ABOUT OLGA POLOUKHINE

Paris  France

BORN
Paris, France

EDUCATION
Douglass College, Rutgers, B.A.degree, 1956, B.A.
High Honors Paper “The Russian Icon”
Columbia University, M.A.degree in Art Education, 1960

WORK EXPERIENCE
Teacher:
Nyack Public Schools, Art Dept.
White Plains Public Schools, Art Dept.
Locust Valley Public Schools, Art Dept.
Currently conducting Iconography Workshops

AFFILIATIONS
Long Island Graphic Eye Gallery
-Founding Member
-President 1989-1991
National Association of Women Artists
New York Society of Women Artists
CIVA

AWARDS
National Association of Women Artists
Many awards and prizes in Painting, Graphics, and works on paper
Council for the Arts on the North Shore
-2nd Best in Show
-Honorable Mention
Nassau County Fine Arts Museum, Gold Award
Hutchins Art Gallery, C.W.Post, 1st Prize Graphics
Long Beach Museum of Art, 1st Prize Graphics

PERMANENT COLLECTION
Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, NJ
Queens Museum, NY, NY
Iconographic work created on commission at Church of Our Lady of Kazan,Sea Cliff, NY
Benedectine Monastery Chapel, LaGrangeville, NY
Holy Cross Orthodox Church, St.Croix, IL
Our Lady of Divine Providence, Turks and Caicos Islands
St. Gregory’s Orthodox Church, Wappinger Falls, NY
Numerous private and corporate collections

EXHIBITS
Parish Museum, NY
Hecksher Museum, NY
Nassau County Fine Arts Museum, NY
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, NY
Long Beach Museum of Art, NY
100 Years-100 Works (National Association of Women Artists)
MiniPrint International
Spain: Barcelona, Cadaques, Madrid, Valencia, & other cities
UK: Wingfield Arts & Music Festival
France: Paris, Toulouse, Chateau Royal de Collioure
Korea: Seoul. Mexico. Andorra. Columbia and many others.

Miniature Prints Biennial (IGAF), traveling exhibit
Fire House Gallery, Nassau Community College, NY
Washington & Lee University, PA
Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, NY
Hutchins Art Gallery, C.W.Post College, L.I.U., NY
N.A.W.A. Traveling Priny Exhibit
Hunterdon Art Center, NJ
Silvermine Gallery, CT
Wunchs Art Gallery, NY
Gallery North & C.E.D. Studies, NY
Davison National Print and Drawing Competition, SC

Pleiades Gallery, NY NY
Broome Street Gallery, NY, NY
John Szoke Gallery, NY, NY
Sylvan Cole Gallery, NY, NY
Celadon Gallery, NY, NY
Veridian Gallery, NY, NY
Terrain Gallery, NY, NY
Queens Museum, NY, NY
Lever House, NY, NY
Lincoln Center, NY, NY
The Long Island Graphic Eye Gallery, NY
The Port Washington Library, NY
Galeria Boriken, NY

Work published in:
“ Intaglio Printmaking Techniques” by Ruth Leaf, Watson-Guptill
” History of Biblical Interprtation” by William Yarchin, Hendrickson Publishers, (cover art)