Olivia Hicks
MA work
MA work
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Spun, Olivia Hicks
Photographic lithograph
Using architectural theory as point of departure, my work explores the permeabilities between the body, complex emotional states and architectural spaces. I am interested in the sculptural idea of the room as a container or vessel, which objects and emotions can pour in and out of, and drain, leak or overflow.
At the same time I am interested in the status of the body itself as a container, where the skin is a membrane that holds us together. I make fetish-like objects, which inhabit a dark architectural space that uses ideas of ‘apotropaic’ (protective) magic that can defend, protect and constrain the body.
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Humanities
Programme
MA Printmaking, 2010
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Contact
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07910 354338
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Using architectural theory as point of departure, my work explores the permeabilities between the body, complex emotional states and architectural spaces. I am interested in the sculptural idea of the room as a container or vessel, which objects and emotions can pour in and out of, and drain, leak or overflow.
At the same time I am interested in the status of the body itself as a container, where the skin is a membrane that holds us together. I make fetish-like objects, which inhabit a dark architectural space that uses ideas of ‘apotropaic’ (protective) magic that can defend, protect and constrain the body.
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Degrees
- BA (Hons), Graphic Design, Bath College of Art and Design, 1990
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Experience
- Freelance design work, Various London-based publishers (HarperCollins, Orion, Conran Octopus etc.), London, 1992-2007
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Exhibitions
- Park View Situ, Café Gallery Projects, London, 2010; Apartment 21, Clearlake Hotel, London, 2010; Man Group Drawing Prize, Royal College of Art, London, 2009; Open Exhibition, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, 2008
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Awards
- Runner up, John Norris Wood Natural Form Drawing Prize, 2010; First prize, Institute of Directors' Prize, Royal West of England Academy, 2004