SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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1956 

• Butler Art Institute, Youngstown University, Ohio

• A National Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Fair Art Building, Pomona, California

• Art Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (one-person show, prints) 

 

1957 

• National Drawing Show, Bodley Gallery, New York, New York

• DeCordova and Dana Museum, Boston, Massachusetts (one-person show, prints) 

• Lawrence Museum, Williams College, Massachusetts (one-person show, prints)

• Society of Washington Printmakers, Washington, D.C.  (shows 21 and 23)

 

1958 

• The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (shows 152 and 154)

 

1959 

• The Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Hartford, Connecticut.

• The Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, Connecticut

• The Pittsfield Art Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts 

 

1963 

• Troisième biennale de jeunes artistes, Musée d'art Moderne, Paris, France

• Galería Van Riel, Buenos Aires, Argentina (one-person show)

 

1964 

• Biennial Print Show, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

• Print Show, Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, Connecticut

• Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

• Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa 

 

1965 

• Ultimate Concerns, National Print Drawing Shows no. 7 and 8, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

• Memorial Union Gallery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (one-person show)

• Westminster Foundation, Iowa City, Iowa (two-person show) 

• Iowa State Fair Art Show, Des Moines, Iowa

• Waterloo Municipal Gallery, Waterloo, Iowa

 

1966 

• Oklahoma Art Center, National Print Show, Oklahoma City

• Dulin National Print Show, Dulin Gallery of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee

• 20th Print Exhibition, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

• Philadelphia Print Club (Philadelphia Print Center), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

1967 

• Potsdam National Show, State University at Potsdam, New York

• Kovler Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

• Associated American Artists, New York City, New York

• IX Salon International de Juvigny, Paris Sud, France

• Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition (traveling show, 16 museums) 

 

1968 

• Cité Internationale des Arts, Rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France

• American Center for Students and Artists, Paris, France (six-person show, represented with 12 oil paintings) 

 

1969 

• Cinq Cent Gravures Contemporaines, Bibliothèque Nationale, Galerie Mansart, Paris, France

 

1970 

• Hoogeveen Art Center, Hoogeveen, Holland (two-person show)

 

1975 

• University of Wisconsin in Madison, Madison, Wisconsin (one-person show)

• Harwood Union Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (one-person show) 

 

1976 

• Madison Art Center, Brittingham Gallery (Madison Museum of Contemporary Art), Madison, Wisconsin (one-person show)

• Rahr West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (three-person show, represented with 20 oils)

• Watercolor Society, Plymouth Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

1977 

• Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point (works from 1976-1977)

• Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin 

• Wisconsin Watercolor Society, Plymouth Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• Oshkosh Public Museum, Oshkosh, Wisconsin (one-person show)

 

1978 

• Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh  (invitational)

• First Wisconsin Center Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center,  (one-person show) 

• West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts,  (three-person show) 

• Wustum Museum of Fine Arils, Racine, Wisconsin

• Grossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

• Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

• Watercolor Society, Plymouth Arts Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

1979 

• John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (four-county show) 

• Second Annual Seven State Competition, Harry Nohr Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

• Charles Allis Art Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 

• Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin

• Wisconsin ‘79,  Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point 

• Hopkins Savings and Loan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (group show) 

• 38th Northeastern Wisconsin Annual, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Edna Carlsten Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin 

 

1980 

• Bergstrom Art Center and Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin  (one-person show)

• Charles Allis Art Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (group annual) 

• Neville Art Museum, Green Bay (four-person show) 

• John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (four-county, top award winner show)

• University of Wisconsin in Green Bay, Creative Communications Galleries (group juried show)

 

1981 

• Coe College Art Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (three-person show)

• Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri (one-person show, paintings) 

• Watercolor Wisconsin ‘81, Wustum Museum, Racine, Wisconsin

• Edna Carlstein Gullery, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point 

• 40th Northeastern Wisconsin, Neville Museum, Green Bay 

• Hobart and Smith College, Geneva, New York (one-person show) 

• American Embassy, Oslo, group painting exhibition organized by St. Olaf College, Minnesota (1980-81)

• Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (one-person show) 

 

1982 

• Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, Texas (one-person show)

• Paper in Particular, III National Show, Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri 

• Appleton Gallery of the Arts, Appleton, Wisconsin (16 handmade paper pieces) 

• Genesis Project, Ossabaw Island, Georgia (one-person show, 22 paintings) 

 

1983

• Loyola University Art Gallery, Water Tower Campus, Chicago (one-person show, 18 handmade paper pieces) 

• Handmade Paper, Rodman Center for the Arls, Ripon College (one-person show)

• Assemblage: Wisconsin Paper, The Bergstrom-Muller Museum, Neenah, Wisconsin

• Watercolor Wisconsin, Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, 1983 

 

1984 

• Watercolor Wisconsin, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

• Paper Interpretations, National Juried Show, Rahr West Art Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin 

• Six Counties Artists Triennial, Juried show, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

• Olimpia Ogilvie, Sabbatical Exhibition, Ripon College Art Gallery (one-person show) 

• Making Paper, Wisconsin Invitational, Communication Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside 

• Wisconsin Museum Directors Choice, State of Wisconsin Congressional office, Washington D.C. (three-person show)

 

1985 

• Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, March - September (handmade paper)

• Fifth Annual Home Mutual, Appleton Gallery of the Arts, Appleton, Wisconsin

• Olimpia Ogilvie, Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College (one-person show) 

• Paper Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, Fox Cities, Menasha, Wisconsin 

 

1986 

• Watercolor Wisconsin 86-87, Western Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin, 

• November 1986 - June 1987 (traveling juried show)

• Olimpia Ogilvie, Rodman Art Center, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin (one-person show)

• Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin Art Gallery, traveling juried show, September 1986 - March 1987

• Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. (invitational group exhibition, with three large oil  paintings by the artist featuring the gardens of the Paine Museum, created specifically for this show)

 

1987 

• John Michael Kohler Center of Contemporary Art, Summer 1987, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

 

1990

•  Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Letters, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1990

 

1991 

• In the Costarican Rainforest, Chicago Botanical Garden, Chicago, Illinois. March 1 - April 14, 1991 (one-person show)

 

2013 

• Rodman Center for the Arts, Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin, June 2013 (memorial retrospective)

 2019  

• Ser Olimpia: la inmensa miniatura del gran fragmento, Museo Municipal de Arte “Dr. Urbano Poggi”, Rafaela, Argentina, January 5 - March 15 2019 (solo show, retrospective)

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