Biography
Karl Richard Olsen
karlrichardolsen@gmail.com
Teaching and Workshops: 2006 - 2016
Faculty at Fleisher Art Memorial, Drawing Figure and Portrait.
Figure Drawing at Hunted Line Studios LLC
Shared my work and thoughts about design and making art with 8 Graders, Sewell, NJ
Figure Drawing and Painting Workshop, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Figure Drawing and Painting Workshop/ Salon, Three Toes Even Studio, N.Liberties, PA
Linocut printing from life, Greater Norristown Art League (G.N.A.L.), Norristown, PA
Jurying: 2009 - 2010
Identity, Juried Exhibition, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Lansdale Festival Of the Arts, All media open exhibition, Lansdale, PA
Under A Hundred, Juried Exhibition, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Open Show, Greater Norristown Art League (G.N.A.L.). Philadelphia, PA
Whole Nine Yards, Juried Exhibition, Off The Wall Gallery a co-production of Midwives Collective & Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions: 2009 - 2010
One Artists' Diversity, Java Coffee Company, Philadelphia, PA
New Works Show, Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions: 2015-16
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Group Exhibitions: 2010
Open Juried Exhibition, "Works on Paper", Philadelphia Sketch Club. Jurors: James
Toogood, artist, author, and teacher, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions: 2009
National Figurative drawing and Painting Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery,
Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove,PA. Juror: Daniel Dallmann, Professor, Tyler
School of Art and Artist.
Fall Juried Exhibition, SPP Gallery, Upper Merion, PA. Juror: Helen Meyrick, Owner & Director of Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Make Me Crazy Make Me Think, Exhibition in Self Portraiture with artist Kim Martin, Plastic Club Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Models as Artist Show, The Plastic Club and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
97th Annual Members Medal Exhibition, The Plastic Club and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Figurative Work for the Fairmount Arts Crawl, The Beehive Hair Salon, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition Grow Show, Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions: 2008
Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sktech Club, Philadelphia, PA Juror :
R.B.Strauss
67th Annual Juried Exhibition, Greater Norristown Art League, Norristown, PA
Small Worlds Juried Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Quattro Amici +, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Through the Eyes of an Artist…purchase prize,Montgomery County Guild of Professional
Artists , Conshohocken, Pa. Juror: Patrick Connors, Painter
World of the Professional Artist II Juried Show, Montgomery County Guild of
Professional Artists , Conshohocken, Pa. Juror: Edna Davis, owner, Tyme Gallery
Down to Earth, The Plastic Club and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Juror: Jesse Vandenburgh,
Painter/Teacher
145th Annual Small Oils Juried Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Alan Fetterman, Alex Kanevsky, and Rebecca Saylor Sack
Olsen, Hansen, Bohne, West End Gallery and Frame Shop, Media, PA
Ten Philadelphia Artists Invited Show, Holy Trinity Church, Rittenhouse Square,
Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions: 2007
Fifty Philadelphia Artists Invited Show, Holy Trinity Church, Rittenhouse Square,
Philadelphia, PA
144th Annual Small Oils Juried Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Jurors: Stanley Bielen, John Ennis and Marianne Mitchell.
Black is the color, The Plastic Club and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2 person show, North Third bar and Restaurant, Philadelphia, PA
Air Show, The Plastic Club and Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Go Figure Juried Exhibition, Off The Wall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Awards: 2009, 2010, 2013
Honorable Mention, Home and History, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Gold Medal. Members' Juried Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
First Place, Jurors Choice," Fall Juried Exhibition, SPP Gallery, SPP Gallery, Inquirer Bldg,Hosted by Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists (MCGOPA) , Conshohocken, Pa.Philadelphia Inquirer Bldg, Philadelphia, PA
"Best Use of Materials," Juried Exhibition Grow Show, Off the Wall Gallery,Philadelphia, PA
Awards: 2008
"Honorable Mention," Small Worlds, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA Juror: Steven Baris,
Painter and teacher
“Purchase prize”, Through the Eyes of an Artist Juried Show, SPP Gallery, Inquirer Bldg,
Hosted by Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists (MCGOPA) , Conshohocken, Pa. Juror: Patrick Connors, Painter