Robert Olsen, Balloons – Untitled, 2004 Oil on panel, 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches Ships with a certificate of authenticity. ROBERT OLSEN Robert Olsen (1969–2014) received his BFA from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1998 and his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2002. While in college he started showing paintings through the Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects gallery. He would later have solo shows at: Black Dragon Society, LA; Plane Space, NY; G Fine Art, Washington DC; and Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto, Canada. He was in group shows at: H2O LA; University of North Texas, Denton; Luckman Fine Art Complex, Cal State LA; Marcello Marvelli Gallery NY; ArtForum Berlin, Germany; Hayworth Gallery LA; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY; Monterrey Mexico; Reed College, Port- land OR; Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; Hartford Community College, Bel Air, MD; CCA at 100, Braunstein/ Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Nathan Larramendy; Ojai, CA; Ars Libri, Boston MA; The Green Gallery East, Milwaukee, WI; ACP LA; Silverlake, LA, CA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance CA; Wonderloch Kellerland, Berlin Germany; Anne Marten’s Home, LA; and Begovich Gallery—CSU Fullerton, CA. His last solo shows were Notebook Paintings and L.A. Freeways at Planthouse, NY, and his last group show was “I, II, III”, at South of Sunset, LA. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.
