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
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