Sculptor and public artist, Olga Ziemska, mines nature, philosophy, and science in search of connection points among the physical forces, biological structures, and mystical underpinnings of existence. She often attempts to make visible those concepts or properties that are indiscernible to the naked eye, such as cellular formations or magnetism. By making visual associations between the visible and the invisible—or the microscopic and the macrocosmic—Ziemska poetically underscores the interrelatedness of all things.
Public Art Commissions & Exhibitions
2024-2023 Of The Earth, Solo exhibition, Five large-scale outdoor sculptures, Morton Arboretum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2023 1000 Eyes, Permanent outdoor sculpture, Parsons Avenue Streetscape Public Art Project, City of Columbus, Ohio, USA (In-Progress)
2023 Open, Three-person exhibition, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, Ohio, USA
2022 SPOKE, Solo-exhibition, Cardinal Health Gallery, Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2019 Becoming, Temporary outdoor sculpture, Taoyuan Land Art Festival, Taiwan
2018 Landmarks, Two-person exhibition, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2018 Heavy Metal: Women to Watch Ohio 2018, Group exhibition, Ohio Arts Council, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2018 Sticks & Stones, Group exhibition, BAYarts, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2018 Telepath, Site-Specific Outdoor Installation, CAN Triennial 2018, Main Entrance Wall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2017 I'm watching you watching me watching you, Proyecto en Sitio, La Coyotera, Umercuaro, Mexico
2017 Feather Point, Large-scale outdoor sculpture, Thaddeus Kosciuszko Park, Dublin, Ohio, USA
2016 Breathing Landscape AKA Align, 7th Geumgang Nature Art Biennale, South Korea
2016 Meander, Wall-mounted sculpture, Hilton Cleveland Downtown-Convention Center Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2015 Stillness in motion: Matka Series, 18+ Art & Music Festival, Outdoor site-specific installation, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2015 Mind Eye, Semi-permanent outdoor sculpture, 7th Contemporary Art Event in Nature, RespirArt Sculpture Park, Dolomite Mountains, Pampeago, Italy
2015 Course, Permanent lobby wall-mounted sculpture, Renaissance St. Louis Grand Hotel, Missouri, USA
2015 Natura, Permanent reception area large-scale sculpture, Hotel Vintage Portland, Oregon, USA
2015 Presence: A Dialogue with the Human Form, Group exhibition, The Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2014 Cellular, Permanent hotel lobby large-scale sculpture, Westin Hotels and Resorts, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2013 Dendrite, Permanent outdoor sculpture, Tremont Streetscape W. 10th & Professor Outdoor Public Sculpture, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2012 Stillness in Motion: Matka Series, Temporary outdoor sculpture, Project Daejeon: Energy, Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea
2012 Indra, Permanent outdoor wall-hung large-scale sculpture, Percent for Art, Columbus Hall Library, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2012 Paradise not quite lost Créations-sur-le-champ Land art Exhibition, Temporary outdoor sculpture, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2011 Heartwood Rabbit, Semi-permanent sculpture, Year of the Rabbit Public Art Project, St Clair Superior Development Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2010 The light which can be heard..., Permanent indoor atrium wall-hung large-scale sculpture, Percent for Art, Roe Green Center, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
2010 Wood as Material, Group exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Sculpture & Centre of Polish Sculpture, Orońsko, Poland
2009 Flock of Hands, Temporary outdoor sculpture at town entrance, Yellow Springs Art Council, Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce, Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
2009 Circulation, Two temporary outdoor sculptures, Environmental Art Biennale, I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
2007 Mirror Matter, Solo exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2005 The tree told me so..., Solo exhibition, Church of St. Lawrence, Galerie Klenova/Klatovy, Czech Republic
2005 RISD Sculpture Graduate Show, Group exhibition, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
2004 When earth and heaven were in easy communication with one another, Solo exhibition, Galeria Nowych Mediow, Poland
2003 Crossing Borders, Group exhibition, Reed Gallery, DAAP Galleries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2003 Holiday Member Show, Group exhibition, ROYGBIV, Columbus, Ohio, USA
2002 Accumulate visions...Build bridges...Breathe..., Solo exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Centre of Polish Sculpture, Poland
2000 A thousand eyes, Solo exhibition, Canzani Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1996-2000 Annual Student Exhibition,Group exhibition, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1999 Future Tense, Group exhibition, Aycock Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, USA
1995 Black + White, Solo exhibition, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1995 The 9th People's Juried Art Show, Group exhibition, Cleveland State University Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1994 The 16th Ohio Governor's Art Exhibit, Group exhibition, Ohio State Capitol Building, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Residencies
2023 Morton Arboretum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2019 Taoyuan Land Art Festival, Taoyuan, Taiwan
2017 Proyecto en Sitio, La Coyotera, Umercuaro, Mexico
2016 GNAB-YATOO, Geumgang, South Korea
2015 Helene Wurlizter Foundation Residency Grant, Taos, New Mexico, USA
2015 18+ Art & Music Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2015 RespirArt, Val Di Fiemme, Italy
2012 Créations-sur-le-champ Land art, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
2012 YATOO International Artist in Residence Program, Wongol, South Korea
2009 I-Park, East Haddam, Connecticut, USA
2005 Galerie Klenova/Klatovy, Czech Republic
2004 Galeria Nowych Mediow, Gorzow Wlkp, Poland
2003 Centre of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland
Grants & Awards
2013 Creative Workforce Fellowship, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture & CPAC
2009 Creative Workforce Fellowship, Cuyahoga Arts and Culture & CPAC
2007 Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series Award, MOCA Cleveland
2004-05 Sylvia Leslie Herman Young Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design
2001-03 Fulbright Fellowship, U.S. Fellow to Poland
1997-98 Daimler-Chrysler Foundation Scholarship
1996-99 Columbus College of Art & Design Tuition Scholarship
1995 Cleveland State University Art Scholarship
1995 Best of Show, The 9th People's Juried Art Show, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1994 Governor's Award of Excellence, Ohio Governor's Art Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Education
2004-2005 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA; Master Studies in Sculpture
2002-2003 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Poland
1996-1999 Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Bachelor of Fine Arts
1995-1996 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; studied Political Science, English, and Art