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BORN
1992 Sydney, Australia
STUDIES
2022 – Bachelor of Fine Art (Ceramics), National Art School
2012 – Advanced Diploma, Design in Live Theatre, Entertainment and Events, Enmore TAFE
2010 – Certificate IV, Design, Enmore TAFE
ARTIST STATEMENT
Olivia Elaine Tahan has a sculpture-based practice, working primarily in ceramics. Her work is inspired by her passion for the natural world, exploring themes of beauty, love, and loss. In response to climate change, Olivia handcrafts intricate sculptural light forms that emulate bleached coral, portraying how just one degree can make a devastating difference.
Olivia has travelled throughout Australia and Canada, from coral reefs to glacial landscapes, witnessing first-hand the effects of climate change. Taking inspiration from coral and repetitive patterns in nature, Olivia places her focus on the intricacies of form and mark-making to show signs of life whilst keeping her colour palette quite limited to echo the opposite. She works in mid-fire porcelain for its luminosity and poetic qualities, and more importantly to minimize her ecological footprint as a ceramicist. Through her work, she hopes to spark curiosity and gently spread awareness of this contemporary topic.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 – February – Harvey Galleries/ NAS Group Show
2022 – December – Grad Show, National Art School
2022 – July – Natural Haptics, A Ceramic Art Exhibition. Stairwell Gallery, National Art School
2021 – March -Drawing Week Exhibition, Rayner Hoff Space, National Art School
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Harvey Galleries acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands upon which our galleries stand. The Guringai people (Seaforth), the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation (Sydney), and the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation (Melbourne).
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