Olen Hsu constructs installations in porcelain, paper and
algorithmically composed sound, converging new media, tactile forms and works for
acoustic instruments. He received his BA in Art History and Music from Yale
University, a BFA in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in
Sculpture from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A fellowship from the
Dedalus Foundation brought him to New York where he participated in the AIM Program
at The Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
Artist-in-Residence Program for New Music. Hsu is the recipient of grants from the
New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
Joan Mitchell Foundation, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Program,
and a Turbulence Commission from New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. His recent work
has been shown at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, the InterSpace New Media Arts Center
in Sofia, Bulgaria, James Nicholson Gallery in New York, Ampersand International
Arts in San Francisco, and Turbulence.org.
