Curriculum Vitae
Education
1984 M.A. Painting. Royal College of Art, London/UK
1977 B.A. Art. Falmouth School of Art, Falmouth/UK
Awards
1990 British Council travel award, Stockholm/Sweden
1986-88 Commonwealth Scholarship, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi/India
1984-85 Cheltenham Fellowship, Cheltenham/UK
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Whether or Not Something Bad Has Happened, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe NM/USA
Out of Joint, Amos Eno, Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/USA
2022 There Will Be Time, Stan State Art Space, Turlock CA/USA
2021 There Will Be Time (Virtual), Stan State Art Space, Turlock CA/USA
Nothing Between Us, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM/USA
2020 Unmaking the Made/Making the Unmade, Merced Multicultural Arts Center, Merced CA/USA
Because I Know I Shall not Know, Pence Gallery, Davis CA/USA
2014 Heteroglyphs, Art Space on Main, Turlock CA/USA
Hybrid Dreams-Objects, Assemblages, Janzen Galerie, Dusseldorf/Germany.
2011 Narrative Drift, First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Eureka CA/USA
2010 Studio Leitmotifs, Robert V. Fullerton Museum,
CSU San Bernardino, CA/USA
2008 Cadenza, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
2007 Cadenza, Janzen Galerie, Wuppertal/Germany
Ceramic Sculptures, Vergas Gallery, Mission College, Santa Clara CA /USA
Those Images That Yet…, Truckee Meadows Junior College, Reno NV/USA
2001 Towards the Door We Never Opened, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
1999 World Not World, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno CA/USA
1996 University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi/India
1994 Watercolors from the Aspen Series, Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Chicago IL/USA
1992 Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Chicago IL/USA
1991 Stephen Solovy Fine Art, Chicago IL/USA
1990 Center for International Contemporary Art, New York NY/USA
1987 Art Heritage Gallery, New Delhi/India
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Bear or Beaver, Carnegie Center for the Arts, Turlock CA/USA
2021 Sur/Reality (with Joyce Yamada and Nishiki Sugiwara-Beda) Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/USA
Mind the Gap, Jennifer Van and David Olivant, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe NM/USA
2020 Where’er His Silent Beams Intrude, Amos, Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/USA
Fragments, Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco CA/USA Winner of Juror’s Choice Award
2017 Stan State Art Faculty Exhibition 2017, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
2015 International Art Fair, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe/Germany (represented by Janzen Galerie, Wuppertal)
2012 CSU Stanislaus Art Department Faculty Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, Turlock CA/USA
2010 California State University Stanislaus Faculty Exchange Exhibition,
First Street Gallery, Humboldt State University, Eureka CA/USA
2009 International Art Fair, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe/Germany (represented by Janzen Galerie, Wuppertal)
2008 International Art Fair, Art Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe/Germany (represented by Janzen Galerie, Wuppertal)
2006 Eight Hours Difference, Lancaster University, Lancaster/UK
2002 Art Department Faculty: Valley View, University Art Gallery, CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
1997-99 Last Dreams of the Millennium, Art Museum, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI/USA
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler TX/USA
CSU Fullerton, CA/USA
CSU Stanislaus, Turlock CA/USA
1997 Two From Britain, California State Polytechnic, Pomona Art Gallery, CA/USA
1995 Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin TX/USA
1992-93 Haggerty Art Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI/USA
1990 French Institute, Stockholm/Sweden
Work in Public Collections
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin TX/USA
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL/USA
British Council, London/UK
Chazen Museum of Art (work on permanent display), University of Wisconsin, Madison WI/USA
Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI/USA
Robert V. Fullerton Museum, CSU San Bernardino, CA/USA
Bibliography (Reviews)
Alan Artner, “Two Sets of Drawings from Olivant, Both of them Strong and Ambitious,” Chicago Tribune, April 5 1991
Krishna Chaitanya, “Olivant’s Images of Chaos,” The Hindustan Times, February 2 1987
Cathy Curtis, “Valentine from England,” The Los Angeles Times, February 10 1998
Shanto Datta, “From Existence to Entropy,” The Pioneer, January 18 1996
Ken Johnson, “David Olivant at CICA,” Art in America, October 1990
Kay Larson, “True Brit,” New York Magazine, March 12 1990
P. Mago, “David’s Chaotic Sea of Marks,” The Patriot, February 7 1987
Nava Semel, “The Voyage from the Figure to Abstract,” Studio Art Magazine, May 1990
Leo Stutzin, “A Seeker’s Art at Stan State,” Modesto Bee, December 8 1996
Leo Stutzin, “British Artists Find Appreciation,” Modesto Bee, November 20 1997
Mark Van Proyen, “Olivant@CSU Stanislaus,” Square Cylinder, February 2015
Daniella Walsh, “Romantic Visions for Modern Times,” Orange County Register, March 1 1998
Curatorial Experience
1999-2000 “Last Dreams of the Millennium,” Group exhibition of contemporary
British art in the collection of the Stephen Solovy Foundation.
CSU Stanislaus; CSU Fullerton; Tyler Museum of Art, Texas;
Art Museum of Hawaii, Honolulu
Catalog Essays by David Olivant
“Ambadas” Published by CSU Stanislaus 1998
“Last Dreams of the Millennium” Published by Stephen Solovy Art Foundation 1999
“Ranbir Kaleka: Ironist of the Imagination.” Published by Bose Pacia Gallery, New York 2005
“Sophie Chardonnet” Published by Art Vietnam Gallery 2006
“Life Games” Published by CSU Stanislaus 2008
“Gordon Senior: Tools of Unknown Use and Other Works” Published by Humboldt State University 2008
“Martin Azevedo – If Destruction Be Our Lot” Published by CSU Stanislaus 2016
“Gordon Senior, Silent Harvest” Published by CSU Stanislaus 2017
“Susan Stephenson - Here, There and Everywhere” Published by CSU Stanislaus 2019
Catalog Essays about David Olivant
Mark Van Proyen, Retroglyphs Catalog, 2021
David Cohen, Cadenza Catalog, 2007
Publications
“David Olivant Sculptures” First Edition 2021,
Essays by David Olivant, Hope B. Werness, and Jennifer Van.
ISBN: 978-1-940753-53-9 (Softcover)
ISBN: 978-1-7351649-1-5 (Hardcover)
“David Olivant Heteroglyphs” First Edition 2020,
Essays by David Olivant, Phillip Byrne, and Jennifer Van.
ISBN: 978-1-7351649-0-8 (Hardcover)
Reviews of other Artists
“All Art Comes From Something: Mary Weatherford and May Stevens at SITE Santa Fe,” artcritical.com 2021
“Multiplying the Variations: David Olivant on Robin Hill,” artcritical.com 2006
“Standing On Earth: David Olivant on Gordon Senior,” artcritical.com 2006
“Eleanor Wood — Mixed Media on Paper: David Olivant on Eleanor Wood,” artcritical.com 2007
“David Olivant on Takashi Murakami at the Geffen,” artcritical.com 2008
“Joan Moment @ Limn and JayJay,” squarecylinder.com 2009
“Picking up the Pieces: David Olivant on Julie Heffernan,” artcritical.com 2010
“Anne Scheid: Body/Land,” art ltd 2016
“Scott Anderson: Supper Club,” art ltd 2016
Gallery Affiliations
2021-Present Member and Founding President of Strata Gallery, Santa Fe NM/USA
2020-Present Member of Amos Eno, Gallery, Brooklyn, NY/USA
2007-Present Janzen Gallery, Düsseldorf/Germany