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529:, working against the potential to flatten or reduce underrepresented identities, Olivia complicates and expands identity through numerous media and "documents" that emphasize the "truth" of such identity, and yet she also allows space for the discomfort, tensions, and contradictions inherent to such a kind of "hybridized presence." Painting and carving into plaster and pigment, Olivia's "contemporary frescoes" for this exhibition marked a departure in her work to that point. 247: 66: 25: 186: 484:
and sculptural installation. Olivia's work revolves around a number of interrelated issues important for a number underrepresented communities that all connect back to her own identity and life experience under the labeled categories of: "Female, Black, Gay, etc." The press release for Olivia's 2010
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presence. Part autobiographical-part objective, Olivia zeroes in on the complex histories of racism, sexism, and classism in America, which intersect for ‘thrice’ the barrier to equal opportunity. Her exhibition, influenced by recorded conversations, video footage,
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A play on the phrase “twice removed” denoting familial relations through a system of “removals,” Olivia re-contextualizes this terminology to imply separation from African traditions and customs, male authority, and
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In these four sentences alone, readers are made aware of a number of hinge-points for Olivia's work: the ways in which privilege, power, and tradition are shaped and overwritten by
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A thorough re-write is needed to properly introduce this artist to the reader and assert why and how they are significant through their art and to the world of art.
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Olivia is the recipient of the Individual Artist Grant Award 2009 and 2014 offered by Houston Arts Alliance and funded by the
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As a multidisciplinary artist, Olivia works across various media including printmaking,
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at Spacetaker ARC Gallery in Houston, Texas, characterizes the show as:
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA)
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2019 - The Wright Gallery in the College of Architecture at
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2023 - Tinney Contemporary Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
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2010 - Spacetaker Artist Resource Center, Houston, Texas
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privilege in this new solo show. Her work explores the
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in light of the challenges and joy associated with a
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2017 - Art League Houston (as ROUX), Houston, Texas
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She has participated in exhibitions, including: 1321:"University Museum at Texas Southern University" 1248:"University Museum at Texas Southern University" 1078:"Lovie Olivia's 'Tuft & Facet' at Lawndale" 1325:University Museum at Texas Southern University 1252:University Museum at Texas Southern University 1103:"20th International Open | Woman Made Gallery" 8: 598:2017 - Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 275:of quality, and to make it neutral in tone. 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 656:Houston Museum of African American Culture 320: 97:about living persons that is unsourced or 552:2023 - Frist Museum, Nashville, Tennessee 452:which are manipulated and completed with 309:Learn how and when to remove this message 291:Learn how and when to remove this message 229:Learn how and when to remove this message 168:Learn how and when to remove this message 798:"DaMask by Lovie Olivia | FreshArts.org" 651:2012 - Gallery M Squared, Houston, Texas 671: 523:discourses of race, sex, and class. 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