Harold Olejarz Resume

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, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

• 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

Public Art Projects

• New Jersey Transit Light Rail Public Art Commission, 1997-2000

• Two Windscreen Enhancements, Newport Mall Station, Jersey City, NJ

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)

• 2022 - Choice 2022, Atlanta Photography Group, Curated by Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director of the Griffin Museum of Photography

• 2022 - Postcards from Here, Atlanta Photography Group, Curated by Maria L. Kelly,  Assistant Curator of Photography at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta

• 2022 - Fragile, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ

• 2021 - The Curated Fridge, Summer, 2021, Curated by Michael Behlen, founder and publisher of Analog Forever Magazine

• 2021 - Memento Mori, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, NJ

• 2021 - From Water, Atelier Rosal, Rahway, NJ Curated by Nick Rosal

• 2021 - Joy, curated by Christy E. O’Connor posted on Kunstmatrix

• 2020 - Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Blue, Saugerties, NY

• 2020 - Jerseyscapes III, Curated by Kristin De Angelis, Hamilton Square, Jersey City, NJ

• 2020 - Virtual Pop Up Show, inReference, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

• 2020 - "afloat" Curated by Kerry Kolenut, Pro Arts website, May 9th – June 30, 2020

• 2020 - Decay, Corrosion, Rust, 2020, Darren Ching, Juror, NY Center for Photographic Art

• 2019 - Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Saugerties, NY

• 2019 - New York, New York, Online Photo Exhibition, Long Island Photo Gallery, Islip, NY

• 2019 - The Yard, Brooklyn, NY curated by Deborah Oster Pannell

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• 2019 - Juxtaposition, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

• 2019 - The Gallery, Livingston, NJ

• 2009 – New Jersey Green, Arts Council of Morris Area, Morristown, NJ 2008 – Photograph of NJ, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

• 2008 – Inside & Out, Maloney Art Gallery, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, NJ

• 2007 – New Jersey Arts Annual, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ

• 2003 - Analog/Digital, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ curated by Samantha Dorfman

• 2002 - Off The Wall, Jersey City Museum Benefit, Jersey City, NJ

• 2002 - Exit 15E, NJ Turnpike, Robeson Gallery, Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ

• 2001 - 2001.1, Digital Salon, Stele Gallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico

• 2000 - Spectra Digital Arts Gallery, New York, NY

• 2000 - Digital Art Museum, www.digitalartmuseum.com

• 2000 - Living Artist Gallery, www.livingartistgallery.com

• 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 1996.

• 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 Record, February 24, 2002, p. E-5, by Jim Beckerman

• 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

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.

Fairfield University Museum, Fairfield, CT

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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