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Patricia Olynyk
Born
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
EducationMFA, California College of the Arts; Diploma of Visual Art, Alberta University of the Arts, Kyoto Seika University
Known forOne of the first artists in the US appointed to a university science unit.
Websitewww.patriciaolynyk.com
Dark Skies, detail, a multi-channel projection on large-scale CNC routed tiles with soundscape

Patricia Olynyk is a Canadian-born American multimedia artist, scholar and educator whose work explores art, science, and technology-related themes. Known for collaborating across disciplines and projects that explore the mind-brain relationship, interspecies communication and the phenomenology of perception, her work examines "the way that experiences and biases toward scientific subjects affect interpretations in specific contexts."[1]

Education[edit]

Olynyk received an MFA with Distinction from the California College of the Arts. She was a Monbusho Scholar and Tokyu Foundation Research Scholar at Kyoto Seika University.

Career[edit]

Olynyk's multi-sensory installations explore the "concept of "umwelt," as described in the semiotic theories of Jakob von Uexküll and interpreted by Thomas A. Sebeok (1976)... the world as it is experienced by a particular organism. As such, umwelt evokes more than environment; it emphasizes an organism's ability to sense — a condition for the existence of shared signs."[2] Her collaborations on third culture projects uncover the deeper meaning behind the history and evolution of science and technology; how people, culture and institutions shape the understanding of science, history and the natural world.[3][4][5]

Her cross-disciplinary work often includes microscopy and biomedical imaging,[6][7] and is described as "something uncanny... where one's consciousness can neither respond in a unified way to the bodily sensations or float free in imaginary space; it is caught in the in-between."[8] Influenced by the early work of the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, and the art and visual perception theories of Rudolf Arnheim, Olynyk was one of the first artists in the US appointed to a university science unit,[9] is listed as one of the 66 Brilliant Women in Creative Technology,[10] and has programmed art, science and technology curriculum, symposiums and fellowships at research institutions.[11]

Solo exhibitions include Sensing Terrains at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. in 2006, and at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York in 2007;[12][13] Dark Skies at the Art I Sci Center Gallery at UCLA in 2012,[14][15] Transfigurations at Galeria Grafica Tokio, Japan in 2003,[16] and The Mutable Archive, at Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri in 2020.[17]

Olynyk was part of a three-person exhibition, Umwelt, which took "the concept of collaboration to new heights and complications,"[18][1] at the Zooid Institute Collective, BioBAT Art Space, at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in 2019.[19] Group shows in New York also include, with Ellen Levy, Skeptical Inquirers at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery in 2016;[20][21][22][23] Sleuthing the Mind at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery in 2014,[24] and, Ephemeral: Unraveling History at the Ruth S. Harley Gallery in 2015.[25]

Her work has been featured at Palazzo Michiel dalle Colonne for Venice Design 2018,[26] the Los Angeles International Biennial, The Brooklyn Museum,[27] the Saitama Modern Art Museum in Japan, Museo del Corso in Rome, and The Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada. She is represented by the Bruno David Gallery.[28]

Olynyk was the US curator and a speaker at the CYFEST-12: ID, CYLAND International Media Art Festival, at the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design in Russia in 2019.[29][30]

After 13 years as Director, and Florence and Frank Bush Professor of Art, at the Graduate School of Art, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis, Olynyk transitioned to the full time faculty in 2020.[31][32] She was an associate professor at the University of Michigan's School of Art & Design, and director of the Penny W. Stamps Distinguished Visitors Program and the Roman J. Witt Visiting Faculty Program, supporting cross-disciplinary discourse and research. In 2005, she became the first non-scientist appointed to the University’s Life Sciences Institute.[33]

Former Chair of the Leonardo Education and Art Forum, a branch of Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology,[34] Olynyk co-directs the Leonardo/ISAST New York LASER program with Ellen K. Levy, promoting cross-disciplinary exchange between artists, scientists, and scholars.[35]

Awards and fellowships[edit]

Awards include a Helmut S. Stern Fellowship at the Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan, and a Francis C. Wood Fellowship at the College of Physicians and Mütter Museum in Philadelphia. Olynyk's residencies include UCLA’s Design Media Arts Department,[36] Banff Center for the Arts in Canada, Montalvo Arts Center in California, the University of Applied Arts Vienna,[37] and at Europe’s oldest asylum, the Narrenturm, also in Vienna.[38]

