Education
2006 MFA University of Delaware
2001 BFA Millersville University
Residencies
2007 The Fabric Workshop and Museum; Apprentice Training Program – Philadelphia, PA
2007 Cooper Union School of Art Summer Residency Program – New York, NY
2002 Vermont Studio Center, painting residency – Johnson, VT
2001 Chautauqua Institution, painting concentration – Chautauqua, NY
2001-02 Young Artist-In-Residence, Millersville University – Millersville, PA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 along my journey I carry you along, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia PA
2013 go to where you can breathe, Fleisher Art Memorial Wind Challenge Exhibition Series
Fleisher Art Memorial – Philadelphia, PA
2011 you make me nostalgic for a place I’ve never known, curator: Amanda Jirón-Murphy
Flashpoint Gallery – Washington, DC
2008-09 I will find us a path to everything we hope for, Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space
DCCA – Wilmington, DE
2007 all our plans that lead back to beginnings, The Hall, Crane Arts Building – Philadelphia, PA
2003 why don’t you take the day off and try to repair, Lancaster Galleries – Lancaster, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 It’s My Party. I’ll Cry if I Want To, curator: Talia Greene, Grizzly Grizzly – Philadelphia PA
2014 Reprise: 40 to the Fore, curators: Karyn Miller and Judy Byron, Arlington Arts Center – Arlington, VA
2011 (e)merge Art Fair, Flashpoint Gallery, Capitol Skyline Hotel – Washington DC
2010 The New Intimists, curator: Samantha Friedman, NURTUREart – Brooklyn, NY
2010 Nowhere: Selections from the Files of the Hand Drawn Map Association, curator: Kris Harzinski
Arcadia University Art Gallery – Glenside, PA
2009 Soft Space: Architecture in Contemporary Art, curator: Margaret Winslow
Maryland Art Place – Baltimore, MD
2009 Beyond Matter, University of Delaware MFA Alumni Exhibition
juror: Nora Lawrence, Crane Arts Building – Philadelphia, PA
2008 Connect to Future Modules, Pool Art Fair, Cavalier Hotel – Miami Beach, FL
2008 My Little / Membrane, curators: Zeljka Himbele-Kozul and William Heath, NURTUREart – Brooklyn, NY
2007 Art of the State 2007, juror: Kevin Wixted, The State Museum of Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, PA
2007 3rd Annual Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition: Across & Between,
juror: Matthew Higgs, Main Line Art Center – Haverford, PA
2006 draw_drawing_2, coordinator: Giacomo Picca, the foundry gallery, London Biennale 2006
Shoreditch, London
2005 MFA Biennial Exhibition, juror: J. Susan Isaacs, DCCA, Carole Bieber and Marc Ham Gallery
Wilmington, DE
2005 2nd Annual Juried Competition, juror: Barbara Grossman, Masur Museum of Art – Monroe, LA
1999 New Works New Artists – Doshi Gallery for Contemporary Art – Harrisburg, PA
1998 Istituto San Lodovico – Orvieto, Italy
Selected Awards and Honors
2011 Kitchen of Innovation grant with curator, Amanda Jirón-Murphy
2011 Kickstarter grant with curator, Amanda Jirón-Murphy
2007 Finalist, Miami University National Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award
juror: Jerry Saltz
2000 Edna Rochow Workman Memorial Art Award
Selected Bibliography
Baskas, Harriet. “Fresh Art at PHL Airport.” http://stuckattheairport.com/2016/09/25/fresh-art-at-phl-airport/
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Art review: ‘Reprise: 40 to the Fore’ at the Arlington Arts Center.” Washington Post. 24 July 2014.
Schwartz, Chip. “Fleisher Wind Challenge provides peace of mind, social critique, and everything between.” Knight Arts. KAC Philadelphia, 17 December 2013.
Roake, Jessica. Washington Post Express. On the Spot: Janell Olah, 18 August 2011.
Jacobson, Louis. “Reviewed: Nicole Herbert and Janell Olah at Flashpoint.” Washington Citypaper. Artsdesk, 3 August 2011.
Ebstein, Alex. “Learning the Trade.” Baltimore City Paper 21 October 2009, http://www.citypaper.com/arts/story.asp?id=19139.
“Experience Delaware.” By Janet Vasil. Delaware Tonight. WHYY-TV, Philadelphia. 10 February 2009.