Gilda OliverOliver Painting and Ceramics
Baltimore, MD
Born 1961, New York, NY
1997 M.F.A. Cranbrook Art Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1994 B.F.A. NY State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, NY
Selected Exhibitions:
2000-02 SOFA/NY, Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / 2002 Spirit Stones 2, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI / 2001 Spirit Stones 1, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL / 1999 Peace Warriors & Swords, Ploughshare Gallery, Detroit MI / 1998 Penelope’s Dream, Pebawic Pottery, Detroit, MI / Dream Fossils, University of Liggit, Grosse Ponte, MI / 1995 Illuminations, University of Pittsburgh, Hanley Gallery, Bradford, PA
Selected Collections:
Wells College, Aurora, NY / Timothy Mast, Bloomfield Hills, MI / David McKain & Margaret Gibson, Providence, RI / Victoria & Richard Mackenzie-Childs Ltd., Aurora, NY / Richard Rollins, Bloomfield Hills, MI / Robert & Jane Saltonstall Jr., Concord, MA / Ray Zimmermam, Bloomfield Hills, MI / Lillian Hellmam, Ny, NY / Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY / Comissions: Portrait Sculpture, David McKain; nominated for 1992 Pullitzer Prize Award / Portrait Sculpture, Margerate Gibson; nominated for 1993 Pullitzer Prize Award / Portrait Sculpture, B.S. Skinner; Cambridge Center for Behavorial Studies, Cambridge, MA / Portrait Sculpture, George Orwell, American Privacy Foundation, Wellesly, MA
Selected Publications:
Ceramic Review, “Divine Light,” Paul Spence, June 2001, p.32 / “She Spreads Peace with her Pieces,” Detroit Free Press, Keri Cohen, p.3 / “Large Seashells Magnify Nature’s Glory,” Detroit Free Press, Keri Cohen, Sept. 1998 / Ceramics Monthly, “Poetic Portraits,” Gilda Oliver, May 1997, p. 53 / Ceramics Monthly, “Simple Mold and Reduced Lusters, Gilda Oliver,” Sept. 1995, p.71 / Sculpture Penelope’s Dream, bookcover, Marying the Sea, Janice K. Keiffer 1998
(Source: LoveedFineArts.com)
