Olivia Mae Pendergast USA, b. 1970

"She captures "ordinary" people in their "ordinary" activities in their everyday life and makes them enter our visual field with ease, almost without doing it intentionally."

SHOWS

2022

- OOA Gallery “Emerge” – Solo Show – Barcelona, Spain

 

2021

- OOA Gallery “3 female artists addicted to Africa” – Artsy Online Show Only
- J-Go Gallery "From Africa" – Solo Show – Utah, USA
- One Off Contemporary Art Gallery – "Group Show – Small works" – Nairobi, Kenya
- Vashon Center for the Arts – "Olivia Pendergast – Solo Show" – Washington, USA

 

2020
- OOA Gallery - Lost in the Crowd - Duo Show - Barcelona, Spain
- OOA Gallery - Humanism - Duo Show - Barcelona, Spain 
- One Off Fine Art Gallery " Facing Change" - Solo Show – Nairobi, Kenya

 

2019
- One Off Fine Art Gallery "Aura" - Solo Show – Nairobi, Kenya

 

2018
- Tralevolte Gallery " Gentle" - Solo Show – Rome, Kenya
- Showcase Gallery - Group Show – Dubai, United Arab Emerites

 

2017
- One Off Fine Art Gallery "Nudes" - Group Show – Nairobi, Kenya
- One Off Fine Art Gallery -"Nudes II" - Group Show – Nairobi, Kenya
- One Off Fine Art Gallery "Kenyan Atmosphere" - Solo Show – Nairobi, Kenya

 

2016
- Hardware Gallery - "Home" - Vashon, Washington, USA

 

2015
- Showcase Gallery – Solo Show - "Portraits of the Middle Way" – Dubai, United Arab Emirates

 

2013
- Blue Heron Group Show "Elders" - Vashon, Washington, USA
- Solo Show Hardware Gallery "World of Women"- Vashon, Washington, USA

 

2012
- Blue Heron Gallery - Commissioned Artist - Gala Fundraiser – Washington, USA
- Children of OFK - Serenade Gallery - Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

 

2011
- "Forgetting Haiti" Show - Blue Heron Gallery – Washington, USA
- Blue Heron Gallery - Group Show – Washington, USA

 

2010
- Utah Museum of Fine Art - Gala Invitational Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Salt Lake City Library Gallery - “African Vialet” - Solo Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Art Access Gallery - “Our Father's Kitchen” - Solo Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

2009
- Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Turchin Fine Art Center – Appalachian State University – Solo Show, Boone, North Caroline, USA

 

2008
- Utah Museum of Fine Art – Monet to Picasso Gala – Group Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Phoenix Gallery – "View of Malawi" – Solo Show - Park City – Utah, USA
- Four Seasons – “Paintings of Malawi” – Solo Show - Lilongwe, Malawi

 

2007
- UVSC Woodbury Museum Invitational – "Art of Life" Group Show Provo – Utah, USA
- Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational – Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Phoenix Gallery – "Lyrical Nature" – Utah Symphony Featured Artist Show –Park City, Utah, USA
- Art Access Gallery – "Women's Contour" Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Art Access Gallery – Invitational "Plates" Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

2006
- Patrick Moore Gallery – "Terrain" Show – Landscape Show Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Phoenix Gallery – "Gentle Men" Show – Solo – Park City, Utah, USA
- Springville Art Museum – Spring Salon Group Show – Springville, Utah, USA
- Art Access Annual - Group Show – Invitational – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Museum Of Fine Art "Family Experience" – Group Show FSU Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Women's Art Center – Solo Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

2005
- Juried Solo Show -Art Access Gallery Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

2004
- Women's Art Center – Group Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- American Ass. of University Women – Utah Women's Artists Exhibition- Utah, USA
- Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational – Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- UVSC Woodbury Museum – Women's Show – Provo, Utah, USA
- Provo Art Festival – Group Show – Provo, Utah, USA
- Artspace Forum Gallery Solo Show – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Best and Brightest Scottsdale Artist School Alumni Juried Show - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA

 

2003
- Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery - Group Show - Annapolis, Maryland, USA
- 35x35 Art Space Forum - Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational Competition - juried show - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- Old Town Gallery - Featured Artist Show- Park City – Utah, USA
- Chroma Gallery - Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- "Faces V" - Period Gallery juried show - two pieces - Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- Portraiture Show - Loge Gallery - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

 

2000
- "Colors of Sainte Terre" Show - Park City, Utah, USA

 

1999
- Kimball Art Center Group Show - Park City, Utah, USA 

 

AWARDS

2007
- City Weekly – Best Painter in Utah, USA

 

2006
- Springville Museum of Art Spring Salon – Third Place – Springville, Utah, USA

 

2004
- American Ass. of University Women - Utah Women Artist Exhibition Best of Show
- UVSC Woodbury Museum – Women’s Show –First Place and Honorable Mention

 

2002
- Scottsdale Artist School - Full Merit Scholarship - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- “Art of the Parks” Competition Top Two Hundred Show - Jackson, Wyoming, USA

 

2000
- Vermont Studio Center Merit Scholarship - Johnson, Vermont, USA

 

1999
- Kimball Art Center Honorable Mention Award - Park City, Utah, USA

 

Collections 

- President Uhuru Kenyatta . Kenya, Permanent Collection
- Art Access Gallery – Permanent Collection
- Salt Lake County - Permanent Art Collection
- Park City Mountain Resort
- Juniper Sky Gallery - Permanent Collection 

 

PRESS

- Business Daily - 01-02-2019 - Painting Ordinary People with Extraordinary Glows
- 15 Bytes – "From a Warm Heart" – 08/2008
- Concert Program Magazine - 07/2007 - Featured Artist Utah Symphony and Opera
- Salt Lake Magazine – 09/2006 - “Artists to Watch”
- South West Art Magazine - 02/2005 – “Start Your Collection”
- 15 Bytes – 07/2005 - Contemporary Native American Show Review
- 15 Bytes - Holly Mae Pendergast” 03/2003 - www.artistisofutah.com - e-zine.
- Park Record - “Behind the Mask”