KARYN OLIVIER

 

Reviews/Profiles

 
2023

All Of It with Alison Stewart: Artist Karyn Olivier’s Show, “How A Home is Made”, WNYC June 11, 2023

2022


The New York Times “Art Tells New Jersey Stories at Newark’s New Terminal A”, Hillarie M. Sheets, Nov. 14, 2022

2022


Dartmouth Alumni Magazine “Inspiration Unearthed: Artist Karyn Olivier ’89 digs into history”, Chris Quirk, May-June 2022 issue

2022


Cultured Magazine, “At the Parrish Art Museum, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont Curate a Group Show That Breaks Through the Noise”, Hannah Black, June 30, 2022

2022


Boston Globe, “Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed ‘Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms’” is a group exhibition exploring themes of work and waste”, Murray Whyte, May 26, 2022

2022


WBUR, “At the ICA Watershed, found objects are poetic and political”, May 26, 2022

2022


Temple Now, “Karyn Olivier reveals Black history through her art”, March 17, 2022

2021


BOMB Magazine, “Karyn Olivier by Michelle Lopez”, Spring issue

2021


Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, “A Matter of Art: Karyn Olivier uses objects to explore life, history”, Janelle De Souza, August 15

2021


The New Yorker, “When Black History Is Unearthed, Who Gets to Speak for the Dead?”, Jill Lepore, October 4th

2021


Culture Type “On View: ‘Karyn Olivier: At the Intersection of Two Faults’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York”, Victoria Valentine, July 1, 2021

2021

Air Mail, “Holes in the Wall”, by Clementine Ford, Issue No. 102, June 26, 2021

2021

Hyperallergic, “Your Concise New York Art Guide for July 2021

2021


WURD Radio, “Radio Courtroom” Host: Michael Coard, April 11

2020


The Washington Post, “Removing an offensive mural from the University of Kentucky isn’t ‘racial justice’” Opinion by Karyn Olivier, July 6

2020


The New York Times, “Students’ Calls to Remove a Mural Were Answered. Now Comes a Lawsuit”, Julia Jacobs, July 6

2020


ArtForum, “Karyn Olivier” McKee, C.C. May/June issue

2020


Hyperallergic, “Karyn Olivier Subverts the Formal Seriousness of Monuments”, Cardwell, Erica, May 6

2020


Atlas Obscura, “Philadelphia Will Finally Memorialize an Enslaved Woman Freed in 1776”, Chernick, Karen, April 30

2020

Whitewall Magazine, “Karyn Olivier. Thinking about moments, memory and absence”, Donoghue, Katy, Summer print Issue

2020

Artblog, “Of monumental proportions, Karyn Olivier’s ‘Everything That’s Alive Moves’”, Smith, Alex, March 23

2020

The Architect’s Newspaper, “Solo exhibition at ICA Philadelphia explores our link to monuments”, Simmons, Shawn, March 2

2020

Philadelphia Inquirer, “Art and monuments: At ICA, two Philly sculptors grapple with who gets celebrated”, Hine, Thomas, Feb 16

2020

Broad Street Review, “Moving Monuments”, Day, Gary Feb 16

2020

Lexington Herald Ledger, “Here’s how UK could end the mural debate, stop a costly lawsuit and improve higher education” Blackford, Linda, July 27

2020

CBC Radio, NPR station, “As It Happens” Host: Nil Koksal, July 7

2020

Hypebeast, “University of Kentucky Sued Over Plans to Remove Mural Depicting Slavery. A Black artist’s work that accompanies the original piece also faces removal”, Leung ,Gabrielle, July 7

2019

The Brooklyn Rail, “Emanation 2019”, Beckenstein, Joyce, July

2019

6ABC TV station, “Percent for Art 60”, documentary by History Making Productions, Aired on December 1st

2019


Philadelphia Inquirer, “Philadelphia artist is chosen for the new Dinah Memorial at Stenton”, Russ, Valerie, Nov 7

2019

Philadelphia Inquirer, “You can vote on artists’ proposals to memorialize Dinah, the once-enslaved woman known for saving Philly’s Stenton house”, Russ, Valerie, September 19

