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In the 1980s Olsen lived and worked in
Ponsonby, Auckland. She became renowned for her large, tactile paintings with three dimensional elements which imbued them with a sculptural quality; reflective of other elements of her practice. During this era she often repeatedly portrayed what appeared to
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stable during this period. In 1989 she immigrated to
Australia where she lived and worked in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria for some years. Maria and John then resided in Queensland until she died in 2014.
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Olsen's work is held in the collections of
Auckland Art Gallery, Anderson Park Art Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Hocken Library, James Wallace Collection, Manawatu Art Gallery and the
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Maria Olsen was married to artist John Parry (b
Ballarat, Vic). They had three daughters, who in turn followed in their career footsteps. Hannah, Mehera and Ruth, twins.
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be a large cauldron or tank in a mysterious, darkened space. This repeated motif became iconic of her work. She was a significant element of the
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from 1962 to 1964. She worked as a teacher part-time then returned to her art full-time in the 1980s.
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