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About The Artist
Artist Biography
Louis Olivier is a sculptor based in Johannesburg,
South Africa. Born in 1976, in Vereeniging, he
grew up in Bethal in Mpumalanga. He graduated
with a degree in Information Technology from the
University of Pretoria in 1998. Olivier worked in
the IT field for three years and then made a dramatic
career change in 2001, to work as a fulltime
artist.
He works in various media: sculpture, drawing,
collage, printmaking and installations. His
sculptures are often beings that are figurative,
but also emanate vibrance and presence. His
drawings and collages are renditions of and find
their origin in his sculptures.
Olivier is a Maker who collaborates with numerous
artists and designers. He is investigating various
fabrication processes. Playing, experimenting
and elaborating is at the heart of his artistic
practise.
Artist CV
Born 5 May 1976 in Vereeniging, South Africa.
Education:
1999 B Com (Information Technology) , University of Pretoria
Experience and Collaboration:
2017: Collaboration with William Kentridge on Glyptotek sculpture series,Norval Foundation
2016: Collaboration with William Kentridge on Three Sister Heads & Shadow Figure sculpture series
2016: Collaboration with William Kentridge on Woodblock sculpture series
2014: Collaboration with William Kentridge on Roman & Polychromed Head sculpture series
2013: Collaboration with William Kentridge on Rebus sculpture series
2012 – 2014: Founder and Director at Workhorse Bronze Foundry, Johannesburg
2011 – 2012: Studio Assistant at William Kentridge Studio, Johannesburg
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2018: 100 Generations of Soil, Dylan Lewis Sculpture Garden, Stellenbosch
2017: 100 Generations of Soil, Circa, Cape Town
2015: Crtitical Mass, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2013: Fragment, Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates Gallery), Johannesburg
2012: Beginsel, Worldart Gallery, Cape Town
2011: (Man)nerism, Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates), Johannesburg
2009: Pale Male (under the metorship of Wilma Cruise), Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates), Johannesburg
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2018: Spring Sasol, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2018: Scope, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2018: Bronze Steel and Stone III, Circa, London
2017: Bronze, Steel & Stone, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2017: Jan Celliers School, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2017: Intersection, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2016: Summer Season Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2016: Commune, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2015: Bronze, Steel & Stone, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2015: Winter Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2015: Nirox Winter Fair, Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind
2014: Summer Season Group Show, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2014: Summer of Sculpture, Mount Nelson, Cape Town
2014: Play, Nirox Sculpture Park, Cradle of Humankind
2014: Pilgrim, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2014: Making the Map, Lizamore & Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2013: Interface, Carole Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2011: Momento, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2011: Collaboration, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
2010: And What Now?, Grande Provence, Franschoek
2010: Here & There, Carol Lee Fine Art, Johannesburg
Selected Art Fairs:
2018: Joburg Art Fair, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2016: Cape Town Art Fair, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2015: Turbine Art Fair, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2015: Cape Town Art Fair, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2014: Joburg Art Fair, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2014: Turbine Art Fair, Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2012: Joburg Art Fair, Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates Gallery), Johannesburg
2012: Klein Karoo Kunste Fees (KKNK), Ik ben een Afrikaner, Oudtshoorn
2011: Joburg Art Fair, Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates), Johannesburg
2010: Joburg Art Fair, Artspace (now Lizamore & Associates), Johannesburg
Commissions and Projects:
2014 – 2018: think.STOP project, Rand Merchant Bank
2015 – 2017: National Heritage Project, Dali Tambo, Johannesburg
2013: Alfred Mangena, National Heritage Project
2011 – 2012: Refusal of Time, William Kentridge Studio (dOCUMENTA13)
2011: Ossymandius series (in collaboration with Wilma Cruise), Joburg Art Fair
2011: Sasol Wild Dog Award trophy (bronze)
2010: Sasol Honeybird Award trophy (bronze and steel)
2010: Maestro (bronze), Rand Merchant Bank
2008 – 2009: Thinker Bench (Benchmark Project), Rand Merchant Bank
2007 – 2008: Thinker Bookends (edition of 250, bronze and stainless steel), RMB
2006: Spirit of Sasolburg (bronze, stone cast and rusted metal), Sasol
Private Commissions:
2011: Rammed Earth, standing figure installation, Stellenbosch
2010: Man Standing (steel)
Work in Collections:
Ellerman House, Cape Town
Westcliff Hotel, Johannesburg
Rand Merchant Bank, Johannesburg
Rand Merchant Bank, Cape Town
Few private collectors
Representation:
Everard Read
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