2018

The Washington Post, “Some saw a University of Kentucky mural as racially offensive. Here’s the school’s solution”, Anderson, Nick, Aug 24

2018

Lexington Herald Ledger, “UK’s controversial mural at Memorial Hall is reimagined in a ‘divine space’”, Linda Blackford, August 16

2018

National Coalition Against Censorship, “University of Kentucky Unveils Installation to Encourage Dialogue about Race”, Garnett, Joy, Aug 28

2018

“What the U. of Kentucky Did About a Controversial Campus Fresco Depicting Slavery”, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Claire Hansen

2018

“UK adds artwork next to mural with racial images to deepen the dialogue”, Courier Journal, Morgan Watkins

2018

“A picture-perfect response at the University of Kentucky” By Herald-Leader Editorial Board

2018

“Memorial Hall Artist Karyn Olivier Isn’t After Resolution. She Wants More Questions.” WUKY (NPR station), Josh James

2017

PBS News Hour, “Philadelphia public art project ponders meaning behind monuments,” Oct 9

2017

Hyperallergic, “Philadelphia’s Monument Lab asks “What’s Right for Public Space?” Mitchell, Samantha Oct 9

2017

http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/phillys-big-new-art-project-asks-who-deserves-a-monument-anyway-20170914.html

2017

Philadelphia Weekly “With all the political upheaval over national monuments, Mural Arts’ Monument Lab is asking big questions,” Marin, Max, Sept 14

2017

WHYY, NPR Monument Lab asks Philadelphians to think about the city’s memorials in a new way

2017

Americans for the Arts: National Recognition to the Best in Public Art Projects Annually–

2017

CityLab Journal, “What I learned in the monument wars,” Sartwell, Crispin, Oct 6

2016

The Philadelphia Inquirer “Woodmere Annual show: A vast art portrait of the city” Newhall, Edith, July 3, 2016

2015

New York Times, “Please Touch the Art and ‘Drifting in Daylight,’ Outdoor Art at the Parks,” Ken Johnson, May 21

2014

Hyperallergic, “Experience Sunset-Colored Ice Cream Cones and Other Art Interludes in Central Park,” Allison Meier on May 14

2014

ArtSlant, “Dreaming in Daylight: Creative Time in Central Park,” Joel Kuennen, May 15

2014

CBC Radio (Toronto’s NPR Station) “Metro Morning with Matt Galloway” Interview, February 24th

2014

Carey, Brainard “Interview with Karyn Olivier”, Yale Radio (WYBC), January 23, 2014

2012

K., Donna, “Interview with Karyn Olivier: Social Sculptor”, Gravity was everywhere back then, July 5,2012

Ramanathan, Lavanya, “Exhibit aims to show future stars”, The Washington Post, February 3, 2012

2011

Demuth, Gary, “Artist likes to make ordinary ‘extraordinary’,” Salina Journal, May 6, 2011

2010

Von Arbin Ahlander, Astri “Interview with Karyn Olivier,” Days of Yore, September 2010

Laughlin, Nicholas, “Hungry for Words,” Caribbean Review of Books, July 2010

2009

Tancons, Claire, “Carnival and the Artistic Contract,” Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art, Winter 2009

“The Front Row,” Interview on KUHF, November 16, 2009

Interview on Fox 26 News, November 16, 2009

Britt, Douglas, “Outdoor exhibit might add a little surrealism to commute,” Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2009

Galvez, Melissa, “Now You See It…Now You Don’t: Billboards,” KUHF News, November 16, 2009

Gilbert, Dusty, “Beyond the Billboards,” Absolutely in the Loop Magazine, October 2009

University of Houston Art Blog, October, 2009

Yablonsky, Linda, “59 South (Texas) Billboard”

McClintock, Diana, “”Karyn Olivier + Amanda Ross-Ho + Lisa Sigal,” Art Papers, May/June, 2009, p.49-50

Slaski, Jacek, “Made in the USA,” Tip Berlin, March 18, 2009, p.58

2008

Quote sheet for Gwangju Biennale, 2008

Daneri, Anna, “The Carnival of Art”, Mousse, Issue #16, pps. 80-83

2007

Bonetti, David, “Artist makes adult creations from childhood icons,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, March 11, 2007

