Olivia Watson is a multimedia visual artist. Originally from Oklahoma, Olivia has called Rhode Island home since 2012. Currently she works primarily on mixed media paintings but has created bodies of work in printmaking, video, and assemblage. She holds a B.A. in Modern Culture + Media and Visual Art from Brown University.
Artist Statement: Through my work, I explore quiet moments, usually solo and introspective or intimate and tender. I get to daydream about the lives of houses, forest clearings, and red dirt plains and draw out their spirits.
OLIVIA WATSON
b. 1993 in Stillwater, Oklahoma
Lives and works in Bristol, Rhode Island
Education
2012-16 Brown University, B.A. in Visual Art, Modern Culture & Media, Providence, RI
2014 Rhode Island School of Design, coursework in illustration, Providence, RI
Selected Exhibitions
** denotes solo show
2023 October Featured Artist | The Collaborative | Warren, RI
2022 Small Works National Juried Show | Main Street Arts | Clifton Springs, NY
2021 **A Little Light | AS220 Galleries | Providence, RI
2020 INTERIORS National Juried Exhibition | Cape Cod Museum of Art | Dennis, MA
2020 A Generous Kingdom V | Verum Ultimum Art Gallery | Portland, OR
2018 Women’s Health and Education Fund Art Show | Brave Daughters Studio | Rumford, RI
2016 **Untold | List Art Center | Providence, RI
2016 Spring Grant Show | Granoff Center for the Creative Arts | Providence, RI
2016 **Grave Goods | List Art Center | Providence, RI
Grants
2015 Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University, Providence, RI
Published Work
2020 CandyFloss Magazine (The Enchanted Issue, Oct. 2020; print and web)
2014-15 The Round (Issue XI, Issue XII; print)