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Artist Statement
From shapeless matter are coming out shapes
Tender shadows – from blinding light
Color, affectionately, envelopes every form
Observation is in the eyes of the beholder –
Called forth from that very matter
Olga Shmuylovich
Midway Artist Studios, 15 Channel Center Street, # 412, Boston, MA 02210 617.737.5190
4olganik@gmail.com
Olga Shmuylovich
Was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, into the family of Beylya Berezina and Yakov Shmuylovich. Started studying art at the age of 8, in the studio of the prominent pedagogue Solomon Levin. Graduated from St. Petersburg State Steiglitz Academy of Art and Design, with BA and MA Degrees.
Since 1992 lives in the USA.
Exhibited from early childhood: in India, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine, the USA, Germany. Participated in the ‘’unsanctioned’’ (‘’underground’’) art movement in Russia in 1970-80; in 1975 became a member of the ‘’Aleph’’ Group of Jewish Artists. Worked with and for Petersburg Jewish University. Took part in various shows in US since 1976 (still being in Russia): Berkeley, CA; Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Boston, Brookline, Framingham, Natick, Newton, Waltham, MA.
Selected Exhibitions:
Fort Point Open Studios, Art Walks, FPAC member shows, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014,2015, 2016, 2017,2018, 2019, 2020; Shows and Installations at Midway Channel Gallery, and Midway Gallery at Midway Studios, Boston, 2011-2019; International Show, Russia, 2011; Main Gallery at Amazing Things Arts Center, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015; Tower Gallery at FIT, Framingham, MA, 2005, 2006, 2007; Our Gallery at FIT, Framingham, 2004; TCAN, Natick, 2004; Starr Gallery, Newton, 2002, 1999; State House, Boston, 2000; Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham, 1997; Hillel Center, Cincinnati, 1997; City Hall, Boston, 1996; Brandeis University, 1994.
Latest Shows:
2020 – Set-design and Installation for Purim-Spiel, TheNewBridge on the Charles, Dedham, MA
2019 – Then and Now: Forty Years of Art in Fort Point, Assemblage-FPAC Space, Boston, MA; exhibitor
40, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA; exhibitor
Clownance, video, presentation, and exhibition, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Boston, MA;
art-director, curator, exhibitor
Midway Collection series, Premier Show, Midway Gallery, Boston, MA; curator, exhibitor
Paper Trail, Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA; exhibitor
2018 – Set-design and Installation Halloween Party, Midway Artist Studios, Boston, MA
Clownance, video-screening, presentation, and exhibition, Midway Gallery, Boston, MA; art-director,
curator, exhibitor
Intricate, Project B Gallery, Framingham, MA; exhibitor
XsXL, FPAC Gallery, Boston, MA; exhibitor
Won numerous awards such as: First, Second, Special Prizes, Honorable Mentions at the Framingham Artists Guild shows; Certificate ‘’In recognition of the outstanding achievements…’’ of the Department of the Art of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; Public Grants, Boston MA.
Works in 2-D, 3-D (among them – installations); 4-D, as creator and leader of Interactive Collaborative Art Projects for Multiple Participants.
Permanent Art installations at Brandeis University, created in 2003, 2005, 2008.Art installations at Brandeis University, created in 2003, 2005, 2008.
Works asArt Specialist at The NewBridge on the Charles (Hebrew Senior Life), Dedham, MA. Has been teaching art with children and adults.
Has created numerous Art Shows as Curator of the Tower Gallery at FIT, Framingham, MA. Has been curating shows for the Main Gallery at the Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA, since 2008. Has been curating art-shows for different venues, including Midway Gallery at Midway Artist Studios, Boston, MA.
Interactive Collaborative Art Projects for Multiple
Clownance – multi media: visual art, video, music, text, performance, action. Boston, MA. In progress.
Making Halloween Party – Set Design, Spatial Installation. Midway Artist Studios, Boston, MA. 2018.
Beanile Forest – Spatial Installation: concept, design, execution. Show- Presentation of Beanile Art. New York, NY. 2016.
Open Art – Main Gallery at Amazing Things Arts Center, Framingham, MA, 2014 -15.
Comics Dancing – Midway Artist Studios, Fort Point, Boston, MA. 2014.
Tree of Names – Midway Artist Studios, Fort Point, Boston, MA. 2012.
Another Butterfly – actions took place in 2009, 2010.
Art Response (‘’Art Jam’’) – currently in progress, started in 2008.
Tree of Community (Tree of Names), Congregation Beth El, Sudbury, MA. 2004.
Message and Menorah – Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. 2003.
Exodus – Congregation Beth El, Sudbury, MA. 2003.
Tree of Life – JCC of Greater Boston, Newton, MA. 2001.
Celebration of Light – JCC of Greater Boston, Newton, MA. 2001.
Self-Portrait of the First Night 2000, Boston, MA.
Art Parties, Framingham, Sudbury, MA. 1993-2003.
Beit (on Jewish Culture), St. Petersburg, Russia, 1990.
Last Publications: Number of Art Presentations recorded for The NewBridge on the Charles, Dedham, MA; access from YouTube, 2020. ;Interview for Jewish Women’s Archive, 2016.Creative miracles on display at Amazing Things’’ by Chris Bergeron, Daily News, MA (on ‘Open Art’) – November 23, 2014.
Works are shown: on Fort Point Arts Community website FORTPOINTARTS.ORG; on Midway Studios website midwaystudiosboston.org &
Artworks can be found in the collections of: Brandeis University Art Collection; Hillel Center, Cincinnati, OH; City Hall, Louisville, KY; Jewish Museum, Lithuania; private, communal, and corporative collections in the USA, Israel, Germany, and Russia.
Affiliated with: Fort Point Arts Community, ‘’Aleph’’ Group of Jewish Artists.
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