Schulze, Troy, “Black Light/White Noise: Sound and Light in Contemporary Art,”June 20, 2007

2006

Johnson, Ken, “Trace,” The New York Times, August 18, 2006, p. E28

Wolin, Joseph, “Trace,” Time Out New York, September 7-13,2006, p.147

Johannesson, Sune, “Varagod och sitt,” Krisitanstadsbladet,2006, p.39

Kazemzadeh, Max, “Karyn Olivier: Time to go home,” Art Lies, Spring 2006

Baker, R.C., “The Gang’s all Here,” The Village voice, September 14

 

2005

Saltz, Jerry, “Lesser New York,” The Village Voice, March 22

Rockett, Benne, “Karyn Olivier: Winter Hung to Dry,” Austin Chronicle,  July 22, 2005

Heiges, Nathan, “Karyn Olivier in NYC,” January 2005

2003

Moloney, Tim, “The Accidental Artist,” 002 Magazine, February 2003, p.14.

Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Party on the Patio,” Houston Press, April 10, 2003 p.50

Poulson, Alex, “Oil be damned: Houston Art”, Dazed and Confused, December, 2003, p.180

 

Black Light White Noise Studio Museum in Harlem, 2008Essay by Gregory Volk
   

Everything That’s Alive Moves, 2021

Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania

   

Philadelphia Field Guide, “Interview with Karyn Olivier,” 2020

Wildsam Field Guides

   

Culture As Catalyst, 2020

Edited by Isolde Brielmaier

   

Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia, 2020

Edited by Paul M Farber and Ken Lum

   

Craft Capital: Philadelphia’s Cultures of Making, 2019

Edited by Glenn Adamson

   

A-Z of Caribbean Art, 2019

Edited by Melanie Archer and Mariel Brown

   

Don’t Talk to Strangers, 2014

Edited by Sandino Scheidegger

Eye-around-matter

Eye Around Matter, 2014

Catalog by Marso

Stocked, Ulrich Museum of Art, 2013

Essay by Emily Stamey

The Art Life—On Creativity and Career, 2012

Edited by Stuart Horodner

Magical Visions, University of Delaware Museum, 2012

Catalogue by Keith Morrison

In-Nature-at-Wanas

Imagine Art: in Nature at Wanas, 2012

Essay by Marika Wachtmeister

Next, Contemporary Wing, 2012

Essay by Kalia Brooks

Who Runs the Space Now?, Mexico City, 2011

Essay by Christopher Cozier

Rockstone and Bootheel: Contemporary West Indian Art, 2010

Edited by Kristina Newman Scott and Yona Backer

Gwangju Biennale

Carnival Within: An Exhibition Made in America Uferhallen, Berlin, 2009

Essay by Sabine Russ and Gregory Volk

Core: Artists and Critics in Residence, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2008

Essay by Alison de Lima Greene

The 7th Gwangju Biennale: Annual Report Gwangju Biennale, 2008

Essay by Claire Tancons

Black Light White Noise Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2007

Essay by Valerie Cassel

Laumeier

A Closer Look, Laumeier Sculpture Park, 2007

Essay by Shannon Fitzgerald

TabooIconRevised

From Taboo to Icon: Africanist Turnabout, Crane Arts, 2007

Essay by Sophie Sanders

Air Catalog 001

Quid Pro Quo Studio Museum in Harlem, 2006

Essay by Gregory Volk

wanas

Insight Out The Wanas Foundation, 2006

Essay by Brian Sholis

Frequency

Frequency Studio Museum in Harlem, 2005

Essay by Shamim Momin

Greater NY

Greater New York PS1 Contemporary Art Center, 2005

Essay by Michelle Yun

Women and Their Work

Winter Hung to Dry Women & their Work Gallery, 2005

Essay by Mary Leclere

glasselcore2003

Core 2003 Exhibition Glasell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2003

Essay by Mary Leclere

Core 2002 Exhibition Glasell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2002

Interview by Lane Relyea