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Mike Olin
Born in Pasadena, CA in 1971
Raised in San Diego, CA
Lives and works in Bushwick, Brooklyn since 1999SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2024 (solo) Mike Olin Paintings, curated by Johnny Mullen and
Eric Fallen, Peninsula Art Space, NYCSample, curated by Aubrey Higgin, Chilli Art Projects,
London, UKAll Tomorrow's Parties, curated by Michael David, M. David
and Co. at Artcake, Brooklyn NYChemistry, curated by Johnny Mullen and Eric Fallen,
Peninsula Art Space, NYC2023 How to Disappear Completely, Mike Olin and Ben Pritchard,
curated by Michael David, M. David and Co. galleryNo Regerts, collaboration with Joy Curtis, McGolrick Park,
curated by Christine Stiver and Dominic TerlizziTerrible Fathers, Clemente Arts Building, curated by
Dominic Terlizzi and Peter SchenckA Boat Made of Ocean, M. David Gallery, curated by
Michael David2022 Artists Quarantine with their Art Collections, Baker Center
for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, curated by Stephen MainePAS/LES Inaugural Show, Peninsula Art Gallery, curated by
Johnny Mullen2021 Infinite Get (solo show), curated by Johnny Mullen,
Peninsula Gallery, Brooklyn NYPencil in the Studio, curated by Maria Calandra, De Pree
Art Center, Hope College, Holland MI2020 Dirty Poetry, curated by Johnny Mullen, Peninsula Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY2019 We Woke Up this Way, curated by Lacey Fekishazy, Sardine
Gallery, Brooklyn NYViel Feind, viel Ehr, curated by Johnny Mullen, Peninsula
Gallery, Brooklyn NY2018 💥🎢☀️🏖🌈🐳🌋 [Emoji Show], Klaus von Nichtssagend, NYC
Flower Sermon, curated by Jennifer Sullivan, Yui Gallery, NYC
Summer Project Room, Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC
Pat Berran Benefit, curated by Andy Cross, Gavin Brown
Enterprise, NYC2017 Summer Invitational, Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC
Beyond, curated by Michael Holden, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn
Holding Hands, curated by Robert Otto Epstein, Lazy Susan Gallery, NYC
Spooky Show, curated by Fran Holstrom, Aquarius Studio,
Ridgewood, NY
Salami Salon, curated Robert Otto Epstein, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn2016 Christmas in July, curated by Tamara Gonzalez,
Underdonk Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn
So Much, So Little, All at Once, curated by
Yevgeniya Baras, Regina Rex, NYC
The Moon and the Serpent, curated by Steve Mykietyn,
Orgy Park, Bushwick, Brooklyn
'Til Death Do Us Part, curated by Lori Kirkbride, Lorimoto
Gallery, Ridgewood, NY2015 Let's Go Away for Awhile, curated by Erik den Breejen and
Maria Calandra, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Paintings in Trees, curated by Ben La Rocco and Ben
Pritchard, The People’s Garden, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Fall on Your Bliss, curated by Brian Morris and Christopher
Joy, Brian Morris Gallery, NYC
Thinking and Touching Time, curated by Zahar Vaks, Ortega y
Gasset Projects, Gowanus, Brooklyn
B-Sides, curated by Steve Gavino, Studio No. 4, Brooklyn, NY2014 Back To the Future 1, curated by Michael David and Dana
James Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
My Big Fat Painting, curated by Rick Briggs, Brian Morris
Gallery, NYC
Two River, curated by Tamara Gonzales, One River Gallery,
Englewood, NJ
Brooklyn Bridge, curated by Justine Frischmann, George
Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Indexical Mark, Life on Mars Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Do It Yourself, BOS (old 3rd Ward), Bushwick, Brooklyn
Arshile Gorky drawing show, OUTLET, Brooklyn, NY2013 Gravity Light, (solo show), Parallel Art Space, Ridgewood, NY
New Work, Five Painters, Edward Thorp, NYC
Thanks, Lu Magnus Gallery, NYC
Strange Lens: 3 Painters, AIRPLANE, Bushwick, Brooklyn2012 Heroes, Small Black Door, Ridgewood, NY
The Ground Beneath Our Feet, Do Right Hall, Marfa, TX
Ab/Ab/Ob, BOS, Brooklyn NY
WAVERS, EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, Brooklyn NY
Peaces on Earth, Sardine Gallery, Brooklyn NY
The First Unveiling, Centotto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2011 Assembly, Edward Thorp, NYC
Human Resources, Joe Ballweg Studio, Ridgewood, NY
Temporary Antumbra Zone, Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY
So Happy Together, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY
Purple Nurple, BOS, Brooklyn, NY
Deck the Walls, Sardine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2010 Painting Comes Alive, Art Jail, NYC
Half Invisible, BETA Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Time Bandits III, Bushwick Open Spaces, Brooklyn, NY2009 The Winning Hand, Workspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Time Bandits II, Bushwick Open Spaces, Brooklyn, NY
Hogeweg, Logement Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium2008 Eggcartonopolis, HQ Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Time Bandits, Bushwick Open Spaces, Brooklyn, NY2007 On It, Bushwick Open Spaces, Brooklyn
Group Show, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn2006 Portraits of Yoda, Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn
Group Show, AG Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn2004 Ohio University Alumni Exhibition Dairy Barn, Athens, OH
1998 Paintings (solo show), Siegfred Gallery, Athens, OH
Surface, Esther Allen Greer Museum, Rio Grande, OH1994 NinebyFour Keller Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
1993 Bisquits and Gravy, (solo show) Keller Art Gallery, San Diego
1992 Mid-Winter Awards Show, San Diego Art Institute
VISITING ARTIST:
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, lecture and student studio visits. 2024
NY Crit Club, February 2024
EDUCATION:MFA, Painting, Ohio University, Athens OH, 1998
BA, Studio Art, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego CA, 1993INTERVIEWS:
Interview by Emily Burns for Maake Magazine Issue 5, curated by Yevgeniya Baras
http://www.maakemagazine.com/mike-olinInterview by Chris Joy and Zach Keeting for Gorky's Granddaughter
http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/OTHER PRESS:
https://hyperallergic.com/881559/10-art-shows-to-see-in-new-york-april-2024/
https://hyperallergic.com/596426/artists-quarantine-with-their-art-collections-13/
https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2019/08/post-exhibition-shout-we-woke-up-this-way-at-sardine.html
http://www.painters-table.com/category/featured/studio?page=1
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/04/painting-picks-lower-east-side.html
http://www.paintingisdead.com/the-moon-and-serpent.html
http://staringatthewall.com/2015/04/11/thinking-touching-time/#more-546
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2014/06/brooklyn-painters-go-wes.html
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2011/07/artseen/artists-in-bushwick
http://carlgunhouse.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2013-06-10T16:41:00-04:00&max-results=500
http://pencilinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/07/mike-olin.html
http://artsinbushwick.tumblr.com/post/51301551965/mike-olin-at-parallel-art-space
http://www.artsucks.com/blog/2012/jun12/bos-6-3-12.phphttp://hyperallergic.com/26281/wanderings-through-bushwick-open-studios/
http://zine.artcal.net/2008/06/bushwick-open-studios-2008.php
http://www.flickr.com/groups/bushwickopenstudios/pool/page7/
http://hyperallergic.tumblr.com/post/836150189/portraits-of-yoda-exhibition-and-mike-olins