Meg Olsen is a visual artist living in Brooklyn, NY. She received a BFA from the Herron School of Art in 1997 and started her career working with the Children's Museum of Indianapolis as a photographer and video artist. While employed with the children’s museum Olsen curated the exhibition, Through the Eyes of Children. This project was a collaboration between Olsen’s photography students and student photographers living in New Delhi, India.

 

After moving to Los Angeles in 1998, Olsen spent time working at the AT&T Cable Access facility as the sound and lighting technician. She moved back to Indianapolis in 2002 and worked as the staff photographer for Punk Rock Night, performed with Bottoms Up Burlesque, and painted large scale public murals with Stahl Studios. During this time, she exhibited her work in group and solo shows in and around the metropolitan area and created videos for grant applications. In 2009 she was featured as the cover story in the IUPUI Alumni magazine for her work with nonprofit organizations.

 

Olsen received a Master of Arts Education from Colorado State University Pueblo in 2022. Projects she worked on while living in Colorado include private commissions, mural painting, and school-based initiatives such as the Dino Daze public sculpture competition, and the 4th Street Viaduct Community Mural. In 2022 she served as an advisor to the Mural Committee for the city’s Sesquicentennial Celebration and worked with Dr. Zahari Metchkov to create a stop motion video which accompanied a live piano performance at the Pueblo Keyboard Arts Festival.  

 

Olsen received a Master of Fine Arts from Brooklyn College in 2024 and is currently working as an Adjunct Professor. She teaches asynchronous classes in Drawing and Art Appreciation with Colorado State University Pueblo. And she works with Passaic County Community College teaching 2-D Design, 3-D Design, Drawing, and Art Appreciation.

 

Throughout her career, Olsen has advocated for bringing arts opportunities to underserved communities in the role of Professional Teaching Artist. During her time at CSUP she developed a course for incarcerated students in drawing and painting. Working closely with her student Christopher Levitt, she helped create a scholarship program for incarcerated students who don’t have support on the outside. The first scholarships were awarded in the spring semester of 2025.