ARTIST BIO
Olivia 'Livi' Faulkner is a contemporary American artist based in Massachusetts. She is a self-trained mixed media painter and digital artist. Exposed to contemporary art from a young age, Olivia was inherently drawn to modern art; never expecting it would impact the course of her life and career. Olivia's work fuses many different stylistic elements of contemporary art, such as texture, contrast, splatter, fluidity, and geometric-inspired shapes. She is known for using various non-traditional art mediums which inform her body of work, and uses an action-based approach when painting. In her studio, she "lets go of conformity and allows the action of art to lead the way". Many of her compositions strike a signature style of chaos and control, connectivity, and finding s “balance in the unbalanced" - where contrast is a common theme.
Olivia received her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from The University of Massachusetts at Amherst and studied at the University of Leeds in Leeds, England. In her years after graduating from university, she realized that no other career path would allow her to derive the most fulfillment and satisfaction the way painting does. She believes there is substantial value in interpretation through art, often prompting her viewers to question societal norms and structures of power.
Olivia has exhibited her works in Milan, Brussels, Madrid, Massachusetts, and in Contemporary Art Curator Magazine. Under representation by the Monat Gallery in Madrid, Spain, her work was featured at the Contemporary Art Expo, Art3f, in Brussels, Belgium. Her original and digital art has been licensed through the California-based printing company Lumaprints since 2022, who has licensed and featured her work in HomeGoods and Marshalls.
Olivia has experience working painting classes for elderly populations. In addition, she mentors and supports young artists who are looking for experience in fine arts and are interested in learning the role of a studio assistant. Olivia is currently open to painting and digital art commissions.
Please contact livi.gigi.art@gmail.com for all inquiries.
ARTIST STATEMENT
For me, to be a creator is to exist— and my calling to become an artist is an attempt to explore the absurd and disorderly ways of the world and to create in a non-conventional, freeing, and dynamic way. Rooted in a high-contrast contemporary style, my art uses the dualities of existence to convey both presence and absence, certainty and ambiguity, chaos, and order. I explore themes of impermanence, perception, and tension between the known and unknowable. Contemporary art, for me, is the epitome of art that knows no bounds, has no finite limits, and is not dictated by anyone, anything, or any concept but free thinking illuminated through abstraction. My goal is to entice my viewers, to expand their reflections on modernity, the human condition, and the existential nature of life on earth. Through my work, I seek to visually express myself far beyond the mundane and conformist thinking we are so often inundated with. I feel the beauty of abstract art resides in my viewers ability to see, feel, and think in abstract terms, which I believe the world needs more of.