“Everything a person passes is affected by that passing
The world is all sensors and response.
That is the physical system which we are part of.
These works find shapes and forms through my response to the world I am in.”
Oliver’s work is poetic in the exploration of the scientific, and scientific in the creation of the poetic. Creating sculptures which are moving without mechanism, his pieces explore life and living movement. Free of the diktats of utility or purpose, he creates expressive form through precision and active geometry, playing with the artistic choices which can bring an accurate mechanism slightly out of balance, forever in search of its equilibrium.
Drawing on the wildness of his Aotearoa/NZ childhood, the solace and solitude to be found in the natural world where nothing is ever without movement, however long the timescale, ‘nature’ is an ever-present touchpoint for his kinetic sculptures.
The experience of the complex social, political and historic context of Aotearoa, along with the sense of a landscape that is profoundly alive, challenge and shape Oliver’s self and creative practice as an artist, now living and working in London. His studio’s door is always open, welcoming all to spark a conversation.
The world is all sensors and response.
That is the physical system which we are part of.
These works find shapes and forms through my response to the world I am in.”
Oliver’s work is poetic in the exploration of the scientific, and scientific in the creation of the poetic. Creating sculptures which are moving without mechanism, his pieces explore life and living movement. Free of the diktats of utility or purpose, he creates expressive form through precision and active geometry, playing with the artistic choices which can bring an accurate mechanism slightly out of balance, forever in search of its equilibrium.
Drawing on the wildness of his Aotearoa/NZ childhood, the solace and solitude to be found in the natural world where nothing is ever without movement, however long the timescale, ‘nature’ is an ever-present touchpoint for his kinetic sculptures.
The experience of the complex social, political and historic context of Aotearoa, along with the sense of a landscape that is profoundly alive, challenge and shape Oliver’s self and creative practice as an artist, now living and working in London. His studio’s door is always open, welcoming all to spark a conversation.
Exhibitions
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Past
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Turner Prize Exhibition
Tate Liverpool , Liverpool
20 October 2022 - 19 March 2023
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on presented kinetic art works.
Tate Liverpool , Liverpool
20 October 2022 - 19 March 2023
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on presented kinetic art works.
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
Royal Academy, London
21 June - 21 August 2022
Inclusion of art work 5 6 7 - blue
Royal Academy, London
21 June - 21 August 2022
Inclusion of art work 5 6 7 - blue
Ingrid Pollard - Carbon Slowly Turning
Turner Contemporary, Margate
Opens 9 July 2022
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on kinetic art works.
Turner Contemporary, Margate
Opens 9 July 2022
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on kinetic art works.
Ingrid Pollard - Carbon Slowly Turning
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
12 March - 29 May 2022
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on kinetic art works.
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes
12 March - 29 May 2022
Collaboration with Ingrid Pollard on kinetic art works.
Flight is a Waltz - Curio
Design Miami/Basel, Basel
June 2017
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie
Design Miami/Basel, Basel
June 2017
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie
Flight is a Waltz
PAD London
October 2016
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie
PAD London
October 2016
Collaboration with Dominic Harris
Presented by Priveekollektie