SARAH OLSON: CV
Born: Riverfalls, WI 1968
Lives: New York City

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2007 The Veil of Forgetfulness (upcoming), scheduled collaboration with opera composer, Susan Stoderl, part of the 2007-2008 Music at Holy Trinity concert series, New York, NY
2005

The Divine Body, A multi-venue art exhibition and public symposium Columbia University, Leroy Neiman Gallery, New York, NY
Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel Gallery, New York, NY
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
For more information visit www.thedivinebody.com

2002 Alumni Show Exhibit, New York Academy of Art, New York City
1999 Masters of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art
  Academy Works, Dahesh Museum, New York City
1998 Fall Exhibit, New York Academy of Art
  Spring Exhibit, New York Academy of Art
1997 Drawing Exhibit, New York Academy of Art
1996 Space, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
1995 Small Works, Edge Gallery, Denver
  In the Hall of Icons, solo exhibit, Guild Theatre Gallery, Boulder, CO
  Spontaneous Combustion, Boulder Artist Gallery, Boulder, CO
1994 In the Hall of Icons, solo exhibit, Boulder Artist Gallery
  Inside her Voice, Boulder Artist Gallery
1992 A Castle of Crooked Walls, solo exhibition, Boulder Artist Gallery
  Black Currant Tea, Dudley Alcove Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder
1990 On Becoming an Angel, Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis exhibition, University of Colorado
1989 Exhibition, Lacoste, France
  101 Stranieri, SACI, Florence, Italy

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2007 Residency, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England
2004 Columbia University, Union Theological Seminary, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine; Fellowship for creation of the project The Divine Body: God, Gender, and the Diversity of Early Christianity
1997/98 Faculty Merit Scholarship, New York Academy of Art
1996 Morrison Family Foundation Tuition Scholarship, Boulder Academy of Art Visual and Performing Arts Grant, the Boulder Arts Commission
1995 Visual and Performing Arts Grant, the Boulder Arts Commission
1989 Cleveland Institute of Art Scholarship, Lacoste, France

LECTURES AND PANELS
2005 Panel participant on Religion and Art, The Divine Body: God, Gender, and the Diversity of Early Christianity, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
  Panel participant on so-called “gnostic” literature for Artful Resistance: Lost Christian Texts and Popular Imagination, Union Theological Seminary New York, NY
  Lecture on “The Divine Body” for the Symposium Artful Resistance: Lost Christian Texts and Popular Imagination, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
  Guest Lecture in Loosening Canon: The Gospels of Thomas, Q, Mary, and Luke, Prof. Hal Taussig, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
  Guest Lecture, Art Appreciation Prof. Thomas LeGaspi, St John University, Queens, NY
  Panel Participant, God In Art, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, Scope Art Fair, New York
  Guest Lecture, Images of the Divine Feminine, Prof. Donna Seamone, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

REVIEWS
2005 Columbia University Spectator, October 12 issue, Review of The Divine Body exhibition and symposium, New York, NY
1994 Arvada News, March 17 issue, Arvada, CO
  Daily Camera, June 21 Friday Magazine, Boulder, CO
1990 Colorado Daily, November 13 issue, Boulder

EDUCATION
1997-1999 Masters of Fine Arts, Painting, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1995-1997 Boulder Academy of Art, Boulder, CO
1991-1992 One year graduate study, University of Colorado, Boulder
1986-1990 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Painting, Minor in French, University of Colorado, Boulder
1989 Junior Year abroad: Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy
Lacoste School of Fine Arts, Lacoste, France


COLLECTIONS

 Bruce W. Ferguson, New York City
 Eileen Guggenheim, New York City
 Eric Fischl, New York City