Alex Olson (artist)

Alex Olson (born 1978) is an American artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Olson is known for her use of impasto paint and visual patterning.[1]

Alex Olson
Born1978
Alma mater
OccupationArtist

Early life and education

Olson graduated from Harvard University in 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree. She later earned her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.[2]

Career

Olson’s work typically consists of thick applications of paint and vibrant colors. Drawing from op art and surrealism, her paintings question ways of looking and the tension between the part and the whole.[3]

Olson often refines thick layers of paint using modelling paste and scores their surface. The texture of her pieces suggest several paintings imbedded in one, set atop a background of brushstrokes that neatly curve in different directions.[4]

Key exhibitions
  • 2022 Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA[5]
  • 2021 Park View/Paul Soto, Los Angeles, CA[6]
  • 2020 Feuilleton, Los Angeles, CA[7]
  • 2016 Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL[8]
  • 2015 Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK[9]
  • 2012 Lisa Cooley, New York, NY[10]
  • 2012 Hammer Museum (Group Exhibition), Los Angeles, CA[11]

Public collections

Olson’s work is included in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[12] the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,[13] the Hammer Museum, the Walker Art Center, and the Dallas Museum of Art.[14]

Awards and residencies
  • 2011 Steep Rock Arts Residency[15]
  • 2010 Nancy Graves Foundation Grant[16]

References
  1. Petzold, Dirk (3 January 2017). "Alex Olson: American Artist". WE AND THE COLOR. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. "Alex Olson's New Show at Altman Siegel is Built on Blind Faith". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  3. "Kayne Griffin Corcoran". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  4. "Alex Olson - Why I Paint". www.phaidon.com. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. "Alex Olson, Diary". Artsy. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. "Alex Olson November 2021 solo show". PARK VIEW / PAUL SOTO. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. "Alex Olsonn". Feuilleton. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. "SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY — Alex Olson - 2015". SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  9. Gallery, Laura Bartlett. "Alex Olson Bravo Zebra at Laura Bartlett Gallery". Galleries Now. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  10. "Alex Olson at Lisa Cooley, New York". Contemporary Art Daily. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  11. "Alex Olson – UCR – Department of Art". Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  12. "Alex Olson, LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  13. "MCA - Alex Olson". mcachicago.org. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  14. "SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY — Alex Olson - Bio". SHANE CAMPBELL GALLERY. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  15. "Alex Olson Bio" (PDF). Altman Siegel. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  16. "Nancy Graves Foundation grant program". Nancy Graves Foundation. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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