Kami
Olson
Resume
Education
2018 BFA in Painting and Ceramics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, KS
2017 Semester abroad at SACI in Studio Art, Florence, Italy,
Awards/Scholarships
2019 Honorable Mention; Professional, UMMC Healing Art Exhibit
2018 Best of Show in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2018 Best of Junior/Senior in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2018 Best of Painting in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2018 Best of Photography in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2017 Mingenback Award in Autumn Student Exhibition, BC
2017 Jules Maidoff Scholarship, SACI
2017 Best of Photography in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2017 Best of Painting in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2016 Best of Show in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2016 Best of Jewelry in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2015 Best of Drawing in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
2015 Best of Sculpture in Juried Messiah Exhibition, BC
Exhibitions
2019 UMMC Healing Arts Exhibit; National Arts Program
2019 Pendant showcased in charity auction in Hutchison, KS
2019 Duo Exhibition at Marysville’s Lee Dam Center for Fine Art “Perennial Bodies”
2018 Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery Holiday Gift Show
2018 Showed in Marquette Autumn Festival at the Art Space
2018 Featured Speaker at Art Center Lunch/Learn Panel for Departures Show
2018 Departures show at the Salina Art Center
2018 Featured Artist for Salina September Art Walk at Prairie Land Market
2018 Guest artist/ speaker at Land Institute Summer Soiree
2018 Solo Undergrad Thesis show; Plant me with the Lavender
2017 Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery Holiday Gift Show
2016 Solo Fundraiser Show held at Connected Fair Trade Store in Lindsborg
2016-2017 Guest Artist for multiple Maker’s Street Art walks in Lindsborg
2016 Guest Artist at Local Halloween Bash in Lindsborg
2015-2018 Showed in every Juried Messiah Student Exhibition
2015-2018 Showed in every Autumn Art Student Exhibition
Collaborative Projects
2019 Participant in the Land Institutes’ Exospheric Studies Creative Arts Conference
2018 Collaborative painting with painter Rich Thibedeau
2018 Filmed Performance Piece “Return” with Salina Filmmaker Isaiah Marcotte
2017 Poem “Plant me with the Lavender” with Colorado Poet Linzi Garcia
Print Media
2019 Photos published in Flint Hills Review, 24th Issue; Bluestem
2018 Cover Photo and in-book Illustration for Linzi Garcia’s Poetry book “Thank You”
Work
2018-2019 Jeweler/Silversmith at Small World Gallery in Lindsborg, KS
2018-2019 Jr. Undertaker at the Heartland Prairie Green Cemetery along side Sarah Crews
2018 Demos and Substitutions for Bethany College Art Department
2017-2019 Apprentice under Ernest Vincent Wood III
2016-2019 Intern at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery
2015-2019 Connected Fair Trade in Lindsborg, KS