Olja Stipanović was born in 1975 in Pula, Croatia. She moved to New York in 1992.
After receiving her BFA in 1998 from Parsons School of Design, she completed her MFA in Visual Arts in 2000, - also at Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts Department, in New York. She is the recipient of several scholarship, awards and residencies [Institute for the Electronic Arts - Alfred University - New York State Council on the Arts residency. April 2005, “Art Materijal” grant from the Croatian Institute of Contemporary Art 2004, U.S. Embassy Cultural Grant, Zagreb, Croatia. [2004].

Since 2001, Olja has taught art and participated as a guest artist and lecturer in several art programs.
Olja lives and works in Long Island City, Queens, where her studio is also located. Her work has been exhibited in many solo and group shows in New York City, the US and abroad.

EXHIBITIONS

WALKING. Galerija Marino Cettina. August 4 - August 25 2006. Umag. Croatia.

STITCHES. Buzzer Thirty. January 14 – February 4, 2006. New York.

RED. Rdeča Galerija. November 10 – November 30, 2005. Ljubljana. Slovenia.

SKIN. Gallery Miroslav Kraljević. Collaboration with Eveline Feldmann. September 1 – September 23. 2005. Zagreb. Croatia.

RECENT WORK. Multimedia Center “Luka” - HDLU Istre. August 26 – September 8, 2005. Pula, Croatia.

RED | TRANSLATIONS | 300 SIGNS. Galerija Proširenih Medija / [HDLU]. September 2 – September 20. 2004. Zagreb. Croatia.
SIGNS. Raccoon Space. December 2003. New York.

EVELINE FELDMANN ALLRED / OLJA STIPANOVIĆ / JENNIFER ZAZO. Jamaica Cultural Center for the Arts - Federal Administration building. August 2002. New York

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

INSTITUTE for ELECTRONIC ARTS, 10 - year anniversary exhibition, curated by Feng Boyi – Zero Field and BS1 Contemporary Art Center, Huan Tie, Beijing/, June 23, 2007 – September 2007. Alfred University USA October 2007.
MAPPING THE CITY / MAPPIRANJE GRADA. MMC Luka. Curated by Branka Benčić. May 4-17 2007, Pula, Croatia.
COLLECTION OF MODERN ART / KOLEKCIJA SUVREMENE UMJETNOSTI - MARINO CETTINA. Archeotrade, Marin Gallery. April 16-May 20, 2007. Umag, Croatia.
VIDEO DIA LOGHI. Centre Culturel Francais Charles Nodier. December 13, 2006 – January 20, 2007. FRAMMENTI / FRAGMENTI. Museo d Art Moderna Ugo Cara, September 8 - October 15 2006. Trieste, Italy.
FOUR MORE YEARS. BUZZER 30. September 14 – October 14, 2006. Long Island City. New York.
WORKS ON PAPER. FLUX FACTORY. May – June 2006. Long Island City. New York
BODY. CITY. MC gallery. Curated by Branko Franceschi. February 23 – March 2 2006. New York, NY.
THREAD COUNTS. G.A.S.P. Curated by Luanne Stovall and Leila Lee Mitchell, Jan.27, - March 11, 2006, Brookline, MA
LIMIT, EDGE, BOUNDARY, ASYMPTOTE: THE FINE LINES OF HUMAN SPACE. City Without Walls Gallery. Curated by Annie Leist and Yukiko Nakashima. July 23- September 3, 2004. New Jersey.
“Virtuous Women” Women’s History Month Exhibition. New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Art Collection. April 2004. New York.
LIC Artists Theatre In The Park – Main Gallery, Curated by Maria Spector. February 2004. New York.
QCA Members Exhibition, Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center, January 2004. New York
HDLUI –New Members Show, Multimedia Center LUKA, January 2004 Pula, Croatia.
[R]-[R]-[F] (Remembering-Repressing-Forgetting). Agricola de Cologne/New Media Art Project Network. Curated by Branka Benčić and Agricola de Cologne. Cologne, Germany.
InteractivA’03 – Biennale of New Media Art. Museo De Arte Contemporaneo Ateneo De Yucatan (MACAY) Merida, Mexico. July 10 – September 20, 2003.
Bergen Electronic Arts Center. Bergen, Norway. March 5 –28 2004.
VI SALON Y COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE DIGITAL – Havana, Cuba.  June 21-24 2004. 
Festival of New Film and Media Split, Croatia. June 26 – July 2 2004.
Biennale of Electronic Art Perth 04. Perth, Australia. September 7 - November 17 2004.
NOTEBOOK. July 12 - August 3 2003. Pinkard Gallery, Bunting Center. Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore. Maryland.
Wish You Were Here June 24 - July 19, 2003. A.I.R. Gallery, New York.
BOOKMARKET. Expace [ex-space] project # 002/2003. June 12 Knitting Factory. NY June 13 – 19 2003. K.O.A.P. Gallery. NY
ASCENT. 06. 2003. Benefit Exhibition Curated by Laura Martin for Art Start. Transient Gallery. New York.
“Works on Paper”. May 2003. Curated by Keyser Wilson. Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Alabama.
QCA Members Exhibition, Langston Hughes Library and Cultural Center, 01. 2003. New York
SMALL WORKS, Fulton Street Gallery. November – 12. 2002. Troy, New York.
GENERATIONS III - A Survey of Women Artists, February 26 – March 23 2002. A.I.R. Gallery, New York.
Art and Technology, 10. 2001, Clocktower Building Gallery, New York.
IMAGES 2001, 06. – 07. 2001, Juried by Frederick R. Brandt, Robeson Gallery, Pennsylvania State College.
Works on Paper, 05. 2001, Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Alabama.
ART FRENZY, 05. 2001, Artlofts Annex, Open Studios and exhibition organized by the QCA. New York.
24th Small Works, 02. – 03. 2001, Juror: Peter Blum, 80 Washington Square East Gallery at NYU, New York.
ON/OF PAPER, 10 - 11 2000, Curated by Lisa Tremper Hanover, Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Colorado.
MFA Thesis Exhibition. 04. 2000, Stark Projects, New York.
“24th Annual Graduate Exhibition”, 03. 2000, The National Arts Club, New York.
“GENERATIONS II”, Biannual Survey of Women Artists. 02. 2000, A.I.R. Gallery, New York.
New York MFA Exhibition sponsored by CAA, 03. - 04. 2000, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York
“BFA Show”, Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts Department, Curated by Roger Shepherd, 05. 1998, The Aronson Gallery, New York.
“Best of Parsons” 05. 1996, Aronson Gallery, New York.
Sculpture group show. 02. 1996, Curated by Robin Hill and Rona Pondick, Parsons Fine Arts Department, New York.
“Drawing Exchange”, 06 – 07 1995 Kanazawa International Institute, Kanazawa, Japan.
“15th Annual Thirteen-WNET Student Art Festival”, International House of Art. Bratislava. Slovak Republic.

