B. Ingrid Olson
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i8 Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by B. Ingrid Olson.
In her omnidimensional work, Chicago-based artist B. Ingrid Olson (born 1987, Denver) engages the reciprocities between photography, sculpture, and architecture. Poetically testing the capacities of the human body in relation to architectural conditions, she calls attention to the ways that gender and power are implicated in the physical and psychological structuring of space. Olson’s work has been the focus of solo exhibitions internationally, most recently at Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany; fluent, Santander, Spain; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Secession, Vienna. She participated in the 2024 Whitney Biennial and New Photography 2018 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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B. INGRID OLSON, Sitting on a rocking chair, but the rocking movements become a full circle, like a swing going all the way around a swing-set. There is a ghost or a spirit pushing me, 2025-2026%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ESitting%20on%20a%20rocking%20chair%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Ebut%20the%20rocking%20movements%20become%20a%20full%20circle%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Elike%20a%20swing%20going%20all%20the%20way%20around%20a%20swing-set.%20There%20is%20a%20ghost%20or%20a%20spirit%20pushing%20me%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E2025-2026%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Wading in a canal at night. Bodies in the water. One hiding, and busted. Others bloated, dead. I talk to the injured person. We swim up to a large Victorian house. I have to pee, so I go inside. My friend tells me she pees standing up using a soft funnel. She hands it to me to let me borrow it. I see there’s lipstick on the tip, which I ask her about. She smiles but doesn’t say anything. In the bathroom, the stall is old and worn. The lock on the door won’t close. The lock has a beautiful metal clasp, but a screw seems loose. I try to tighten the screw with my finger. Then a stranger’s daughter comes in like an animal on all fours, and she climbs up the stall walls. She's perched on top, halfway in mine and looking at me. I sit down on the toilet and hardly anything comes out, 2025-2026 -
B. INGRID OLSON, A man sits with his son, talking to him about images. He says something like when the image stops moving it stops being an image, 2025-2026 -
B. INGRID OLSON, In a mountain town in a motel room with three people. They read erotic, classic literature to each other. We all four sleep in the same bed, alternating head to foot, foot to head. In the morning, I walk outside and the sun hits the many long, dark hairs on my chin that have suddenly grown out, and this doesn’t bother me, 2025-2026%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EIn%20a%20mountain%20town%20in%20a%20motel%20room%20with%20three%20people.%20They%20read%20erotic%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Eclassic%20literature%20to%20each%20other.%20We%20all%20four%20sleep%20in%20the%20same%20bed%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Ealternating%20head%20to%20foot%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Efoot%20to%20head.%20In%20the%20morning%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3EI%20walk%20outside%20and%20the%20sun%20hits%20the%20many%20long%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Edark%20hairs%20on%20my%20chin%20that%20have%20suddenly%20grown%20out%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Eand%20this%20doesn%26%238217%3Bt%20bother%20me%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E2025-2026%3C/span%3E
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B. INGRID OLSON, Sitting in a truck in a garage. Familiar strangers. They talk about time. I say I know someone will be dead in two days. Then I know, this person who will be dead in two days is laying in the bed of the truck, 2025-2026%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ESitting%20in%20a%20truck%20in%20a%20garage.%20Familiar%20strangers.%20They%20talk%20about%20time.%20I%20say%20I%20know%20someone%20will%20be%20dead%20in%20two%20days.%20Then%20I%20know%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Ethis%20person%20who%20will%20be%20dead%20in%20two%20days%20is%20laying%20in%20the%20bed%20of%20the%20truck%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E2025-2026%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, A Feminine Thought (1934-2021), 2021-2022 -
B. INGRID OLSON, Replacement for a letter that doesn't exist, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EReplacement%20for%20a%20letter%20that%20doesn%27t%20exist%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Lover, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ELover%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E
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B. INGRID OLSON, Twin, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ETwin%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Return-Look, O-Private, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EReturn-Look%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3EO-Private%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Difference of punishment in a round room, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EDifference%20of%20punishment%20in%20a%20round%20room%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Constructor, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EConstructor%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E
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B. INGRID OLSON, Primary Instrument, Human Measure, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EPrimary%20Instrument%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3EHuman%20Measure%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Self Awareness, privately called doubling, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ESelf%20Awareness%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Eprivately%20called%20doubling%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Driver, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EDriver%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Fool, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EFool%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E
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B. INGRID OLSON, Back to the oral and enveloping world, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EBack%20to%20the%20oral%20and%20enveloping%20world%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Aletheic Gaze, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EAletheic%20Gaze%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, Self Awareness, privately called doubling, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3ESelf%20Awareness%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Eprivately%20called%20doubling%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E -
B. INGRID OLSON, The look from above, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EThe%20look%20from%20above%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E
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B. INGRID OLSON, Every way ends, I've had enough, and spit, n.d.%3Cspan%20class%3D%22artist%22%3E%3Cstrong%3EB.%20INGRID%20OLSON%3C/strong%3E%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title%22%3E%3Cem%3EEvery%20way%20ends%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3EI%27ve%20had%20enough%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3Eand%20spit%3C/em%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22comma%22%3E%2C%20%3C/span%3En.d.%3C/span%3E