bio


Originally from Boston, MA, Janet received her MFA and BFA in Painting from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She is the recipient of an MSAC Individual Grant, the Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship, and a Marcella Brenner Grant for Faculty Research. She was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. Her recent projects include an installation at 355 Pod Space, VisArts in Rockville, MD and a solo exhibition at Martha Spak Gallery in Washington, DC. She has created site-specific installations for the Facebook AIR program in Washington DC and the MICA Juried Faulty Exhibition. Her work is included in “Abstraction,” a four-person exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore and an upcoming two-person show at Montgomery College in Silver Spring, MD. She lives and works in Baltimore and teaches at MICA.

cv


Education

MFA,  Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
PBC,  Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BFA,  Cum Laude, Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD
New York Studio Undergraduate Residency Program, AICAD, NY, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2021   Night and Day, 355 Pod Space Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD (current)

2021   And Other Dreams, Martha Spak Gallery, Washington DC (current)

2020   Absence/Presence Revisited, digital exhibition, Exhibbit.com 

2019   Absence/Presence, ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2019   The Persistence of Shape, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
2017   If x, Then y, Gibbs Street Gallery, VisArts at Rockville, Rockville, MD
2017   Peripheral Logic, Hee Gallery, Holliston, MA
2016   Distant & Adjacent, Baltimore Office of Promotion, Baltimore, MD
2014   Puddle-wonderful, Ruth Marder Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2014   Eden, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Shelia and Richard Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023   The 3rd MSAC Juried Triennial Juried Exhibition, MAP, Baltimore, MD

2023   A Pair of Pairs, Kings Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD

2022   Abstraction, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2020   The BMA Salon, digital exhibition, featured gallery ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2020   ICA Baltimore Flat File Program Exhibition, ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2019   it can begin with clouds, Faculty Juried Exhibition, curated by John Ros,                                          Meyerhoff Gallery MICA, Baltimore, MD

2019   ICA Baltimore Flat File Program Exhibition, ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

2019   Timber, Strathmore, Bethesda, MD

2019   Maryland State Artist Registry Juried Exhibition, MAP, Baltimore, MD

2018   Off the Web, The Peale Museum, Baltimore, MD
2018   Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2018   Faculty Biennial, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2017   Baltimore/Washington International Airport Art Program, Baltimore, MD
2016   MAP 35th Anniversary Exhibition, MAP, Baltimore, MD
2016   Deal With It, Maake Magazine, Woskob Family Gallery State College, PA
2016   Faculty Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2016   Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016   Driven to Abstraction, Motor House, Baltimore, MD
2016   Marquee Ball, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2015   Spatial Conversations, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2014   Everyday Painting, Fantastic Worlds, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014   Chautauqua School of Art Annual Show, Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, NY
2014   6x6x2014, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2014   The Empathy Project, Curated by Paul Rucker, Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2013   LeRoy E. Hoffberger Fall Show 2013, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2013   Regional Juried Exhibition, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2013   On Loan, Area 405, Baltimore, MD
2012   Parametric Pleasures, Riggs Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012   Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA


Grants & Awards

2023   Adjunct Faculty Professional Development Fund, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2019   MSAC Individual Artist Award in Painting, Baltimore, MD

2018   Marcella Brenner Grants for Faculty Research, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2018   Bethesda Painting Award, Semi-finalist, Bethesda, MD
2016   Lucas Grant, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2016   International Emerging Artist Award, Semi-finalist, Dubai, UAE
2015   Bethesda Painting Award, Semi-finalist, Bethesda, MD
2014   Graduate Development Research Grant, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2014   Chautauqua Friends of the Arts Summer Program Grant, Chautauqua, NY

Fellowships & Residencies

2018   Facebook AIR program and installation, Washington D.C.
2018   Residency, ICA Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
2017   Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017   Digital Fabrication Residency, Easton, MD
2016   Digital Fabrication Residency, Easton, MD
2014   The Chautauqua School of Art, Summer Studio Program Chautauqua, NY
2014   Henry Walters Traveling Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan

2012   Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT


Professional Experience
2014-23  Part-time Faculty, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017-20  Affiliate Professor of Art, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
2016  Juror, Artist Selection Panel, Baltimore Office of Promotion, Baltimore, MD
2014  Program Coordinator, New York Summer Studio Program, MICA, Brooklyn, NY

Lectures & Visiting Critic

2023   Exhibition Talk, A Pair of Pairs, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD

2022   Visiting Critic, Course: Junior Independent GFA, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2022   Gallery Talk, Abstraction, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2019   Artist Presentation, Course: Surface and Screen, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2018   Visiting Critic, Junior Independent Painting, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2017   Artist Presentation, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2017   Visiting Critic, Introduction to GFA/Drawing, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2016   Systems Mash-up, Presentation, Synergy Lunch Series, MICA Office of Research
2014   Influences, Artist Talk. New York Summer Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY

Publications
2019   it can begin with clouds, Exhibition Catalogue, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2019   Visits, Inertia Studio. “STUDIO VISIT – JANET OLNEY.” INERTIA, Amy Boone-McCreesh,              June 2019, inertiastudiovisits.com
2018   Faculty Biennial. Edited by Kim Bannister. Loyola University Maryland, 2018. Exhibition                catalog.
2017  Jenkins, Mark. “Review | At the galleries: How humans threaten the natural world.” The                      Washington Post, WP Company, 22 Dec. 2017
           Mothes, Kate. "Janet Olney." Young Space. N.p., 13 May 2017. Web.
2015  Olney, Janet A. Studio Visit 2015: 145-46. Print.
          Mothes, Kate. "Janet Olney." Young Space. N.p., 26 Feb. 2015. Web.
          "Mike McConnell and Janet Olney: "Spatial Conversations" City Paper [Baltimore] 7 Jan.                      2015, Vol. 39 No.1 ed., This Could Be Your Week sec.: 6. Print.
2014  Olney, Janet. Interlocking. 2014. Painting. Hyperallergic LABS, New York. 22 Mar 2014.      
          Olney, Janet A. Eden II and Mish-Mash. 2014. Painting. MICA annual report 2014. MICA,                     Baltimore, MD, 2014: 29. Print.
2013  Ian MacLean Davis, "We Saw This, So Should You: MAP’s Juried Exhibition,"                                       Bmoreart.com. October 7, 2013.