LOVIE OLIVIA
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Lovie Olivia, Splay, mixed media on file folder, 2023.
BORN IN AND LIVES AND WORKS IN HOUSTON, TX.
LOVIE OLIVIA creates works that are informed by race, gender, and sexuality and the historical and cultural nuances surrounding these intersections. She employs painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installation to arrive at her body musings.
Olivia has exhibited at numerous venues such as Corridor Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), 1969 Gallery(Manhattan, NY), Jam Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Woman Made Gallery (Chicago, IL), Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN), Art Pace, (San Antonio, TX), The Station Museum (Houston, TX), Project Row Houses (Houston, TX), Blaffer Museum (Houston, TX), Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC), and the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH). She is a recipient of three Individual Artist Awards, which are funded by the City of Houston through the Houston Arts Alliance, including a current commission with the City of Houston and Bush Intercontinental Airport. Olivia’s work hangs in numerous private and public collections including Project Row Houses, ACRE Residency Chicago, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian Institute