Dualities abound in my work. One overriding aesthetic is best embodied in the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi; or the beauty and authenticity of imperfection and earthiness. Curtis Olson is an artist living in Park City, Utah. In other incarnations he has worked as a writer, a designer, and an award-winning architect whose wide-ranging projects span seven countries and combine cutting-edge design with environmentally sensitive planning and materials. Since turning full time to his art career, his work has shown both nationally and internationally and he has been awarded artist residencies and fellowships. He was awarded the individual Artist Fellowship by the Wyoming Arts Council. Olson’s art is held in many corporate and private collections, and in the permanent collections of the University of Wyoming Art Museum, the Nicolaysen Art Museum, and the Museum of Santa Barbara. Curtis received an Architecture degree from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. He has studied graphic design and fine arts at the University of Maryland – College Park and at the University of California - Berkeley. ARTIST STATEMENTAs a former architect my works embody a built object aesthetic. I’m interested in creating powerful objects that have physicality and significance. Simultaneously, surface expression is deeply important. Surfaces are infused with meaning and developed through a meticulous, labor-intensive processes and spontaneous interactions with color and texture. These artworks are not mere abstractions, but are maps born from my interests and passions. Dualities abound in my work. One overriding aesthetic is best embodied in the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi; or the beauty and authenticity of imperfection and earthiness.