2003 Photo
Irene Hardwicke Olivieri, Class of 1977
2003
Photo
1977 McHi graduate Irene Hardwicke Olivieri is a
well-known painter whose artwork has been exhibited in New York City, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Chicago, and elsewhere. Her work has received great reviews
in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Art in
America, New Yorker, and other nationwide publications.
After graduating from McHi in 1977, Irene attended
Escola das Artes Visuais in Rio de Janiero and Insituto Allende in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She received a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the
University of Texas at Austin in 1983 and a Masters of Arts from New York
University in 1985. Below is a photo of one of Irene's works,
Beguiling Plumage: In 2000, a collection of her most famous paintings
was published in book form. George Melrod of Art and Antiques
magazine commented: "Dreamlike and delicate, [her] paintings recall
outsider art in that they represent a fanciful private vision." David
Pagel of the Los Angeles Times said: "The hours of devotion
[she] lavished on her paintings is hinted at in the time it takes to read
them." Click here to visit Irene's
Web page, irenehardwickeolivieri.com. A
special thanks to Dina Barrera Wilson for nominating
Irene for our alumni recognition page. Page Views: 
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