Olivia Parkes è un’artista e scrittrice con sede a Berlino. Si è laureata presso la Wesleyan University, la Berlin University of the Arts e l’Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Mostre e performance recenti includono Mountains, Berlino (2022), Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlino (2021); Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung, Berlino (2021/22); C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano (2019/21); Gussglashalle Berlino (2019); Galleria Hannah Barry, Londra (2019); Stadium, Berlino (2017) e Berlin Masters (2016). I suoi scritti sono apparsi su riviste come Tin House, Zyzzyva, The Baffler e Electric Literature, tra le altre pubblicazioni. Ha ricevuto premi e borse di studio dalla Elizabeth George Foundation, dalla Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung e dalla Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlino.
FORMAZIONE
2021 (current) MFA in Fiction, Iowa Writers’ Workshop
2019 Meisterschüler Bildende Kunst, Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlino, Germania)
2011 BA (Hons) Studio Art & Art History, Wesleyan University (Middletown, Connecticut, USA)
AWARDS & RESIDENCIE
2021 Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, UK
2021 Gary and Carol Fethke Fellowship, Iowa Writers’ Workshop, USA
2020 Dorothea Konwiarz Stipend, Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung, Berlin, DE
2020 Sonderprogramm Stipend, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin 2019 Stanley Grant for International Research, University of Iowa, USA
2019 Kunstpreis Bagatelle, Junge Kunst Berlin, DE
2016 Erasmus Stipend, Glasgow School of Art, SCO
2015 BOXOProjects Residency, Joshua Tree, USA
2014 Joshua Tree National Park Artist-in-Residence, USA
2014 ABQ Bosque Fiction Award, USA
2011 The Boylan Award, Wesleyan University, USA
2011 The Jamie Hulley Art Stipend, Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation, USA
MOSTRE PERSONALI
2022 Day Rehearsing Night, Dorothea Konwiarz Stiftung, DE
THE SAME RIVER, Mountains, Berlino, DE
THE SAME RIVER, Mountains, Berlino, DE
2020 Future Fair, New York (digitale), C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, USA
2017 The Zone, 2C, NYC, New York, USA
2015 The Old Corral, Joshua Tree National Park V.C., Joshua Tree, California, USA
2014 Last Respects, Giftraum, Berlin, DE
2011 Paintings, Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, USA
MOSTRE COLLETTIVE
2022 Hand Land, Group Show, curated by Tatiana Martyanova, C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano, IT
2021 MiArt 2021, C+N Gallery CANEPANERI 17 - 19 settembre 2021 Pad. 4 Stand B39, IT
2020 Jack’s Flat, Bellermanstrasse 23, Berlino, (digitale)
2019 Neu! C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano, IT
Kunstpreis Bagatelle, Museum Reinickendorf, Berlino, DE
Lies About, Gussglashalle, Berlin, DE
Live Horizons, Giftraum, Berlin, DE
Live Horizons, Giftraum, Berlin, DE
2018 Scared of Your Own Shadow, Edmond Gallery, Berlin, DE
2017 Featherstrokes of a Damozel, Stadium, Berlin, DE
Traphouse III, Torstrasse 111, Berlin, DE
Berlin Masters, Arndt Art Gallery, Berlin, DE
Traphouse III, Torstrasse 111, Berlin, DE
Berlin Masters, Arndt Art Gallery, Berlin, DE
2015 WEISS, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, FR
Cognitive Dissonance, Nebular Incubator, San Diego, California, USA
Cognitive Dissonance, Nebular Incubator, San Diego, California, USA
2014 Joshua Tree Art Expo, Twentynine Palms, USA
Art Fetch Offline, Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin, DE
KUBOSHOW, Kunstmesse, Herne, DE
Collagescapes, Glama Rama Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Art Fetch Offline, Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin, DE
KUBOSHOW, Kunstmesse, Herne, DE
Collagescapes, Glama Rama Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2013 How I Came to Spaceland, Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA
JTAG Artists, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
JTAG Artists, Joshua Tree Art Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2011 Ruth Borchard Portrait Prize, Kings Place Gallery, London, UK