Christopher Olszewski
Foundation studies professor
Education
- M.F.A., art studio, University of Kentucky
- B.F.A., art, Wayne State University
Credentials
- Professor, foundations studies, 2010–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
- Studio art faculty/assistant professor/foundations area coordinator, 2006–2010, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
- Adjunct faculty, 2003–2006, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn, MI
Awards, recognitions, and honors
- SCAD Faculty Sabbatical Award, 2018
- Valparaiso University Visiting Artist Award, 2018
- LoKo Artist Keynote speaker honorarium, 2017
- FAMU Visiting Artist Award, 2016
- Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Exhibition Honorarium, 2015
- Jentel Foundation Artist Residency Award, 2015
- Faculty Professional Development Stipend, 2014
- Penn College Exhibition Honorarium, 2013
- SCAD Presidential Fellowship for Faculty Development, 2012
- New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art Stipend, 2012
- Western Kentucky University Exhibition Honorarium, 2011
- University Scholar's Competitive Travel Grant, 2010
Organizations
- Past-President of Mid-America College Art Association (MACAA)
- College Art Association (CAA)
- Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC)
- Foundations in Art: Theory and Education (FATE)
- International Sculpture Center (ISC)
- ThinkTank 6-Intergrative Teaching International (ITI)
Publications and presentations
Exhibitions
- Riding the Storm Out–Automobile Skin Retrospective, UNC-Pembroke Museum, 2018
- Running With the Devil, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2015
- War Crimes Exhibition, Virginia State University, 2014
- No Place for the Weak, Penn College, PTC Gallery, Williamsport, Pa., 2013
- Crash and Collapse, Indigo Sky Community Arts Center, Savannah, Ga., 2012
- The Devil You Know, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., 2011
- In Context–Path to Progress Invitational, Mississippi Art Commission, Jackson, Miss., 2009
- Heading Out (two-person show), University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 2009
- Boundaries (two-person show), Robert R. Miller Art Gallery, Meridian, Miss., 2007
- Two-person show, Northern Arizona University Museum of Art, Flagstaff, Ariz., 2005