biography

John Olsen was born and raised in Cape May, New Jersey, a resort town on the southern shore.  At the age of seven he completed an adult oil painting course at the Cape May County Vocational School.  He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in painting and drawing from The College of New Jersey.  John currently lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York.

Selected Exhibitions

2011
Fresh Splinters - LIC Arts Open, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY

2010
Transitions, Milux, New York, NY (solo show)

2009
Green Group, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY

Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID Art Walk, Bar Reis, Brooklyn, NY

2008
John Olsen Paintings, Ellis, Brooklyn, NY (solo show)

Small Works Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

2007
Human Paintings, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY (solo show)

2005
Local Artists, Food for Thought, Brooklyn, NY

2004
TCNJ Art Alumni Show, The College Gallery, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Paintings, Atlantic City Art Center at Garden Pier, Atlantic City, NJ (solo show)

2001
RAINN Benefit, Philadelphia, PA

2000
TCNJ Fine Art Graduate Exhibition, The College Gallery, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Curatorships

2009
Making Funny, Under Minerva, Brooklyn, NY

Bibliography

Vanore, Jim, “Cape May County artist has New York showing”, Cape May County Herald, November 12, 2007