O L E N H S U
Ceramic Art, Creativity Teaching/Mentorship, Music Improvisation | American, b. 1975
www.olenhsu.com | olen@olenhsu.com | Tel +1 (718) 406 5912
Music — Improvisation, Composition, Sound Installation
2021 Music for People — Live and recorded collaborative music improvisation (cello, piano)
2008 Pain Without Injury. Group exhibition. Sculpture/New Music Installations. PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
2007 New York Electronic Art Festival. New Music Installation & Artist Talk. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, New York, NY
2007 Future Anterior: Terry Adkins, Jill Godmilow, Olen Hsu. Live New Music and video performances/installations. BRICstudio, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Winter Concert Series. New Music and video performance/installation with artist talks. OM Factory, New York, NY
2007 Spectral Evidence. Sculpture and Sound Installation. Curated by Steven Lam. The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Open Network: Brooklyn. Sculpture and sound installation. Curated by Patricia Maloney. Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006 Director, Children's Sculpture/Sound Installation Workshop — The John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, WI
2005 Out of Context. International new music symposium. InterSpace New Media Arts Center. Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant. Sculpture and New Music
2005 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2005 New Music Commission. Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New York, NY
2005 AIM 25. Sculpture and sound installation. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Olen Hsu: New Ceramics. Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom
2015 Olen Hsu: Holding Silence. Valley City State University, Valley City, ND
2014 Olen Hsu: New Ceramics. Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom
2012 Olen Hsu: New Ceramics. Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, United Kingdom
2003 Olen Hsu: New Work. Solo Exhibition, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, IL
2003 Olen Hsu: Installations + Drawings, Solo Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Faculty Exhibition. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Masterworks Ceramics: International Invitational Exhibition. Jianshui International Ceramics Conference, Jianshui, Yunnan Province, China
2016 Teabowl 2016. Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, UK
2015 Parachute Market: "Ad Hoc" Design Fair. Showing with Matin Gallery: ceramics by Kirsten Coelho, Olen Hsu & Warren MacKenzie. Los Angeles, CA
2014 50th Anniversary National Invitational Exhibition. Duke Gallery, The Potter's Guild, Wallingford, PA
2013 31st Annual Smithsonian Craft Show. National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2012 30th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show. National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2011 35th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Philadelphia, PA
2011 29th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show. National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2010 Craft Forms 2010: 16th International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2010 Ceramics Invitational. The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ
2010 Faculty Exhibition. Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2010 Associate Artists Group Exhibition. The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Porcelains and Celadons. The Myers Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2008 Pain Without Injury. PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY
2007 New York Electronic Art Festival. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Swing Space, New York, NY
2007 Future Anterior: Terry Adkins, Jill Godmilow, Olen Hsu. Sound and video performances/installations. BRICstudio, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Sound and video performance/installation. Winter Concert Series, OM Factory, New York, NY
2007 Spectral Evidence. Curated by Steven Lam. The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 Open Network: Brooklyn. Curated by Patricia Maloney. Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2006 Turbulence Net Art Commission (with Steven Lam and Dana Karwas), New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., New York, NY
2006 Scope New York (with James Nicholson Gallery), New York, NY
2005 Set It Off. James Nicholson Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Out of Context. InterSpace New Media Arts Center, Sofia, Bulgaria
2005 AIM 25. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2003 Graduate Show. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 16th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial Exhibition. Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
2003 Fittings: Ben Butler, Olen Hsu & Rena Leinberger. The Storefront, Chicago, IL
2003 Olen Hsu: New Work, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2001 Olen Hsu: Apartment 1E, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
