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Kriss Olsen Studio was established in NYC in 1984 as a design and model making shop. The studio designed and developed products for Copco, MOMA, Pyrex, Stelton USA, Ziro and others. Model making clients included Beyer Blinder Bell, Brooklyn Museum, Ellis Island Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, Smithsonian Museum, Henry Dreyfus, Milton Glaser, Martha Graham Dance Co., The New York Public Library, and Pentagram.



Using skills from model making, along with her interest and knowledge of antiques, Kriss transformed the studio to a restoration business specializing in period gilt and painted furnture. Her work is in private collections around the world.

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A few years ago, Kriss decided to pursue her lifelong dream of being a full time artist. Today Kriss lives and works in rural NW New Jersey where she paints and happily creates.

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SHOWS, AWARDS AND PUBLICATION

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"Artsbridge" Juried Show, 2015 Prallsville Mill, Stockbridge NJ

"Light Space and Time" 2015 Special Recognition Award

Belmar Arts Center, 2015 "Annual Jersey Shore Juried Art Show" Best in Show

BWAC "COLOR"  Brooklyn NY 2014 (juried show) People's Choice Award

Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton NJ 2013 (group show)

Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana 1982 (group show)

PanAm Building, NYC 1982 (one woman show) 

Nabisco Headquarters, NJ 1979

Lubin House Art Gallery, NYC  1975

 

Historic Preservation Awards (Washington Township, NJ)

Restoration of Long Valley Landmark, The Liberty Eagle, 2012

Design of Barn, 1995

 

 Published in "Fiber as a Fine Art" 1985