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BIOGRAPHY

Karyn Andrea Olivier

Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Education

2001 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1997-1999 Post-Baccalaureate Program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1989 B.A.Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Fellowships and Awards

2005 Creative Capital Foundation, Grant Recipient

2004 Emerging Artists Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
         Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Individual Artist Grant
         The 18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition Award

2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, (catalogue)
         Artadia Fund for Art and Dialogue Grant, Finalist

2002 and 2003 Eliza Prize, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2000-2001 Jerome Family Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art

2000 Camille Hanks Cosby Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
         Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation Award, World Studio Foundation

2000 Jaycee War Memorial Scholarship, Jaycee War Memorial Fund

1996 Work Study Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

1988 New York City Boroughs’ Scholarship, Dartmouth College

Solo Exhibitions            Group Exhibitions

2007

In the Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York, New York

Billboard Project (59 South), Houston, Texas (Creative Capital Grant)

Karyn Olivier - A Closer Look, Laumeier Sculpture Park, (catalogue), St. Louis, MO

2006

Factory Installed, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2005

Winter hung to dry, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas

Time to go home, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2004

Billboard Project, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas

2003

Bench (seating for one), Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon

2002

Round 16, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas

Two-Person Exhibitions

2003

It's not the end of the world, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas

2000

Blue, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Group Exhibitions            Solo Exhibitions

2006

Eight Emerging American Artists, The Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden

Trace, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, New York

Quid Pro Qou, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York

Busan Biennale 2006 (catalogue), Busan, Korea

Making Do, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

2005

Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas

Greater New York 2005, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York

Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York

You are Here, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas

Money, Baby! Artadia at Diverseworks, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas

2004

Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, (curated by Bill Arning, Houston, Texas)

Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York

In Practice Series, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York

The 18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina

2003

Siting Sculpture, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas

Sweet Dreams, No Name Gallery at the Soap Factory, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Function: Assimilate, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Core 2003 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

2002

Core Samples, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas

Core 2002 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

2001

Function: Drop it, Function Variable Artists' Projects, Houston, Texas

Wall Space, Genesis Park, (curated by Hiram Butler), Houston, Texas

Summer Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

M.F.A. Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

2000

Erotics of Dislike, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

1999

Thesis Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Permanent Collections

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York

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