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Karyn Olivier

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Karyn Olivier
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Karyn Olivier (photo by Steve Weinik)
Born1968
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
🏳️ NationalitySpanish
🏫 EducationBA Dartmouth College, MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art
💼 Occupation
Known forPublic Art, installation, sculpture, social practice, photography

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Olivier is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates public art, sculptures, installations and photography. Her work often intersects and collapses multiple histories and memories with present-day narratives.[1]

Early Life and Education

Olivier was born in 1968 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Her family moved to Brooklyn, New York when she was very young. She received a BA in psychology from Dartmouth College in 1989 and a MFA in ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2001.[2][3]

Work

In Olivier’s work, familiar objects, spaces and locations are altered in function and medium to create uncanny meditations on stagnancy, division and the weight of materiality.[4] Her sculptures, installations and public art explore the politics and poetics of space, and the role of viewers in shaping their own experience and engagement.[5] Olivier has been engaging with and reinterpreting the role of monuments creating both temporary and permanent sculptures, installations and “monuments.”[1]

Selected Works

The Battle Is Joined (2017) was a temporary public sculpture in collaboration with Monument Lab and Mural Arts Program. Olivier concealed the Battle of Germantown Memorial (Vernon Park, Philadelphia) with a mirrored acrylic structure.[6] This “initiated” a conversation between two monuments in the park—Pastorius Monument, which honors Francis Daniel Pastorius, a German settler who led the first Quaker protest against slavery in 1688,[7] and the Battle of Germantown Memorial, honoring a failed George Washington-led revolutionary war battle.[8][9] The Pastorius Monument was boxed over during WW I and II.[10]Hyperallergic’s  Samantha Mitchell commented “Karyn Olivier’s “The Battle is Joined” approaches the question of what might be done with existing monuments to update their contemporary resonance.[11] Olivier turns “The Battle of Germantown,” a monolithic rectangular monument in Vernon Park commemorating the 1777 conflict, into a dynamic, mysterious physical space that pulls its surroundings into a new, amalgamated monument to the present moment.[11] Surrounded by a full-scale box made of mirrored Plexiglas, the original monument is turned into a shimmering, reflective void.[12] The monument is almost invisible from some angles, mirroring both a dense green canopy of leaves and a bustling but economically depressed strip of Germantown Avenue bordering the park.[12] Altering the face of this often-overlooked monument to early American history to make it an inclusive reflection of the present community has particular resonance for Olivier, who lives in Germantown and has spent a lot of time discussing the monument with her neighbors.[6][10]Olivier paraphrased a comment she heard from one during an artist talk at University of the Arts: “If the city is willing to spend this money on this park and this neighborhood, maybe they realize we’re still here, maybe they’re seeing us.”[11][1]

Witness (2018) At the University of Kentucky’s Memorial Hall, Olivier created a permanent site-specific installation.[13] She reproduced the African American and Native American figures from a controversial New Deal-era fresco inserting these images onto the domed ceiling of the vestibule, which she had gold-leafed.[14] Four portraits of important (but under recognized) individuals in Kentucky’s history are presented in the circular medallions below the ceiling.[15] Around the base of the dome is a Frederick Douglass quote: “There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven, that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.”[15] The Herald-Leader Editorial Board said “What a beautiful — literally, beautiful — response to concerns that a New Deal-era mural at the University of Kentucky was racially insensitive to 21st century viewers.” [16][2]

Here and Now/Glacier, Shard, Rock (2015) was Part of Creative Time’s exhibition Drifting in Daylight.[17]Olivier created a lenticular billboard that blended contrasting topographic and anthropologic histories through three lenticular images—a glacier, a pottery shard from the historic Seneca Village settlement, and an image of the contemporary landscape.[18] The Wisconsin Glacier travelled through what is now New York City, 20,000 years ago. Seneca Village was a vibrant Manhattan settlement founded by free black property owners who were displaced when the city claimed the right of 'eminent domain' to purchase their properties and develop Central Park.[19] As noted in Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment “As one observer explained, the work “elegantly reminds us of the constantly mutable nature of the park and its history,” including its geological past and its modern political ecology.[20] Here and Now reframed Olmsted’s picturesque landscape from Olivier’s viewpoint as an African American woman attentive to human difference and non-human agency.” [20]

Exhibitions

Solo (select)

2020
     "Everything That's Alive Moves," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, January 24—May 10, 2020

2019
     When I See It, Stockton University Art Gallery, Galloway, NJ, September 4–November 12, 2019[21]
     Because Time In This Place Does Not Obey An Order, Le Murate Progetti Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy, February 8–March 16, 2019[5]

2018
     Karyn Olivier, Lehigh University Art Galleries and Teaching Museum, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, January 24–May 25, 2018[22]

2015
     Lat and Long, Fresh Window Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, October 23–December 06, 2015[23]

2014
     Eye Around Matter, Marso Galería Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico, April 03—May 31, 2014[24]

2009
     Road Signs, Moores Opera House, University of Houston, Houston, Texas (video premiere and live performance), November 16, 2009[25]

