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OLIVIA STRANGE

Olivia Strange's multi-disciplinary practice spanning sculpture, painting, installation, moving image and poetry, is characterised by a layered narrative and highly visceral aesthetic. The work is concerned with disarming patriarchal descriptors via exploration of her Italian roots and draws on themes of Greco-Roman mythology, historical narratives around witches, the female body & jouissance to portray an empowering image of queer female subjectivity.


Since graduating with Distinction from Chelsea College of Art- MA Fine Art (2017) having received the Vice Chancellor Scholarship, Strange has exhibited at Annka Kulty’s Gallery presenting an ambitious large scale immersive installation as part of the inaugural Cacotopia show, Southwark Park Galleries, ArtOn Istanbul, Unit 1 Gallery, Liminal Gallery (Solo Show), Every Woman Biennial and Basis Projektraum.


Strange was selected for the 2021 cohort of the SPACE Studios X London Creative Network Artist Development Programme and the Ellipsis Prints 2021 Commissioning Project and Shortlisted for the prestigious Ingram Collection Purchase Prize 2021. More recently Strange was selected for the Radical Residency 2022 at Unit 1 Gallery in London, longlisted for the Robert Walters UK New Artist Award 2022, co-curated the group exhibition ‘Bag, Pedestal, Rabbit, Potato’ which centred around Ursula. K. Le Guin’s seminal text The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction at Staffordshire Street Gallery, London and shortlisted for the GIRLPOWER Residency 2023.

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EXHIBITIONS

LIMINAL SALON II: GROUP EXHIBITION

26 October - 23 November 2024

OLIVIA STRANGE: LONDON ART FAIR

16th - 21st January 2024

OLIVIA STRANGE: THE PLEASURES WE FEEL

3 Works for 3 Weeks

19th April - 10th May 2022

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Selected Exhibitions:

2024, It Softens the Blow, That Deep Melodic Bliss, (Solo Show), Liminal Gallery, Margate
2024, PLEASURES, Shoreditch Modern Gallery, London
2024, PLATFORM curated by Gemma Rolls Bentley in partnership with Charleston Museum,, London Art Fair, (Solo Presentation) Liminal Gallery — UK
2023, Sweet Garden of Vanishing Desires — ArtOn, Istanbul — Turkey
2023, Take My Hand — Unit 1 Gallery, London — UK
2022, Bunch — Liminal Gallery x Hotel Michele, Margate — UK
2022, Fair Art Fair x Auction Collective — works selected by Marcelle Joseph & Tabish Khan — online auction
2022, Bag, Pedestal, Rabbit, Potato — Staffordshire St. Gallery, London — UK (exhibited + curated)
2022, Radical Residency Show — Unit 1 Gallery, London — UK
2022, Womxn II — Unit 1 Gallery, London — UK
2022, I Took My Power In My Hand, POW Thanet, Margate — UK
2022, Solo Show — The Pleasures We Feel — Liminal Gallery — Online
2022, Art On A Postcard, International Womens Day Hepatitis C Trust
2021, Ingram Collection Purchase Prize - Unit 1 Gallery & Workshop, London — UK


Awards, Grants and Residencies:

2024
Critics Choice, PLATFORM London Art Fair

2023
GIRLPOWER residency (shortlisted)

2022
Robert Walters UK New Artist Award (Longlisted)
Radical Residency VII - Unit 1 Gallery + Workshop, London
Zabludowicz Collection Masterclass

2021
Ingram Collection Purchase Prize (shortlist)
Ellipsis Prints Commissioning Project for womxn + non binary artists, London — artwork displayed on billboards across London

2020-21
London creative Network x SPACE Artist Development Programme

2016
Space Studio Award (shortlist), London

2015
Vice Chancellor Scholarship 2015 MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art


Panel Discussions, Artist Talks and Podcasts:

2024, PLEASURES, panel discussion, Shoreditch Modern Gallery, London— UK
2024, Girl, Get A Real Job podcast, Pursuit of Pleasure live panel with Sara Karpanen, London— UK
2024, LOVE & LIFE – SHINING A LIGHT ON CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS RESPONDING TO QUEER LIFE IN THE UK- panel discussion chaired by Gemma Rolls Bentley, , London Art Fair, London — UK
2023, Panel Discussion chaired by curator Charlotte Leez-Smith , Take My Hand — Unit 1 Gallery, London — UK
2022, Artist Q&A interview with curator Louise Fitzjohn, I took my Power in my Hand, Liminal Gallery, Margate— UK


Education:

2016, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art (Distinction) — London
2007, Falmouth College of Art (BA Hons) — Falmouth
2002, Chelsea College of Art (Foundation) — London

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