Selected bibliography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Star Rogers, Hannah. "The Umwelts of Art and Science" (PDF). biobatartspace.com. BioBAT Art Space. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Gavish, Michal (April 2020). "ON VIEW "Umwelt" at BioBAT Art Space (Brooklyn, NYC)". SciArt Magazine. SciArt Initiative. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Beete, Paulette (June 26, 2014). "Science As Art: Soundscapes, Light Boxes and Microscopes". Live Science, National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  4. ^ Aubry, Lisa (May 23, 2019). "Art to Heart: Digital media artists' synesthetic storytelling enlivens and humanizes history". Daily Bruin, UCLA. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Cooperman, Jeannette (April 21, 2020). "The Contagion of Everyday Life". The Common Reader. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Beete, Paulette (August 5, 2014). "Biomedicine, Microscopy and the Art of Patricia Olynyk". Live Science. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  7. ^ Stowe, Gene (August 20, 2009). "Artist's Work at the Intersection of Art and Life Sciences". Iniversity of Notre Dame, College of Science. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  8. ^ Tromble, Meredith (30 January 2013). "January 30, 2013 Dark Skies and Slow Thinking". meredithtromble.net. Art & Shadows, Creative Capital, Warhol Foundation. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  9. ^ Terranova, Charissa N.; Tromble, Meredith (August 12, 2016). The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art and Architecture (1st ed.). Abingdon-on-Thames, England: Routledge. p. xxiv. ISBN 9781138919341. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  10. ^ "66 Brilliant Women in Creative Technology". Creative Tech Week. PRLog. April 30, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  11. ^ Carey, Brainard (17 March 2016). "Patricia J. Olynyk". Praxis Interview Magazine. Yale University Radio. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  12. ^ Goldsworthy, Rupert (27 November 2008). "Patricia Olynyk: Sensing Terrains". National Endowment for the Arts, Bruno David Gallery. Retrieved June 11, 2019 – via Issuu.
  13. ^ Tierney, Robin (February 11, 2006). "When Art, Science Meet Enjoy the Chemistry" (PDF). Washington Examiner. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  14. ^ Beete, Paulette (July 1, 2014). "Art (and Science) Talk with Patricia Olynyk". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  15. ^ Rentz, Casey (February 24, 2012). "Taste Buds That Resemble a Moonscape". New Science. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  16. ^ Kurosaki, Akira. "The Work of Patricia Olynyk: Facing Irrationality" (PDF). patriciaolynyk.com. Kyoto Seika University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  17. ^ "Bruno David Gallery The Mutable Archive". Artforum. February 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  18. ^ Star Rogers, Hannah (January 2020). "UMWELT at BioBat Art Space". Interalia Magazine. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  19. ^ "Currently on view, Umwelt". biobatartspace.com. BioBAT Art Space. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  20. ^ Corwin, William (April 6, 2016). "Truth in the Visual Arts Skepticism in the Work of Ellen K. Levy and Patricia Olynyk". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  21. ^ G'Sell, Eileen. "Sumptuous Skeptics: Ellen K. Levy and Patricia Olynyk Stage Creative Inquisition". artefuse.com. Arte Fuse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  22. ^ Dobler, Russ (July 1, 2016). "Two Artists Combine Art, Science, and Skepticism". No. Volume 40.4, July/August 2016. Skeptical Inquirer, Center for Inquiry. Retrieved January 16, 2019. {{cite news}}: |issue= has extra text (help)
  23. ^ Pigliucci, Massimo (August 2016). "Artistic Provocations from Skeptical Inquirers: An Exhibit". Skeptical Inquirer. 40 (4). Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  24. ^ "Sleuthing the Mind". artslant.com. ArtSlant. Archived from the original on July 3, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  25. ^ Chapman, Jordan (May 10, 2015). "Learning Through Art: Unraveling History". Adelphi University College of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  26. ^ "Venice Design 2018". venice-design.com. European Cultural Center, GAA Foundation. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  27. ^ "National Print Exhibition, 26th: Digital: Printmaking Now". brooklynmuseum.org. Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  28. ^ "Patricia Olynyk". brunodavidgallery.com. Bruno David Gallery. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  29. ^ "The International Media Art Festival CYFEST-12. ID Festival Program". cyberfest12.cyland.org. CYFEST. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  30. ^ "Contemporary Art in Academic Environment: Mechanisms, Strategies and Perspectives of Integration". cyberfest12.cyland.org. CYFEST. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  31. ^ "Patricia Olynyk". Creative Tech Week. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  32. ^ "Olynyk Transitioning from Administrative Post to Full-Time Faculty". Sam Fox School. May 27, 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  33. ^ O’Connor, Candace (Spring 2010). "Artist Evokes Mysteries of Nature". Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  34. ^ "Leonardo Network News". Leonardo. 43 (1): 101. February 2010. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  35. ^ "LASER Talks in New York City". leonardo.info. Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST), MIT Press. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  36. ^ "Patricia Olynyk". artsci.ucla.edu. UCLA Art Sci Center. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  37. ^ Carey, Brainard (March 16, 2016). "Patricia J. Olynyk". Praxis Interview Magazine. Yale Radio WYBC. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  38. ^ "The Mutable Archive". Wall Street International Magazine. February 15, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
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