, New York, NY
              Reciprocal Influences, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
              About Painting, Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
              New, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Inaugural exhibition, CA
2003    Place, Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
              ArtBasel Miami Beach, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
              Armory Show New York, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
              Max Ernst Came For Breakfast, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
2002    ArtForum Berlin, Project Space, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Berlin, Germany
              Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - New Art from LA, Marcello Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
              Painting and Illustration, Luckman Fine Art Complex, Cal State Los Angeles, CA
              ArtChicago, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Chicago, IL
              What Painting Can Do, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001    Cal's Art: Sampling California Painting, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
              Liste 01, Basel, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Basel, Switzerland
2000    H2O, works on paper, Los Angeles, CA

Awards

2000    Shirle Carter Scholarship, UCLA
1997    Ted Boyle Scholarship (Painting), CCAC
1996    Richard K. Price Fund (Painting), CCAC
              University of California Davis, Departmental Citation (Art Studio)

Bibliography

2006    Row, D.K., "Ovitz collection takes on an adventurous dimension," The Oregonian, February 19
              Motley, John, "New Trajectories I: Relocations," Portland Mercury.com, February.
              Gallivan, Joseph, “Money makes the art go around," Portland Tribune, p1-2, January 24.
2005    Schmerler, Sarah, “Reviews: Robert Olsen, Plane Space”, Time Out New York, Issue 527, November 3-9.
              Kruglyashova, Anastasia, “Robert Olsen Paints Night at Plane Space Gallery,"  Artinfo.com, October 17.
              "Jeunes Galeries /Young Galleries" supplement, ART PRESS, 16 October, p26.
              Knight, Christopher, “Painting against an established grain," Los Angeles Times, July 22.
              Capps, Kriston, “Robert Olsen at G Fine Art," Grammar.police, February 24.
              Jacobson, Louis, "Robert Olsen & Jitka Hanzlova," Washington City Paper, Feb. 4.
              Sholis, Brian, "Washington DC, Critic's Picks: Robert Olsen," Artforum, January 26.
              Green, Tyler, Modern Art Notes, January 24.
2004    Faultline, Journal of Art and Literature, Volume 13.
              "Robert Olsen," Tema Celeste, Portrait Series, Issue 104, July, p. 68-69.
              Green, Tyler, "D.C. Diary," artnet, March 17.
              Ken, Johnson, The New York Times, January 30.
              Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential," artnet, January 24.
              Lesage, Marion, The New Yorker, Issue of 2004-02-02, posted January 26.
              Green, Tyler, "Robert Olsen: Painter of Modern Light," Modern Art Notes, January 20.
2003    Knight, Christopher, "Illuminated in gas station's fluorescent glow," Los Angeles Times, October 10.
              Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential," ArtNet, September.
              Green, Tyler, "9.18.2003," Modern Art Notes artkrush, the artmagazine online, September.
              Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential," ArtNet, February.
2002    Verini, James, "The Night Painter", Los Angeles Times, feature, Calendar section, p16-19, December 12.
              Harper's Magazine, October issue, p22.
              Wood, Eve, "Vision of Heaven - Robert Olsen at Susanne Vielmetter L.A. Projects,"  ArtNet, February 26.
              Scarborough, James, NY Arts Magazine, February.
2001    Hilger, Stephen, "Junge Kunst,"ArtNet, May 24.
              Iannaccone, Carmine, "Robert Olsen / Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," ART / TEXT, Issue no. 72.
              Dunlop, Jennifer, "Robert Olsen at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects," Art Issues, January / February 2001.
2000    Pagel, David, "Promising...," Los Angeles Times, October 20.
              Harvey, Doug, LA Weekly, November 10.

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