Olga Ziemska is a sculptor and public artist that lives & works in downtown Cleveland, Ohio in a studio by Lake Erie.
She is a recipient of many prestigious grants and awards including a Fulbright Fellowship in 2002 and a Creative Workforce Fellowship in 2009, which is generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. In 2007, Ziemska was selected as a Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. She has participated in several residencies nationally and abroad, including Centre of Polish Sculpture in Poland and I-Park in Connecticut. Her work is exhibited both nationally and internationally, with work reviewed in Sculpture magazine. Ziemska's other half of heart & home is found in her family's beloved city of Warsaw, Poland. Ziemska is currently working on a large-scale outdoor sculpture for Columbus State Community College, which is slated for unveiling in the fall of 2012.
She is a recipient of many prestigious grants and awards including a Fulbright Fellowship in 2002 and a Creative Workforce Fellowship in 2009, which is generously funded by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. In 2007, Ziemska was selected as a Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland. She has participated in several residencies nationally and abroad, including Centre of Polish Sculpture in Poland and I-Park in Connecticut. Her work is exhibited both nationally and internationally, with work reviewed in Sculpture magazine. Ziemska's other half of heart & home is found in her family's beloved city of Warsaw, Poland. Ziemska is currently working on a large-scale outdoor sculpture for Columbus State Community College, which is slated for unveiling in the fall of 2012.
b. 1976
Lives and works in Cleveland
Education
2004-2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Master Studies in Sculpture
1996-2000 Columbus College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts
1995-1996 Cleveland State University, studied Political Science, English, and Art
Public Art Commissions
2012 (upcoming) Indra, Percent for Art, Columbus Hall Library, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Heartwood Rabbit, Year of the Rabbit Public Art Project, St Clair Superior Development Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
2010 The light which can be heard..., Percent for Art, Roe Green Center, Kent State University
2009 Flock of Hands, Yellow Springs Art Council, Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce, Ohio
Grants & Awards
2009 Creative Workforce Fellowship, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series Award, MOCA, Cleveland, Ohio
2004-05 Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship, Providence, Rhode Island
2002 Fulbright Fellowship, U.S. Fellow to Poland
1997-98 Daimler-Chrysler Foundation Scholarship
1996-99 Columbus College of Art and Design Tuition Scholarship, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Cleveland State University Art Scholarship, Cleveland, Ohio
1995 Best of Show, The 9th People's Juried Art Show, Cleveland, Ohio
1994 Governor's Award of Excellence, Ohio Governor's Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Mirror Matter, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Ohio
2005 The tree told me so..., Church of St. Lawrence, Galerie Klenova/Klatovy, Czech Republic
2004 When earth and heaven were in easy communication with one another, Galeria Nowych Mediow, Poland
2003 Accumulate visions...Build bridges...Breathe..., Chapel Gallery, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Poland
2000 A thousand eyes, Canzani Center, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Black and White, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
Group Exhibitions
2010 Wood as Material, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture & Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
2009 Circulation, Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut
2005 Sculpture Graduate Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
2003 Crossing Borders, Reed Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
2003 Holiday Member Show, ROYGBIV, Columbus, Ohio
1996-2000 Annual Student Exhibition, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Future Tense, Acock Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1995 The 9th People's Juried Art Show, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Ohio
1994 The 16th Ohio Governor's Art Exhibit, Ohio State Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio
Residencies
2009 I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut
2005 Galerie Klenova/Klatovy, Czech Republic
2004 Galeria Nowych Mediow, Gorzow Wlkp, Poland
2003 Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
Artist Activities
2011 Welcome Back campus event, Artist community interaction, Columbus State Community College, Ohio
2010 Artist talk and body-tracing community event, Kent State University, Ohio
2009 Public hand-casting community event, Yellow Springs Arts Council, Ohio
2008 Juror for Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series, MOCA Cleveland, Ohio
2007 Curator's Brown Bag Lunch Series, Artist talk, MOCA Cleveland, Ohio