Art Resume
Harold Olejarz, Artist and Educator
About
Artist - Harold Olejarz harold@olejarz.com Education Montclair State University, Supervision Certification, 1998 Bank Street College, Course work in technology and education, 1993 William Paterson College, Teacher Certification, 1991 Pratt Institute, Master of Fine Arts, Awarded Pratt Fellowship and Pratt Assistantship, 1977 Brooklyn College, Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude, Double Major: Art and Psychology, Dodge Foundation Mini Grants, 1997 and 1998 New Jersey Transit Light Rail Public Art Commission, 1997 New Jersey Best Practice Award, Public Art in a Public School, 1995 Ridgewood Public Education Foundation Grants, 1998, 1995 and 1993 Dodge Foundation, Artist-Educator Grant, 1993 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, 1986-7 and 1991-2 Franklin Furnace Performance Grant, 1990 Wisconsin Arts Board Grant, 1990 Painted Bride's Grant for Interdisciplinary Artists, Phila., PA, 1989 Exhibitions Solo (selected) 1991 - Bergen Museum, Paramus, NJ, collaboration with Lynn H. Butler 1990 - Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey 1985 - 14 Sculptors Gallery, New York, New York 1980 - 14 Sculptors Gallery 1979 - Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York University, New York Group (selected) 1997 - 1+1=3, Alicia Torres, New York, New York 1994 - Eyes Open Minds, The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ 1993 - New Jersey Arts Annual, The Newark Museum 1993 - NJ Arts Fellowship Exhibition, Stedman Art Gallery, Camden, NJ 1992 - C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio 1990 - Site Sculpture, Arts Festival of Atlanta, curated by Lowery Sims 1990 - The New Museum, Annual Auction Benefit, New York 1989 - The Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, New York 1986 - Allan Stone Gallery, New York Performances (selected) The Newark Museum, Newark NJ, February and March 1993 First Night, Boston, Mass., December, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 Arts Festival of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, September, 1990, 1991 The World Trade Center, New York City, December, 1990 Pusey Library, Harvard University, Boston, Mass., November, 1990 Best of the Fest, The Dance Hall, Cincinnati, OH, October, 1990 Walker's Point Center For The Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October, 1990 Cleveland Public Theater Performance Art Festival, OH, 1989, 1990 The New Museum, New York, April, Book and software reviewer for the NAEA News, October, 1994 to present. Software Presentation, April 1995, National Art Education Ass. Conference Committee on Electronic Information, College Art Association,1993-5 Internet and the Arts, Panel, CAA Annual Conference, Feb., 1994 Performance Art Panel, CAA Annual Conference, Seattle, WA., Feb., 1993 Performance Art Presentation, Art Educators of NJ Conference, Nov., 1992 Performance Art Panel, Silvermine Guild of Art, New Canaan, CT, Nov., 1991 Site Sculpture Symposium, Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA, Sept., 1991 Panel Chairperson, CAA Annual Conference,