EDUCATION

Parsons School of Design, New York. MFA 1998-2000
Parsons School of Design, New York. BFA 1994-1998

RESIDENCIES and AWARDS

Individual Artist Initiative award. Queens Council on the Arts. 2007. New York.
Atelier of Alexandria International Workshop 2006. 20 – 30th of November 2006. Alexandria. Egypt. [declined]
Institute for the Electronic Arts, School of Art and Design - Alfred University, Alfred, New York. New York State Council on the Arts sponsored residency. April 2005.
Solo exhibition at PM Gallery/HDLU sponsored by US Embassy Zagreb Cultural Grant, Croatia. 2004.
Received the “Art Materijal” grant from the Croatian Institute for Modern Art, Zagreb. 2004.
Featured Artist. Expace Projects Online Gallery. January 2004.
Visual Arts Society - JSU Purchase Award. 2001.
Bruce C. Hackett, Metropolitan Club Scholarship. 1999 / 00, 1998 / 99.
Thirteen-WNET Student Arts Festival Award. 1996.
Kanazawa International Institute, Asian Exchange Exhibitions selection. 1995.

MEMBERSHIPS / PARTICIPATION

2006. Member of the Croatian Association of Artists (HDLU).
2005. Guest Artist at the “Art / Identity” Art Forum organized by RACCOON – Culture Cooperative Network, New York. Moderated by Peter Walsh and Nadia Peručić.
2004. Guest Artist / speaker at the “Art and Migration” Art Forum organized by RACCOON – Culture Cooperative Network, New York. Moderated by Peter Walsh and Mirko Ilić.
2003 / 2006. Member of the Croatian Association of Artists of Istria (HDLUI).
2000 / 2005. Member of the Long Island City Artists Group.
2000 / 2004. Artist Member of the Queens Council on the Arts.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation Art Collection.
Croatian Chamber of Commerce.
Metropolitan Club, New York.
Kanazawa Institute, Japan.
Jacksonville State University Visual Arts Society, Alabama.
New School University – Parsons School of Design. New York.
Thirteen – WNET TV network, New York.