Lives in Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles, MFA
California College of Arts and Craft, BFA
Utopias: Robert Olsen and Adam Ross, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Empty Cities (catalogue), Plane Space, New York, NY
Robert Olsen, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto Canada
Los Angeles, Monte Clark Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Caution, Plane Space, New York
Night Light, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Elements, Particular, G Fine Art, Washington D.C.
Stand, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
re:moving, Plane Space, New York
C6H6, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Tied Up...(Down in the Basement), Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
Interurban Intraurban, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Paintings, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Weekend Warrior, Nathan Larramendy, Ojai, CA, curated by Beautiful/Decay
Scene\Seen: Recent Acquisitions from the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Permanent Collection, 1979-2006, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York
CCA at 100: Alumni Looking Forward, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA, curated by Mary Snowdon
Small Wonders, Chesapeake Gallery, Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD, curated by Heidi Neff
Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
New Trajectories I: Relocations: Recent painting, drawing and multi-media work from the Ovitz Family Collection, Los Angeles, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland OR, curated by Andrea Feldman Falcione and Stephanie Snyder
PETS, FundacionIAC, Monterrey, Mexico
Paintings, Plane Space, New York
Reciprocal Influences, Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto, Canada
About Painting, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, curated by Ian Berry
New, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles
Place, Harris Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Max Ernst Came For Breakfast, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
What Painting Can Do, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles
Project space with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, ArtForum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - New Art From LA, Marcello Marvelli Gallery, New York
Painting and Illustration, Luckman Fine Art Complex, Cal State Los Angeles, Los Angeles, curated by Julie Joyce and Adam Ross, with Mari Eastman, David Korty, Kurt Kauper and others
Cal's Art, Sampling California Painting, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
H2O, works on paper, Los Angeles
David Coggins, "Robert Olsen at Plane Space", Art in America, April, p. 161
Buckley, Annie, Critic's Pick: Robert Olsen/Adam Ross, Artforum.com, January
Brooks, Amra, Must See Art, LA Weekly, Jan. 4-10, p. 54
Pagel, David, "Union of Realistic, Abstract Inspires", Los Angeles Times, Dec. 21, p. E34
Knight, Christopher, "They Help Make the L.A. Scene", Los Angeles Times, Dec. 2, p. F10-11
Knight, Christopher, "45 Painters Under 45", Los Angeles Times, Dec. 2, p. F1, 11
Gallivan, Joseph, "Money Makes the Art Go Around", Portland Tribune, Jan. 24, p. 1-2
Row, D.K., "Ovitz collection takes on an adventurous dimension", the Oregonian, Feb. 19
Motley, John, "New Trajectories I: Relocations", Portland Mercury, Feb. 2-8
Schmerler, Sarah, "Robert Olsen Plane Space", TimeOut, 527, Nov. 3-9, p. 75
Kruglyashova, Anastasia, "Robert Olsen Paints Night at Plane Space Gallery", ARTINFO, Oct. 17
Jeunes Galeries/Young Galleries supplement, ART PRESS, 316 October, reproduction p. 26
Knight, Christopher, "Painting against an established grain", Los Angeles Times, July 22
Capps, Kriston, "Robert Olsen at G Fine Art", Grammar.police.net, Feb 24
Jacobson, Louis, "Robert Olsen & Jitka Hanzlova", Washington City Paper, Feb. 4
Sholis, Brian, Critics' Picks, artforum.com, February
Green, Tyler, January 25 2005, Modern Art Notes
Self Portrait, Tema Celeste, July/August, # 104, p. 68-9
Faultline, UC Irvine, Volume 13, Spring/Summer, 7 color reproductions
Green, Tyler, "D.C. Diary", Artnet, March
Schwendener, Martha, Gallery Reviews, The New Yorker, February 2, p. 16
Johnson, Ken, Art Guide, New York Times, January 30, p. B36
Green, Tyler, "1.20.2004", Modern Art Notes
Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", Artnet, January
Knight, Christopher, "Illuminated in gas station's fluorescent glow", Los Angeles Times, October 3
Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", Artnet, September
Green, Tyler, "9.18.2003", Modern Art Notes
artkrush, the artmagazine online, September
Worman, Alex, "L.A. Confidential", Artnet, February
Verini, James, "The Night Painter", Los Angeles Times, December 12, Calendar section, p. 16-19
Harper's Magazine, October, reproduction, p. 22
Wood, Eve, "Versions of Heaven", Artnet, February 26
Scarborough, James, NY Arts Magazine, February
Hilger, Stephen, "Junge Kunst", Artnet, May 24
Iannaccone, Carmine, "Robert Olsen/Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects", Art/Text, No. 72
Dunlop, Jennifer, "Robert Olsen at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects", Art Issues, January/February
Harvey, Doug, LA Weekly, November 10-16
Pagel, David, "Promising...", Los Angeles Times, October 2
