Olan Quattro
As a mixed media artist, I am interested in memory, place and mythological folklore. As a third-generation artist, my work layers old family letters, photographs and book pages underneath my images, creating an underpainting of memory and fragmentation. I am particularly interested in the idea of wilding, of nature taking back control and of women finding that wildness inside as well, being perfectly comfortable in the company of foxes or bees. Fairy tales are known to guide little girls to stay on the path and away from the woods. In my artwork, I am drawn to figures who are very comfortable away from that tidy path. Collage is my way of telling stories and making sense of this strange and beautiful world.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS
Represented by
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
State of The Arts Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2024
"Echoes" Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
Santana Thornton, Schupack, And Quattro, Exhibition at TSL, Hudson, NY
“Every Woman Biennial,” group, LaMaMa Galleria, NYC
NY Times Daily News, TSL Gallery Hudson, NY
Group Show, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth, MA
2023 “Art Deli” Club Gallery, Miami, FL
“Silver and Gold,” group, Circle 46 Gallery, Hudson, NY
2022 “Miami Women Artists” Art to Save Lives, Miami, FL
Coconut Grove Arts, Miami, FL
“ Taplin Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 “From My Eyes” R. Cline Arts, Las Vegas, NY
Coconut Grove Arts, Miami, FL
2019 Art Basel Miami, Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
Fountainhead Residency Open Studio, Miami, FL
2018 The Other Art Fair, Los Angles, CA
Superfine Art Fair, Washington, DC
2016 Group Show, State of the Arts Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2015 “Fresh” JanKossen Gallery, NYC
2014 Group Show, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2013 “Fashion Issue” Solo Show, Atelier Gallery, Charleston, SC
2012 “Florida Artists” group, Florida Museum of Women Artists, Deland, FL
2008 “Fairy Tales” solo, Thomas Eades Fine Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2007 “Shrine Show” group, Owings Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2005 “Small Works” solo, Nomads Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
“Here Comes the Men”, solo, Nomads Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2004 “Automatism” Artemis Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Women Icons A-Z”, solo, Nomads Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2003 “Combined Talent,” group, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2002 “Art in Gadsden,” group, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
SELECTED PROJECTS
2024 NY Times Daily News Series, daily collage work focused on current events and headline news.
Forthcoming Exhibition: TSL Gallery, Hudson, NY
2018 Washington Post Daily News Series, 365 collages focused on the daily headline from the newspaper.
Exhibition: “Reclaiming the News,” William Johnston Gallery, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2014 "Bal Masque" a collection of collage work commissioned using the magazine as material.
Published feature in SRQ Magazine
Exhibition: Sarasota Opera House
2013 Vogue Fashion Issue, a collage series created from the fashion magazine.
Exhibition: “September Issue” presented by Art Mag on the Charleston Green.
SELECTED AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 1st Place Mixed Media, Coconut Grove Art Juried, Miami, FL
2020 “Olan Quattro: Coleccion ‘Antepasados Extranos” Element Magazine, Panama
1st Place Mixed Media, Beaux Art Juried, the Lowe Museum of Art, Miami, FL
2014 SRQ Magazine, Featured Artist, Sarasota, FL
Tampa Public Library Purchase Award
2012 Book Cover Illustration, “Reading Embodied Citizenship,” Rutgers Press
2011 Featured Artist, ART Mag, Charleston, SC
“Artist Centerpiece” Skirt Magazine, Atlanta, GA
2010 “Selected Works” Specs Magazine, Winter Park, FL
2007 Award of Distinction, LeMoyne Art, Tallahassee, FL
2004 “Nomads Show Olan Quattro” Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, FL