Born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Currently resides in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2001 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art,Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1997-1999 Post-Baccalaureate Program, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1989 B.A.Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Fellowships and Awards
2007 The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Award
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
2005 Creative Capital Foundation, Grant Recipient
2004 Emerging Artists Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County, Individual Artist Grant
The 18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition Award
2003 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, (catalogue)
Artadia Fund for Art and Dialogue Grant, Finalist
2002 and 2003 Eliza Prize, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
2000-2001 Jerome Family Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2000 Camille Hanks Cosby Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Richard and Jean Coyne Family Foundation Award, World Studio Foundation
2000 Jaycee War Memorial Scholarship, Jaycee War Memorial Fund
1996 Work Study Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
1988 New York City Boroughs’ Scholarship, Dartmouth College
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Billboard Project (59 South), Creative Capital Grant, Houston
In the Public Realm, Public Art Fund, New York, New York
2007
Karyn Olivier - A Closer Look, Laumeier Sculpture Park, (catalogue), St. Louis, MO
2006
Factory Installed, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2005
Winter hung to dry, Women and their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
Time to go home, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2004
Billboard Project, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas
2003
Bench (seating for one), Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
2002
Round 16, Project Row Houses, Houston, Texas
Two-Person Exhibitions
2003
It's not the end of the world, Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
2000
Blue, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Group Exhibitions
2008
Something New, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Gwangju Biennial, Gwangju, Korea
2007
Black Light/White Noise, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, (catalogue), Houston, Texas
Mas’ From Process to Procession, Rotunda Gallery, Brookyln, New York
2006
Insight Out, The Wanas Foundation, (catalogue), Knislinge, Sweden
Eight Emerging American Artists, The Wanas Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
Trace, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York, New York
Quid Pro Qou, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York
Busan Biennale 2006 (catalogue), Busan, Korea
Making Do, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
2005
Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art since 1970, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas
Greater New York 2005, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, New York
Frequency, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York
You are Here, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas
Money, Baby! Artadia at Diverseworks, Diverseworks, Houston, Texas
2004
Houston Area Exhibition, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, (curated by Bill Arning, Houston, Texas)
Emerging Artists Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
In Practice Series, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, New York
The 18th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina
Three Attempts at Longevity, Triple Candie, New York, New York
African American Art from the Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2003
Siting Sculpture, The Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas
Sweet Dreams, No Name Gallery at the Soap Factory, curated by Franklin Sirmans, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Function: Assimilate, Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Core 2003 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2002
Core Samples, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, Texas
Core 2002 Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
2001
Function: Drop it, Function Variable Artists' Projects, Houston, Texas
Wall Space, Genesis Park, (curated by Hiram Butler), Houston, Texas
Summer Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
M.F.A. Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2000
Erotics of Dislike, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1999
Thesis Exhibition, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Permanent Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York