Karin Olah is a contemporary artist in Charleston, South Carolina. She combines hand-dyed fabric and paint to create her signature multi-layered paintings. Olah is known in the American South for her fabric collages which mimic elements of the natural world. Her imagery is informed by quilt-making as well as the light patterns and colors of coastal landscapes.
About
Olah was born in
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...
and is from
Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania.
She attended the
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), receiving a B.F.A. in fiber art in 1999.
Following art school, Olah worked for several years in
Manhattan managing a textile studio with couture fashion designer clients such as
Donna Karan,
Marc Jacobs
Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
, and
Ralph Lauren
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. Olah's work is found in private and corporate collections including the
Medical University of South Carolina’s Contemporary Carolina Collection, the City of Charleston's Office of Cultural Affairs; and the Shoestring Publishing Company.
[Art Business News]
Emerging Artists
July 18, 2008.
References
External links
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*David Pelfrey, Black & White
October 30, 2008.
* Catherine Hagood
Artist starts a new 'Thread' Olah's art enjoying acclaim Charleston Post & Courier, 06/08/06.
* Nick Smith
Amish Incantations: Karin Olah aims for geometric elegance Charleston City Paper, October 31, 2007.
* An interview with the artist a
* Article featuring Karin Olah and other emerging artists i
Charleston Magazine* Represented b
Hillary Whitaker GalleryGregg Irby Gallery
an
Liz Lidgett Gallery
* Video: Karin Ola
discusses her approach to visual art at KK4
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21st-century American artists
Living people
American people of Hungarian descent
1977 births
Maryland Institute College of Art alumni
People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Artists from Charleston, South Carolina