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Olivia Sterling, Our General Aims, 2022 (Acrylic on canvas, 190 x 150 cm).
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Olivia Sterling, Yowl installation view.
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Olivia Sterling, Yowl installation view.
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Olivia Sterling, Our General Aims, 2022 (Acrylic on canvas, 190 x 150 cm).
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Olivia Sterling, Yowl installation view.
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Olivia Sterling, Yowl installation view.

Olivia Sterling

  • Olivia Sterling’s (b. 1996, Peterborough) paintings critique racialised discourses in our contemporary through the depiction of everyday objects and settings. On her zoomed-in canvases, limbs of different skin tones are often placed in ordinary scenes, and colour blocks are tagged with letters and numbers referencing to racial compartmentalisation. While Sterling’s slapstick style, vibrant colours, bold brushstrokes and cartoon-styled outlines seem to be cheerful at first glance, they serve the artist’s aim to unveil the underlying systemic racism, prejudice and everydayness of othering that pervade our society even in the most mundane activities. Graduating with an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art, Sterling was exhibited at Guts Gallery (London, 2022), NEVVEN (Gothenburg, 2022), CCA Goldsmiths (London, 2021), Cob Gallery (London, 2021), Galerie Droste (Paris, 2021), Blank Projects (Cape Town, 2020), White Cube (Online, 2020), UCA Farnham (Surrey, 2019), and RCA Battersea (London, 2018). Sterling lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

  • Exhibitions

    Villeggiatura
    Jul 3 — 24, 2022

    Yowl
    Jan 20 — Feb 27, 2022

  • Press

    Månadens konstlista: Clint Eastwood, akvarell och miljöförstöring
    Göteborgs Posten — Feb 10, 2022

    Kulturguiden våren 2022 - Göteborg
    Nöjesguiden — Jan 24, 2022

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