Biography:Megan Olson
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| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) New Milford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Website | Megan Olson |
Megan Olson is an American painter born in 1971.[1] She was raised in rural Connecticut, and has lived in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, and Berlin.[2] She currently works out of her studio on the Lower East Side of New York City.[2] Olson received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2002,[3] and was discovered by Maxwell Davidson Gallery while attending the AICAD New York Studio Residency Program.[2] Olson is a member of American Abstract Artists.[4]
Work
Olson creates abstract works in gouache, watercolor, graphite, spray paint and oil paint, on paper and canvas.[2] The artist describes her work as drawing on influences from the canon of art history ranging from Japanese scroll paintings to graffiti.[5]
American art critic and essayist Hilton Kramer described Olson's work as depicting "the dynamic processes of nature with a precision, stability and concreteness that are traditionally reserved for the painting of inert, three-dimensional objects."[1] Kramer says "the result of this concentrated attention to the nuances of nature is a pictorial style that’s at once highly abstract and persuasively realist in its fidelity to observed detail."[1]
Critical reception
Hilton Kramer noted the artist's use of color to "generate a sense of energy and movement," as in the work Fiery Ocean of which he wrote, "swirling traces of light disport themselves in a ruby-red sea," calling the result "unfailingly original and compelling."[1]
Solo exhibitions
- 2014 Beyond the Chains of Illusion, Berlin Art Projects, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2012 Legible Fiction, Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY[6][7]
- 2010 Beyond the Chains of Illusion, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, Germany
- 2009 Spray Paintings , Davidson Contemporary, New York, NY
- 2007 Urban Nature , Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
- 2005 Still Movement , Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
- 2003 Synapsis, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
- 2001 Organic Abstractions, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kramer, Hilton (June 27, 2005). "Painter Megan Olson Has Double Vision: Abstract and Realist". New York Observer. https://observer.com/2005/06/painter-megan-olson-has-double-vision-abstract-and-realist/. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Check out Megan Olson's Artwork". http://voyagechicago.com/interview/check-megan-olsons-artwork/. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ "Alumni Websites". https://sfai.edu/alumni/alumni-ventures/alumni-websites. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ "Current Members". https://americanabstractartists.org/current-members-post/.
- ↑ "Four of a Kind". http://www.foleygallery.com/shows/four-of-a-kind/images. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ↑ "Megan Olson Exhibit at Davidson Contemporary – New York – April 3 – 28". https://untitled-magazine.com/megan-olson-exhibit-at-davidson-contemporary-new-york-april-3-28/.
- ↑ "Megan Olson "Legible Fiction"". https://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2012/BE94. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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