Artist - Harold Olejarz

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, 1975

Professional Awards

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, 1988

Professional Experience

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, New York, Feb., 1990

Visiting Artist, Pyramid Art Center, Rochester, NY, Oct., 1987

Panelist, Artist Talk On Art, N.Y.C., November, 1983

President, 14 Sculptors Gallery, Coordinated all facets of gallery operation including: grants, installations, schedules, catalogs ..., 1977 - 1984

Critic, Arts Magazine, Reviewed N.Y. area gallery exhibitions, 1978 - 1983

Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, Washington D.C., June, 1980

Coordinator, Workshop Film Program, Brooklyn Museum Ed. Dept., 1975

Reviews, Notices and Media (selected)

The New York Times, October 30, 1994, p. NJ 1, by Alison Gardy
ASAHI TV, Toyko, Japan, Aired, October, 1993
The Star-Ledger, January 17, 1992, by Eileen Watkins
High Performance, Winter 1991, p.20 by Virginia Maksymowicz
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA, May 19, 1991, by Myra Y. Goldfarb
CAA Newsletter, March/April, 1991, front page photo
Newark Star-Ledger, January 6, 1991, by Joyce A. Venezia
The Record, October 26,1990, Previews section p. 1,3,4; by John Zeaman
Milwaukee Sentinel, October 12,1990, p. 5 by Dave Tianen
High Performance, Fall 1990, p.64 by Amy Sparks
The New York Times, September 23, 1990, p. NJ 13, by Patricia Malarcher
The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, September 17, 1990 p.C1, by C. Fox
NBC News, Cleveland, Aired, 11PM, April 20, 1990
WOR News, New York, Aired, Jan. 22 & 23, 1990
The New York Times, December 31, 1989, p. 18 WC by Vivien Raynor
Boston Sunday Herald, December 31, 1989, front page photo
NBC News, Boston, Aired December 30, 1989
ABC News, Boston, Aired December 29, 1989
New Jersey Monthly, December, 1989
The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 20, 1989, photo
ABC News, Channel 5, Cleveland, Ohio, Aired 6 & 11 PM, April 16, 1989
The Colgate News, Hamilton, N.Y. April 7, 1989
Bergen Record, Jan. 15, 1989
National Endowment for the Arts, 1988 Annual Report, photo p.215
New York Times, Nov. 15, 1988
Newark Star-Ledger, Oct. 11, 1988
State of The Arts, New Jersey Public Television, Aired, July 24, 1988
Bergen Record, June 5, 1988
The Breeze, James Madison University, Feb. 18, 1988
The Prattler, Pratt Institute, Nov. 19, 1987
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,front page story and photo, Oct. 31,1987
N.Y. Daily News, October 18, 1987, photo
Arts New Jersey,Summer,1987,essay and photos
N.Y. Daily News, May 10,1987, front page photo
Bergen Record, February 13, 1987
Bergen Record, October 22,1986, photo
Museum of Modern Art Members Quarterly, Summer, 1986, photo
CAA Newsletter, Spring, 1986, photo
The New York Times, November 18,1986, New York Day by Day
Elle, September, 1985, photo
Arts Magazine, March, 1985, by Richard Martin
Newark Star-Ledger, May 18,1981, by Eileen Watkins
Art News, May, 1979, photo
Arts Magazine, September, 1979, by Susan Koslow
Arts Magazine, October, 1978, by Margaret Pomfret
New York Arts Journal, April-May, 1978, by Holland Cotter

Teaching Experience

Art Teacher, Benjamin Franklin M. S., Ridgewood, NJ, 1991-present

College

Technology classes for k-12 educators, Ridgewood Institute for Professional Development and F.D.U. 1994 to present

Lecture and performance with students, The Juilliard School, NYC, April, 1991

Lecture and performance with students, Univ. of Cin., Cin. OH, October, 1990

Lecture, Milwaukee Inst. of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI, October, 1990

Lecture, American College for the Applied Arts, Atlanta, GA, Sept, 1990

Visiting Artist, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, April, 1989

Visiting Artist, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va, Feb., 1988

Visiting Artist, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, November, 1987

Lecture, Loeb Student Center, N.Y.U., NY, April, 1979

Teaching Intern, Freshman Design, Pratt Institute, Brklyn., NY, Fall, 1977

High School

Student Teacher, Cresskill High School, New Jersey, Spring, 1991

Lecture and performance, Allen High School, Allentown, PA, May, 1991

Lecture and performance, Northampton H.S., Northampton, PA, May, 1991

Performance and Workshop, Bergen Teen Arts Festival, NJ, May, 1991

Lecture and performance, Bergenfield High School, NJ, March, 1991

Visiting Artist, Northport High School, Northport, New York, April, 1990

Performance and Workshop, Bergen Teen Arts Festival, NJ, May, 1988

Assistant Instructor, John Jay High School, Brklyn., NY, Fall, 1978

Elementary

Student Teacher, Bergenfield Elementary Schools, NJ, Spring, 1991

Visiting Artist, Haworth School, Haworth New Jersey, June, 1988

Visiting Artist, Studio in a School, P.S. 164, Brklyn., NY, May, 1984

Visiting Artist, Mackay School, Tenafly, NJ, March, 1980

Instructor, Brooklyn Museum Education Dept., Brklyn., NY, 1974-5

Assistant Instructor, Brooklyn Museum Ed. Dept., Brklyn., NY, 1973-4

Collections

Bristol Meyers Inc., Cranford, N.J.

Brooklyn College Student Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Chemical Bank, New York, N.Y.

The Chubb Group, Parsippany, N.J.

Continental Life Insurance, N.J.

International Paper Company, New York

I.O.A. Data Company, New York

David Garelik, New York

Lannan Foundation, Lake Worth, Fla.

Eric Lidow, Los Angeles, Calif.

Richard Martin, New York

Page Mill Management, New York

Rose, Chulkoff & Rose, Armonk, New York

Harry Winston, Inc., New York

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