JESSI OLARSCH
201-755-4281 | jessiolarsch@gmail.com
instagram.com/jessioart
Jessi Olarsch is a figurative painter based in NYC. Her paintings draw upon her lived experiences, examining life with chronic illness, the raw tenderness of queer friendship, the shifting boundaries of public and private queer life, and the complicated joy of coming “into” a community.
Exhibitions
2023 - Visionary Projects "Cool Off", New York, NY
2024 - Warnes Contemporary Gallery "Reflections of Us", Brooklyn, NY
2024 - The Village "Salon 11", Ideal Glass Studios, New York, NY
2024 - Elm Art Foundation "A 3rd Place", Brooklyn, NY
2024 - The Village "Salon X", Ideal Glass Studios, New York, NY
2024 - Collect Bean "January", Virtual
2023 - Dacia Gallery "Corpus Nexus", New York, NY
2023 - The Village "Salon 8", New York, NY
2023 - Visionary Projects x The Yard "Vivid Vibrations", New York, NY
2023 - SuperFine Art Fair, New York, NY
2023 - Eyes on Art Gallery "At Summer's End", New York, NY
2023 - New Collectors Gallery "The Art of Access", New York, NY
2023 - 7 House Gallery "Seminal Moments: Reconstructed", New York, NY
2023 - Tchotchke Gallery "High Maintenance", New York, NY
2023 - Visionary Art Collective "Inside a Memory", Virtual Exhibition
2022 - "Manifold Moments", New York, NY
2021 - ICA Philadelphia "Lightning Lectures 2021", Philadelphia PA
2021 - Charles Addams Gallery "Final Project: Thesis Project Final Draft", Philadelphia PA
2019 - Teen Art Gallery "Gen Z" New York, NY
2019 - National Association of Women Artists "Watercolor: Luminous Light" New York, NY
2018 - Philomathean Gallery "Hair + Body" Philadelphia, PA
2018 - Open Space "Philly Art Pop Up Exhibit" Philadelphia, PA
Publications
2024 - Filthy Magazine, Spring/Summer Issue 2024
2024 - Jessi Olarsch: Joy, Fear, and Everything In Between, Visionary Art Collective
2023 - Jessi Olarsch, Sprout, 2023
2023 - Gallery Edit, British Vogue, 2023
2023 - Superfine NYC: Where Art Lovers Meet Emerging Artists, Create Magazine, 2023
2023 - Your A-Z Guide to New York City’s September Art Fairs, Hyperallergic, 2023
2023 - NYC Selected Gallery Guide: June 2023, Two Coats of Paint, 2023