2001 Graduate Exhibition, H+R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
2001 Amplified Spaces, Stamper Photographic Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2001 Recent Installations: Olen Hsu and Kathinka Willinek. Warehouse 1325, West Bottoms, Kansas City, MO
Permanent Collections
Jianshui Ceramics Museum. Jianshui, Yunnan Province, China
Grants / Awards
2018 Purchase Award. Jianshui Ceramics Museum. Jianshui, Yunnan Province, China
2011 Exhibitor’s Choice Bronze Award, 29th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show
2006 John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Fellowship, Sheboygan, WI
2006 Turbulence Net Art Commission, New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., NY, NY
2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation Full Fellowship Award, Vermont Studio Center
2005 New York State Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Grant
2005 BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New Music Commission, New York, NY
2005 AIM 25, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2004 Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship, New York, NY
2003 James Nelson Raymond Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2001 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Trustee Scholarship (full merit scholarship)
2000 Artist Grant, Industrial Embroidery Facility at Gear for Sports, Kansas City, MO
1997 Sudler Grant for the Visual Arts, Yale University
1996 Sudler Grant for the Visual Arts, Yale University
1996 David W. Baer Memorial Fellowship in Architecture, Yale University
1996 Richter Summer Research Fellowship, Yale University
1995 Edward A. Bouchet Research Fellowship (3-year research/travel fellowship), Yale University
1995 Richter Summer Research Fellowship, Yale University
1993 National Endowment for the Humanities, Younger Scholar’s Grant
Education
2021 Music for People — Live and recorded collaborative music improvisation
2014 Alfred University — Studies in Ceramic Materials & Glaze Chemistry
2003 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago — MFA Sculpture
2001 Kansas City Art Institute — BFA Ceramics & New Media
1999 Live and work with potters Carol and Arthur Rosser — Eungella Rainforest, Queensland, Australia
1999 Live and work with potter Gwyn Hanssen Pigott — Queensland, Australia
1998 One-year apprenticeship with potter Maishe Dickman — New Haven, CT
1997 Yale University — BA History of Art and Architecture, minor in Music
Artist Residencies
2006 John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Arts/Industry Residency, Sheboygan, WI
2006 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2005 Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, New Music Artist-In-Residence, New York, NY
2005 BCAT/Rotunda Gallery Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2004 AIM 25, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
2000 Artist in Residence, Industrial Embroidery at Gear for Sports, Kansas City, MO
Teaching & Work Experience
2015-present Inner Creativity Workshop — intensive individual and group workshops developing creative practice with a focus on ceramics and printmaking. Olen Hsu Studio, Glenside, PA
2019-20 Acting Head, Department of Ceramics. Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
One-year sabbatical replacement
2018 One of 6 Invited Artists representing the United States — Jianshui International Ceramics Conference. Slide Talk, Panel Discussions, Studio Demonstrations and Exhibition. Jianshui, Yunnan Province, China
2014-20 Advanced Teaching & Mentorship Training — The School of Humanity and Awareness. Atlanta, GA and New York, NY
2017-20 Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics — Arcadia University. Glenside, PA
2015-present Faculty in Ceramics — The Clay Studio. Philadelphia, PA
2010-2017 Adjunct Faculty in Ceramics — Montgomery County Community College. Blue Bell, PA
2010 Instructor in Ceramics — Abington Art Center. Jenkintown, PA
2010 Instructor in Ceramics — Wayne Art Center. Wayne, PA
2006 Director, Children's Sculpture/Sound Installation Workshop — The John Michael Kohler Arts Center. Sheboygan, WI
2003 Artist-Teacher for Pre-College Youth Arts Development Program — Marwen Foundation. Chicago, IL
2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant for undergraduate curriculum, Survey of the History of Art: Prehistory to Modern — The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL
2002 Visiting Critic for undergraduate studio in Architectural Drawing — Columbia College. Chicago, IL
1999-2001 Private instructor in Piano Performance
1999-2000 Private instructor in French language
1997 Assistant Teacher in Ceramics — Creative Arts Workshop. New Haven, CT
Bibliography
Hluch, Kevin A., ed. American iPottery. Anthology of Contemporary American Potters. 7 August 2014. Interactive e-book. Available on iTunes.
de Soissons, Silvana. "An Interview with Ceramicist Olen Hsu". The Foodie Bugle Jun. 2013; Reveille 2: 62-69. Printed in Great Britain.
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