Currently working / teaching in the greater Boston area.                        
ola.marie.aksan@gmail.com   

EDUCATION

2016 MFA - Tufts University at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, MA   
2013 BFA - Communication Design + Painting, Texas State University / San Marcos, TX


EXHIBITIONS

2023 begin there, New Gallery Concert Series / Cambridge, MA
2022 Boston Artists for Ukraine, Wedeman Gallery at Lasell University / Newton, MA
Small Works Show, New Art Gallery / Newton, MA
ART / WORD, Wedemen Gallery at Lasell University / Newton, MA
Midsummer Night’s Dream Gala - New Art Center / Newton, MA
2021 SPIT IT OUT, Crossings Gallery at Harvard / Allston, MA (Solo Exhibition)
Newton Community Exhibition, Nearby Gallery / Newton, MA
Creative Process, New Art Gallery / Newton, MA
2020 Spectrum Gestalt 7, bG Gallery / Santa Monica, CA
In Manual Mode, The Yard at John Hancock Tower / Back Bay, MA
Renewal, Upstream Gallery / Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
2019 The Art of Instant Photography, Downtown Arts Collective / Orlando, FL
2018  Reimagining Home, Spaceus Gallery / Somerville, MA
Webster Court Project, 935 Beacon / Newton, MA
Stranger Times, Inside-Out Gallery / Somerville, MA
Duality, The Reliquarium and Manifest Entertainment / Lincoln, RI
Sublimation, The Reliquarium / Lincoln, RI
2017  The Garden, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery / Boston, MA
Summer Party Auction, Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, MA
2016 Drawing Connections, Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, MA
Art in Action, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery / Boston, MA
The Tides, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery / Boston, MA
in2016–Invasion, iartcolony / Rockport, MA
SMFA Thesis Exhibition, Boston Center for the Arts / Boston, MA
Graduating Students Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, MA
Medal Award Auction, Museum of Fine Arts / Boston, MA
Seasonal Shift, Sparring Partners / Boston, MA
2015 First Year Exhibition, Piano Craft Gallery / Boston, MA
Re-Entry, Katherine Lane Weems Atrium / Boston, MA
2014 New Dimensions-New Directions, Katherine Lane Weems Atrium / Boston, MA
2013 East Austin Studio Tour / Austin, TX
Thesis Exhibition, Gallery One / San Marcos, TX


ARTIST TALKS / WORKSHOPS

2021 STEPPING IN / Experimental Drawing Workshop, Harvard Ed Portal
2016 Gallery Talk / Art Practice, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, in conjunction with Art In Action exhibit

PUBLICATIONS

2023 Harvard Radio Broadcasting: Genres and Artists in Conversation - begin there with the New Gallery Concert Series,
https://www.whrb.org/archive/genres-and-artists-conversation-begin-there-new-gallery-conc
2022 Boston Artists for Ukraine, https://my.matterport.com/show?m=FGt418wtR3T
2020 American Artwork Catalog 2021 Edition, Copyright © 2021 American Artwork, www.americanartwork.net
2019 The Art of Instant Photography, Analog Film Photography Association
2018 Artist Interview, Boston Voyager, bostonvoyager.com
Stranger Times: Living in a World of The Upside Down, Somerville Arts Council, somervilleartscouncil.org
2017 Studio To Show: Artist Selection, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Weekly Wrap Up, Flux Boston, flux-boston.com
2016 Year in Review, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery
The Cyclorama Show: Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, artandeducation.net