Stan is a Canadian multi-disciplinary visual artist currently based in Peterborough, ON. Ontario College of Art Diploma 1977 Experimental Arts
His work is informed by an ongoing curiosity of our relationship to the world around us. Often reinterpreting persistent symbolisms such as sacred geometry, Olthuis explores spatial tension and interaction through abstract shapes and audience provocations.
He employs diverse materials and fabrication techniques to make paintings, sculptures and interactive works.
His formal art education started with Henrik Krijger, a celebrated Dutch master printmaker, type designer, painter and sculptor.
He exhibits regularly in private and public galleries and is collected internationally.