2007
     A Closer Look, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, MO, February 9–May 15, 2007[26]

2006
     Factory Installed, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, April 2–September 10, 2006[27]

2005
     Time to go home, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX, October 28—December 17, 2005[28]

2003
     Bench (seating for one), Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, June 30–July 30, 2003[29]

2002
     Round 16, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, March 3–September 15, 2002[30]

Group (select)

2019
     Silence is a Fence for Wisdom, Arte in Memoria Biennale 10, Rome, Italy
     Δx (Displacement), American Academy in Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy, February 20–March 31, 2019[31]
     Emanation 2019, Museum of American Glass, Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Millville, NJ, April 12—December 31, 2019[32]

2017
     The Battle is Joined, Mural Arts/Monument Lab, commission, Vernon Park, Philadelphia, PA, September 16–November 19, 2017[33][9]
     The Expanded Caribbean: Contemporary Photography at the Crossroads, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, September 19–December 10[34]

2016
     Dialogue, Marso Galería Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico, September 28—December 10, 2016[35]

2015
     Drifting in Daylight, Creative Time, Central Park, NY, NY, May 15—June 20, 2015[36]
     Particle, Ronald Feldman Gallery, NY, NY, February 14—March 21, 2015[37]

2014
     How the Light Gets In: Recent Work by Seven Former Core Fellows, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX[38]

2010
     International Photography Exhibition, World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures, Dakar, Senegal, December 10—31, 2010[39]
     The Production of Space, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, November 11, 2010—March 13, 2011[40]

2009
     30 Seconds off an Inch, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, November 12, 2009—March 14, 2010[41]
     Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, November 14, 2009—March 14, 2010[42]

2008
     Gwangju Biennial, (exhibition book), Gwangju, Korea[43][3]

2007
     Black Light/White Noise, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX, May 26—August 05, 2007[44] [45]

2006
     Trace, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, June 30—November 12, 2006[46][47]
     Quid Pro Quo, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, July 19—October 22, 2006[48]
     Insight Out, Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden[49]
     Busan Biennale, (catalogue), Busan, Korea, Septmeber 16—November 25, 2006[50]

2005
     Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, November 09, 2005—March 12, 2006[51] [52]
     Greater New York 2005, MoMA P.S.1, Long Island City, NY, March 13—September 26, 2005[53]
     Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX, January 22—April 17, 2005[54]

2004
     Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY, September 12, 2004—March 06 2005[55]
     In Practice Series, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY, January 11—April 11, 2004[56]
     African American Art from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX, February 22—May 09, 2004[57]

2003
      Sweet Dreams, Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN[58]


Awards, Grants, Residencies

Awards


Grants


Residencies


Professional Academic Career

Olivier is an associate professor of sculpture at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University.[77]  From 2005–2007 she was a sculpture faculty member at Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. Prior to her appointment to Tyler School of Art and Architecture, she was an assistant sculpture professor and Ceramics Department Head at the University of Houston’s School of Art.[78]

References

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  2. ↑ "KARYN OLIVIER » bio". Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  3. ↑ "Karyn Olivier". Tyler School of Art. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  4. ↑ "LPD Dialogue on Culture - Because Time In This Place Does Not Obey An Order- Art and Social Justice: Engaging with the Past - Olivier Karyn , Artist, American Academy in Rome". www.lapietradialogues.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.[permanent dead link]
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Because Time In This Place Does Not Obey An Order | Karyn Olivier BHMF". Le Murate PAC. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 www.metro.us https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/philadelphia/battle-of-germantown-monument-anniversary-battle-reenactment. Retrieved 2020-01-29. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Gerbner. Quaker Roots. Search this book on
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  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The Battle Is Joined". Mural Arts Philadelphia. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Monument as "Restless Object": An Interview with Karyn Olivier". Mural Arts Philadelphia. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Philadelphia's Monument Lab Asks, "What's Right for Public Space?"". Hyperallergic. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 aclair (2019-10-21). "Karyn Olivier". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  13. ↑ "Memorial Hall Visitors 'Witness' New Perspective on Kentucky History". UKNow. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  14. ↑ James, Josh. "Memorial Hall Artist Karyn Olivier Isn't After Resolution. She Wants More Questions". www.wuky.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Childress, Rick. "Once anonymous, now revered: Memorial Hall art adds context to debate of race in art". The Kentucky Kernel. Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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  17. ↑ "Drifting in Daylight: Art in Central Park". Creative Time. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  18. ↑ June 2015, Manon Verchot4 (2015-06-04). "Artist Reawakens Glacial Past In Central Park". GlacierHub. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
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  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Nature's Nation: American Art and Environment". Panorama. 2019. doi:10.24926/24716839.1709. ISSN 2471-6839.
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  24. ↑ "MARSO | Eye around matter". Fundación Marso (in español). Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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  27. ↑ "Mattress Factory: ActiveArchive". www.mattress.org. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  28. ↑ "Play Pretties". Dallas Observer. 2005-10-27. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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  30. ↑ "Round 16". Project Row Houses. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  31. ↑ Trezza, Claudia (March 4, 2019). "Review of "Cinque Mostre 2019: Δx Displacement"". American Academy in Rome. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
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  41. ↑ "30 Seconds off an Inch". The Studio Museum in Harlem. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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