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| Richard J. Olsen |
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| General Information |
Born: | November 15, 1935, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Address: | 165 Springdale Street Athens, GA 30605, Phone (706) 548-7616; fax (706) 542-0226; email richard.j.olsen@att.net |
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| Education | 1966 | MFA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, (Painting/Printmaking) 1963-1966 |
| 1958 | 1958 BS, University of Wisconsin, Madison | |
| University | 1969-00 | The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, |
| Teaching | 00-pres | Professor of Art, Emeritus |
| Honors and Awards | 1998-00 | General Sandy Beaver Teaching Professorship, University of Georgia |
| 1996-98 | Senior Faculty Grants Award Program, University of Georgia
Research Foundation, Inc. International conference 1996 Panelist: Crossroads in Cultural Studies, Tampere, Finland |
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| 1988-94 | "As Seen By Both Sides", twenty American artists selected by
Lucy Lippard and twenty Vietnamese artists selected by Hanoi and Ho Chi Ming City Museums, in The collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi, SRVN |
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| 1993-95 | Merit Award, 20th, 22nd,29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, Georgia | |
| 1993-94 | Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia | |
| 1991-93 | Senior Faculty Grants Award Program, University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. | |
| 1990 | Purchase Award, 8th Annual Maine/Maritime International Flatworks Exhibition 1988 SAF/NEA Visual Arts Fellow Award (Southern Arts Federation) | |
| 1981 to present | Vietnam Veterans Arts Group (VVAG) Collection, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1987 | Panelist, Steinham Arts Festival, St. Lawrence University, New York | |
| 1984 | Head Preparator, "Reflexes and Reflections," Lincoln
Center, New York City. Profile: Veteran Artist Richard Olsen, THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, September |
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| 1983 | Head Preparator, "Reflexes and Reflections," Russell Rotunda, Capitol Hill | |
| Bibliography | 2000-04 | Marquis “Who’s Who in the World”, 17th-22nd,
“America” 54th-59th, “Finance, 34 Editions and Industry, Americas Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Dictionary of International Biography, 29th,30th,31st Editions |
| 1984 | PBS, "Reflexes/Reflections"--29 minute documentary, Burlington, North Carolina, Video, September 15 | |
| Exhibitions | 1965 to present | 107 invitational group shows, including American Visionary Museum, Baltimore(2001-2), Peace Museum, Children of War, Chicago,(2002), National Museum of Fine Arts, Hanoi (1994); Museum of Fine Arts, Ho Chi Ming City, (1994); Stars & Stripes Forever, The Flag in Contemporary American Art, R.H. Love, Contemporary, Chicago (1992); Scandinavian- American Artists Exhibition (1989); Savannah College of Art/Design (1989); LBJ Library (1984); Lincoln Center (1984); Russell Rotunda (1983); Cannon Rotunda (1983); Washington Project for the Arts (1983); N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago (1982); Bold Statements, SECAC, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (1981); New American Graphics (1975); UW-Madison, Wisconsin |
| 1964-03 | 22 one-person exhibitions, including Mercury Art Works, Athens,
GA, 2003 National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, Chicago, IL (1999), H. Smith
Gallery, USC-Spartanburg, South Carolina, (1991), 39 Juried exhibitions, including U.S./Vietnam "As Seen By Both Sides" (1989-1994), Eleventh, Seventeenth Annual Faber Birren Color Award Show (1991, 1997), 48th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings (1986), Third British International Print Biennale, Bradford, Yorkshire, Great Britain (1972) |
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| 1971-00 | 12 two and three person exhibitions, including Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, LaGrange, Georgia, 1982, Berman Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, (1994) | |
| Gallery | 1986-1997 | Berman Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1990 | 1990 Maurine Littleton Gallery, Washington, D. C. | |
| Affiliation | 1994 | EDL & Associates, Atlanta, Georgia; 1991Miriam Perlman Gallery, Chicago, Il. |
| 1990 to present | Novus Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, | |
| 2001 to present | Mercury Art Works, Athens, Georgia | |
| Citations Reviews | Reflexes and Reflections, National Vietnam Veterans Museum,
Harry Abrams , New York City; As Seen By Both Sides: American and Vietnamese
Artists Look at the War, U Mass Press; New American Paintings III, Open
studios competition (Needham Press), The New York Times, New Art Examiner,
Chicago Tribune, 'Q' A Journal of Art (Cornell University),Panorama (Italy),
Associated Press, Art of War, Friedman/Fairfax |
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