David Teng Olsen
Currently in Residence • New Media
David Teng Olsen
Currently in Residence • New Media
David T. Olsen’s work merges the worlds of mural painting, printmaking, animation, interactive digital media and performance.
David T. Olsen’s work merges the worlds of mural painting, printmaking, animation, interactive digital media and performance.
Deeply influenced by his studies in bioengineering yet feeling constrained by academia, David T. Olsen turned to art, finding in it greater freedom to explore the sciences that fascinated him and escaping the rigidity of the academic world.
The artist, fascinated by complex theories that seek to explain life, combines modern and traditional techniques to turn scientific ideas into visual objects. He creates environments that not only explore science and life on a macro scale but also reveal the internal microscopic world, making the invisible visible.
David T. Olsen teaches courses in the Studio Art Department at Wellesley College that blend technique, theory and digital media, including animation, digital imaging, and design. He is actively involved in the Boston art community, collaborating with MIT and MassArt.
Currently in Residence
2024 • Multidisciplinary artist
Upcoming Artists-in-Residence
2025 • Painter & Fibre artist
2025 • Painter
Past Artists-in-Residence
2024 • New media artist
2024 • Comic book author
2024 • Painter
2024 • Painter
2023—24 • Painter
2023 • Playwright
2023 • Textile artist
2023 • Visual artists
2023 • Painter
2023 • Painters
Permanent artist-in-residence
Ceramicist
Deeply influenced by his studies in bioengineering yet feeling constrained by academia, David T. Olsen turned to art, finding in it greater freedom to explore the sciences that fascinated him and escaping the rigidity of the academic world.
The artist, fascinated by complex theories that seek to explain life, combines modern and traditional techniques to turn scientific ideas into visual objects. He creates environments that not only explore science and life on a macro scale but also reveal the internal microscopic world, making the invisible visible.
David T. Olsen teaches courses in the Studio Art Department at Wellesley College that blend technique, theory and digital media, including animation, digital imaging, and design. He is actively involved in the Boston art community, collaborating with MIT and MassArt.
Currently in Residence
2024 • Multidisciplinary artist
Upcoming Artists-in-Residence
2025 • Painter & Fibre artist
2025 • Painter
Past Artists-in-Residence
2024 • New media artist
2024 • Comic book author
2024 • Painter
2024 • Painter
2023—24 • Painter
2023 Guest Resident • Playwright
2023 • Textile artist
2023 • Visual artists
2023 • Painter
2023 • Painters
Permanent artist-in-residence
Ceramicist