ABOUT
I’m Olivia, a Production Designer, Costume Designer, academic researcher and visual artist.
Based in the North West of England, I have 10+ years’ experience in practice-based and academic research within the arts.
I have worked extensively in music video and short film. My production and costume design work has been screened at numerous BAFTA and BIFA accredited film festivals including Clermont-Ferrand, Aesthetica, MANIFF, Bolton and Norwich.
Originally from a Fine Art background, my knowledge of both the history and theory of art heavily inform my approach to visual language within film. Specialist skills include set decoration and design, graphic design, prop buying and making, styling, print and animation.
I have previously been published in the Journal for Artistic Research and have exhibited both nationally and internationally. My research topic centres on the use of my own methodology, Line, a mimetic, performative process of drawing and writing that involves the creation of fluid and interdependent text-image forms and visual poetry. It is a vehicle to act out the rhythms of OCD, anxiety, rage, compulsion, humour and play.
Education
Manchester School of Art
2019 – 2026
PhD
Royal College of Art
2017 – 2019
MA Print
University of Oxford
2013 – 2016
BfA Fine Art (2:1)
Full CV and slate available on request.