Lily Koto Olive
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) – Concentration in Painting , New York Academy of Art, New York, N.Y.
Professional development courses in Illustration, Painting, and Design, School of Visual Arts, New York, N.Y.
Bachelor of Art and Design (B.A.D.) – Concentration in Painting, NC State University, College of Design, Raleigh, N.C.
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2014 PILOTENKUECHE Fall Artist Residency – Leipzig, Germany
2014 Altos de Chavon Teaching Residency – La Romana, Dominican Republic
2014 Edelman PR-Your Storied Future Prize Recipient – New York, NY
2014 Queens Art Intervention Grant recipient for public art project – Queens, NY
2013 PILOTENKUECHE Summer Artist Residency – Leipzig, Germany
2012-2011 LCU Foundation Scholarship
1997 Governor’s School of North Carolina – Summer Residency
1996 Congressional Art Competition – Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Fairy Fountain, Co-Re, Haus B Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany
HOME?, Eno Arts Mill Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
4 People In Space – A 4-woman group show, Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
2021
Friends and Members Show – Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
2020
Wittgenstein: 1918 – 2018 – Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Wittgenstein: 1918 – 2018 – Kulturni centar Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia
2019
PKTV Pure Lounge: Designers Open 2019 – Kongresshalle Zoo, Leipzig, Germany
Wittgenstein: 1918 – 2018 – Rafael Mihaylov Exhibition Halls, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
Wittgenstein: 1918 – 2018 – Calpe Galeria, Timisoara, Romania
DAC 2019 Members Showcase – SunTrust Gallery, Durham, NC
2018
Wittgenstein: 1918 – 2018 – Wittgenstein Haus, Vienna, Austria
2017
Small Is Beautiful – Flowers Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Nasty Women UK – Stour Space, London, United Kingdom
2016
Video Light – Jecza Gallery, Timișoara, Romania
:START – The Protagonists, Hastings, United Kingdom
Converge – Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Boundary-less – Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
Horror at Baby Grand NYC – Baby Grand, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition – Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Tribeca Ball: Once Upon A Time – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
TGIM – a two person show with Adam Lamothe and Lily Koto Olive – Barramundi Bar, New York, NY
International ArtExpo show Contemporary Venice-Hybrid Identities – Palazzo Flangini, Venezia, Italy
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Auction – Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
Winter Rundgang – Pilotenkueche Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
2014
We Are Coming To Freak You Out – Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej MD_S, Wroclaw, Poland
Alchemy & Metaphysics – Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Superficies Prova 4 – Bolit Centre d’Art Contemporani Girona, Girona, Spain
Superficies – Uncle Irving’s Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
TriBeCa Ball – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Brucennial – Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
2014 ART Party of the Year Gala – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2014 Mini-Masterpieces Auction – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2014 American Epic/Meat Manual Collaboration with Jonathan Beer – Miami Dade College Museum of Art & Design, Miami, FL
Serendipitous Synergy: Kamakura/NYC Collaboration – Kamakura Performing Arts Center, Kanagawa, Japan
Paperazzi 3 – Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
One Billion Rising – Polk State College, Winter Haven, FL
2013
Chapter 237 Exhibition – Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
Mythology – Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
Cosmic Night Club – ZSenne, Brussels, Belgium
Take Home A Nude – Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Pink Shoe Day Exhibition – Halle 20, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Schonenschnitzelnoize/Rundgang – Pilotenkueche Halle 14, Spinnerei, Leipzig, Germany
Subcutaneous (two-person exhibition) – The Museum Lytke, Leipzig, Germany
2013 Spring Gala/Auction – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Not For Sale – The Lounge Underground, Brooklyn, NY
501-9 – Studio 501, New York, NY
Mythical Beasts – One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
Tribeca Ball – New York Academy Of Art, New York, NY
Single Fare 3 – RH Gallery, New York, NY
The Mini Show – New York Academy Of Art, New York, NY
Paperazzi – Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Frack Off! – RH Gallery, New York, NY
Things That Go Bump In The Night – Kraine Gallery, New York, NY
Peril – Armageddon Tattoo, Brooklyn, NY
Art Student Exhibition – ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
Summer Small Works Show – Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
TriBeCa Ball – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Silent Noise 5 – Gallery Bar, New York, NY
Something About Her – The Cupping Room, New York, NY
Works On Paper – New York Academy of Art
2011
Deck The Walls – Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NYAA, New York NY
Self Portrait As Monster Truck: The Reckoning – Kleio Projects, New York, NY
Silent Noise 4 – Gallery Bar, New York, NY
Claustrophilia – HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
Childhood Ephemera – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
The Sketchbook Show – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Single Fare 2: Please Swipe Again – Sloan Fine Art, New York, NY
Eros and Obsession – New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Silent Noise – Gallery Bar, New York, NY
2010
Deck The Walls – Wilkinson Hall Gallery, NYAA, New York NY
PaperGirl – Travelling exhibition presented in 3 galleries: Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Armory, New York, NY – Marketplace Gallery, Albany, NY
Art Student Exhibition – ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY
Pop-Up Art Sale – Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
St. Phillips Church Benefit Show – Durham, NC
2009
St. Phillips Church Benefit – Durham, NC
2006
Inaugural Exhibit – Williamsburg White Room, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Emerson Waldorf Benefit Show – Carrboro Century Center, Carrboro, NC
2000
Hue of the Human’s Wavering Perception – Joint Exhibit with Jason Loebs, Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough, NC
1997
Pop-Art – Governors School, Laurinburg, NC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015
“Interview: Lily Koto Olive” – Luca Curci, It’s Liquid, Venice, Italy
http://www.itsliquid.com/interview-lily-koto-olive.html
2014
“A Gallery Is Revived” – Dan Bischoff, The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
“Art Cluster” – artist profile by Jofre Oliveras, art-cluster.com, Girona, Spain
“Poets and Artists” – Artist profile in publication by Daniel Maidman, New York, NY
“Marked by Ashes: The Return of Index Art Center” – Lauren DiPalma, Lamplighter Magazine, Newark, NJ
2013
“Artist profile” – Aviso Art blog, New York, NY
“THAN review” – Malafronte, Fine Art Today, New York, NY
2012
“MFA Open Studios Interview” – Sarah Sasser, Bound NYC, New York, NY
2011
“Claustrophilia Review” – Anatole Ashraf, NY Arts Magazine, New York, NY
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/?p=8448
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES
2013
Acura Guest Artist for 2013 MDX commercial animation
2012
Contributing writer, The Brooklyn Rail (ongoing)
Co-founder and contributing writer, Art-Rated (ongoing)
2010
Gallery Assistant – Creative Thriftshop, Brooklyn, NY
Personal assistant – Brooke Neidich, Chair of Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
2008
Gallery Assistant – Displacement Exhibit, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Gallery Assistant – Pratt MFA Show, Brooklyn, NY
2007-2006
Creative Director – Williamsburg White Room, Brooklyn, NY
2004-2003
Ant Farm Studio Member, Raleigh, NC
2002
Art Teacher – SeeSaw Studio, Durham, NC
1998
Design Internship – Zweifel & Chislett Productions, Basel, Switzerland
COLLECTIONS
Numerous Private Collections