Presenter

CK (Kaia) Olsen is an interdisciplinary artist and educator with a practice that explores visual narrativity through experimental mergers of performance, technology, and film. Kaia’s work has resulted in five PBS television specials, four (Midwest) Emmy® nominations, and two lauded CGI animated series (VeggieTales® and Threads™). His work has exhibited at MECA Gallery (Almeria/Andalusia), Muestra Internacional de Videonarración ARTográfica (Spain), Chicago International Film Fest, Rhode Island International Film Fest, Sidewalk Film Fest, 1Reel Bumbershoot (Seattle), Miami Short Film Fest, Alma Gallery (Chicago), Clinton Presidential Library, Gallery 400, Harris Theater for Dance, Kohler Arts Center, and the Music Box Theatre (Chicago).