Wow! Erik Olson is coming to the NAH, Jan 7, the first friday of 2011! Mr. Olson's works are oil portraits of homes and structures in various stages of repair. Some large, some quite small, the paintings reflect our culture and society and how the structures we erect accommodate our desires but rarely account for consequences. Viewed in the abstract, the buildings become both the outward manifestations and the victims of our desires.
Erik Olson received his B.A. from Art Center College of Design in 1987 and free-lanced in
illustration until 2001. He received his M.F.A. in Painting from Wayne State University in
Detroit in 2010. He has exhibited his paintings in various group shows, including the
Williamson Gallery in Pasadena and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit. Mr. Olson
is currently a full-time associate professor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
