She is a founding member of New York's Ridge Theater and has been recognized with an OBIE Award, a New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award and an Eliot Norton Award for Outstanding Design in the Theater.
Ms. Olinder has designed projections for numerous contemporary composers, including John Adams, Gavin Bryars, Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Henryk Gorecki, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Her work has been shown at noted performance venues such as ART, BAM, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and MASS MoCA.