May 6, 2023: Inducted into American Abstract Artists, New York, NY
I'm honored to have been nominated and accepted into American Abstract Artists!
AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS was founded in 1936 in New York City, at a time when abstract art was met with strong critical resistance. During the 1930s and early 1940s, AAA provided exhibition opportunities when few existed. Its publishing, panels and lectures provided a forum for discussion and gave abstract art theoretical support in the United States. AAA was a predecessor to the New York School and Abstract Expressionism, and contributed to the development and acceptance of abstract art in the United States. American Abstract Artists is one of the few artists’ organizations to survive from the Great Depression and continue into the 21st century.
February 4, 2022: OUT THE BOX group show at Thames Art Center, Brooklyn
It was so cool to be part of this show all about hand-painted shoes! Click the image for photos from the opening!
February 28, 2022 Announcing New Partnership with Rent-to-own Art Platform Curina
I'm excited to be working with Curina.co, a platform connecting artists to art appreciators by making works available on a rent-to-own basis. Check out Curina.co for more info.
December 4, 2021: SIGNS group show at Thames Art Center, Brooklyn
Honored to be part of this show with these legendary artists!
February 21, 2021: Mini Documentary from Longview Docs
Longview visits with Megan Olson to discuss how 90s hip hop culture & the formalism within graffiti have influenced her abstract paintings, grounded in nature, harmony and line.
January 11, 2021: Solo Exhibition in NYC,The Language of Form and Color
Solo exhibition titled The Language of Form And Color, presented by Durst & ChaShaMa at 733 3rd Ave, NYC
May 20, 2020: Group Show at Foley Gallery, Four of a Kind
My work is featured in a group exhibition at Foley Gallery on the Lower East Side, NYC. Four of A Kind on Artsy.com
March 1, 2019: Joined ChaShaMa
I'm pleased to share that I've been accepted as a ChaShaMa artist with a studio at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. You can check out my artist page here.
Dec 6, 2018: Artist feature on VoyageChicago!
Very honored to be featured in an interview on VoyageChicago. The piece behind me is called Untitled Orange, and is now housed in Taekwang & Ilju Academy + Culture Foundation, Seoul, Korea.
March18, 2016: Work included in California Home + Design magazine (print and online)
Another feature about Tiburon, CA based designer Caitlin Moran shows my piece Legible Fiction (Photo by Caitlin Moran Interiors)
Oct 17, 2015: Work included on Houzz.com: Houzz Tour: A Family Home Brings the Calm
My work can be seen in this Houzz feature about Tiburon, CA based designer Caitlin Moran. It's always great to see my work in someone's home! (Photo by Caitlin Moran Interiors)
April 3-28, 2012: Legible Fiction, New York
Megan's sixth solo show, titled Legible Fiction will be exhibited at Davidson Contemporary from April 3-28, 2012
December 2-5, 2010: PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach
Megan's work "Celestial Blues" will be exhibited at Davidson Contemporary, Pulse Miami
October 25, 2010 - January 30, 2011: GROUP SHOW IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
Mirrors Of Continuous Change, a large global exhibition to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Taekwang Industries Ltd, Heungkuk Life Building, Seoul, Korea (ROK), curated by Fre Ilgen, featuring:
Christian Awe, Cristina Barroso, Michael Bette, Natvar Bhavsar, Megan Craig, Paul Dacey, Shingo Francis, Hidemasa Fujii, Franz Gertsch, Gotthard Graubner, Hazem Taha Hussein, Muhamed Taha Hussein, Fre Ilgen, Michael Kidner, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Matti Kujasalo, Gerhard Mantz, Manfred Mohr, Khalifa Al Obaidly, Megan Olson, Kathleen Petyarre, Judith Pfaff, Sohan Qadri, Rhee Ki Bong, Hiroshi Senju, Solange Umutoni.
The exhibition also included a fashion show with dresses inspired by the art works exhibited.
The dress shown above was designed by Prof. JungShin Kim, and is based on Olson's work "Untitled" (orange), 2008.
September 3, 2010: Grenzenlos.Vielfaltig.Eins, group show at Berlin Art Projects
China Bird Tattoo
To celebrate his birthday, Megan's dear friend Peter commissioned her to make a drawing which could also be used for a tattoo. The drawing - titled "China Bird" - then became the first tattoo of Megan's art.
VIDEO FROM BEYOND THE CHAINS OF ILLUSION
Berlinerkunstkontakter.de featured video of the opening night on their website.
December 3-6, 2009: PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Beach
Megan Olson's work will be featured with fellow gallery artists Kiel Johnson, Sam Messenger, and Kevin Osmond
in a special exhibition titled "Compulsive Obsessive" at the Davidson Contemporary booth in PULSE Miami.
September 25, 2009: Kunstler De Galerie, group show at Berlin Art Projects
February-March, 2009: Group Show at Vonderbank Gallery (Berlin)
Megan Olson is now represented in Berlin by Vonderbank Art Galleries/Berlin Art Projects and was featured in Group Show I, at Vonderbank Art Galleries on Unter Den Linden in Berlin (installation shots below by photographer Achim Kleuker).
Spray Paintings: Installation Shots
February 10-March 14, 2009: Solo show in New York
February 2009: Megan Olson work featured on the cover of Love Without Cause
Megan Olson's work is featured on the cover ofLove Without Cause, a book of poetry by filmmaker Youssef El Deeb. Click Here for a full preview of the book.
January-February, 2009: Moving to Berlin!
Megan Olson moved to Berlin in 2009 and attended a private salon, featuring art critic Donald Kuspit. Olson's work was hung with works by Carrington, Magritte, and Masson on loan from the Pietzsch Collection.
New York, September 2008: Auction benefiting the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation
Megan Olson's work Fiery Ocean was sold at the Children's Cancer & Blood Foundation auction held at Phillips de Pury & Company in New York.
Press Clippings: Reuters (pdf), Art Daily.org (pdf)
Berlin, Summer 2008: Berlin Press
ArtMagazin.de published a piece featuring curator Jill Clark posing in front of Megan's work (above), Megan sitting with Irving Sandler in front of a piece by David Smith (below). Click here for the full article and more pictures.
Moss Garden Video
Urban Nature Installation Shots
Urban Nature Opening February 15th, 2007
Megan Olson's 4th solo exhibition Urban Nature opens on February 15th at Maxwell Davidson Gallery, 724 5th Avenue at 57th St, New York, NY
Art Forum February Issue, 2007
The February issue of Art Forum will have this ad announcing my upcoming show Urban Nature
Discussion on The Substance of Art vol.1 Published : Spring, 2006 - the Netherlands
In the Spring of 2006, the report on the round-table discussion "The Mission of Art Today" was published as volume #1 in a series titled Discussion on the Substance of Art. The report is available at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York.
Roundtable Discussion on "The Mission of Art Today" : October 1, 2005 - New York City
On October 1, 2005, Megan Olson was present at a round-table discussion focused mainly on the theme The Mission of Art Today" including many interesting participants such as art critics Irving Sandler, Donald Kuspit and Mark VanProyen. Also present were artists, Natvar Bhavsar,Megan Craig, Marlena Novak, Jay Alan Yim, Paul Dacey, Rick Purdy and Hiroshi Senju. A full report is being written, and future round-tables on other interesting and important topics are sure to follow.
Read the Review of Organic Abstractions - by poet and art dealer Scott Zieher of (ZieherSmith Gallery)
