EDUCATION
UCLA Graduate School of Architecture, 1989
Master of Architecture
Graduation with Honors
UCLA College of Fine Arts, 1986
BA, Fine Arts Design
Summa Cum Laude
WORK
Decades of work as a Motion Picture Art Director and Architect
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
SLOMA, Eye Matters, 2016, paintings and photographs
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
SLOMA, Phantom 17, 2019
Southeast Center for Photography, Natural Nude, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 16, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 15, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 13, 2018
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, Brushstrokes, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 12, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 11, 2018, Juror
SLOMA, Phantom 9, 2018
SLOMA, Phantom 7, 2017
SLOMA, Phantom 5, 2017
SLOMA, Phantom 4, 2017
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, Social Justice, 2017
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, Pushing Boundaries, Exploring Abstraction, 2017
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, On and Off the Wall, 2017
SLOMA, Brushstrokes, 2017
SLOMA, New Visions, 2017
SLOMA, Up Close & Personal, 2016
CITY OF Los Angeles, Deep Roots, 2014
SLOMA, Highlights and Shadows, 2013
SLOMA, Photomorphosis II, 2012
MOTION PICTURE ART DIRECTORS GALLERY 800, 13 Shows, 2009-2019
PUBLICATIONS
KCET ARTBOUND, Erik Olson: Playing with Light, February 8, 2016
SANTA MARIA TIMES, ADOBE, Erik Olson Exhibit at Art Museum, January 8, 2016 JOURNAL PLUS, SLO Museum, Presents Erik Olson, January, 2016
NEW TIMES, Erik Olson, The Space Between, January21, 2016
THE TRIBUNE, San Luis Obispo, Erik Olson Reflects on Light, 2016
ARTILLERY, Photographs of artist, Marnie Weber, July and August, 2010
LA WEEKLY, Photographs of artist, Lori Tilkin, 1998
AWARDS
BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2018, Honor of Distinction, 2 Honorable Mentions and 3 Nominations
SLOUMC, Beacon Art Show, Second Place, 2018
ART CENTER MORRO BAY, Pushing Boundaries , Second Place, 2017
BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2017, 2 Honorable Mentions and ! Nomination
BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2016, Honorable Mention and 7 Nominations
BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARDS 2015, Honorable Mention and 3 Nominations
