Last week, artnet News reported that crochet artist Olek (whose real name is Agata Oleksiak) was undertaking one of her most logistically challenging projects yet—installing crochet wrappings around ...

A plane comes in to land over a person covered in crocheted yarn on a beach on St Martin in the Caribbean. Polish-born artist Olek has created wacky crocheted and knitted artworks around the world.

We knew we were in the right place Thursday night when we spotted the crocheted shopping cart hanging above the storefronts on Orchard Street: yarn-wizard and Runnin’ Scared favorite Olek’s newest ...

Earlier this year the artist Olek was commissioned to recreate a home made entirely out of yarn for the Verket museum in Avesta, Sweden. She found herself working alongside many refugees from the ...

Crochet artist Olek is famous for covering several NYC public art works in yarn, including the Wall Street Bull (photo via olekappeal.com) Olek recently arrived in London in order to fulfill a variety ...

A few days ago we got a curious email from Olek, the crochet artist who has covered much of New York in colorful yarn. She’s been in Europe for a while and did a couple shows in Poland recently. “I ...

Knitting her way through a cellphone commercial, crochet-crazy artist Olek is Samsung's latest spokesperson, starring in a commercial for their Galaxy Note smart phone. Watching the commercial, Olek ...

Olek is an artist who works in the traditional medium of crochet and transforms the soft material into massive-scale art installations around the world. Blanketing rooms, cars, trains, public walls ...

Born in Poland and currently based in New York, Olek has spent the last decade showing her unconventional crocheted works in the form of street art, performance art and now in museums and galleries ...

Crochet artist Agata Oleksiak pedaled her blue bike down 20th street, her camouflage-patterned crocheted purse sitting comfortably in the front basket. After locking her vehicle up outside the ...