OlIVIA STERLING
British, 1996
Olivia Sterling lives and works in London. She holds an MA in Painting from Royal College of Art, London. Sterling’s paintings consist of everyday scenes that explore whiteness and subjugation. Compositions are laced with violence or sex and sweetened by comedy and cartoonish imagery. Bodily matter is often mistaken for edible objects, tethering consumption and objectification together. Solo exhibitions include: Pity the Meat!, East Gallery, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich (2026) Your Cheeks Are Wine, Meyer Riegger, Basel (2024); Manslaughter, Guts Gallery, London (2022); Yowl, Nevven, Gothenburg (2022); Really Rough Scrubbing Brush, CCA Goldsmiths, London (2021); White Bread, Cob Gallery, London (2021). Group exhibitions include: Rage Comics, Huxley Parlour, London (2023); Out Here, Steve Turner, Los Angeles (2023); The Object Stares Back, Tube Culture Hall, Milan (2023); In the land of Cockaigne, Quench, Margate (2022); Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, Somerset House, London (2021).
