| Karin Olah | |
| Birth Date: | 3 February 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Lititz, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Field: | Artist |
| Training: | Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore |
| Works: | Sea Wall (2018) Garden Quilt (2007) |
Karin Olah is a contemporary artist in Charleston, South Carolina. She combines hand-dyed fabric and paint to create her signature multi-layered paintings.[1] Olah is known in the American South for her fabric collages which mimic elements of the natural world.[2] Her imagery is informed by quilt-making as well as the light patterns and colors of coastal landscapes.[3]
Olah was born in 1977 and is from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), receiving a B.F.A. in fiber art in 1999. Following art school, Olah worked for several years in Manhattan managing a textile studio with couture fashion designer clients such as Donna Karan, Marc Jacobs, and Ralph Lauren.[4] Olah's work is found in private and corporate collections including the Medical University of South Carolina’s Contemporary Carolina Collection, the City of Charleston's Office of Cultural Affairs; and the Shoestring Publishing Company.[5]