Bio

Born in Paksong, Laos in 1969 Oliver grew up between Laos, Thailand, South Africa, Switzerland and Canada. Oliver took a 4 year Bachelor of Arts in History at University of New Brunswick, then attended Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, graduating with a BFA in 1996. At NSCAD Oliver focused on drawing and sculpture and was accepted for his first solo exhibition by the end of first year. In his second year Oliver received a scholarship to study in Italy where he lived and carved in the famous region of Carrara. Surrounded by the beauty of Tuscany, Oliver found himself working in the vicinity of numerous international sculptors, learning much through discussion and observation. Since art college Oliver has produced several bodies of work for exhibitions and has complete several private and public sculpture commissions. His work is collected in Canada and USA. Since 2004 Oliver has lived in Vancouver, BC and continues to develop his sculpture for exhibition and public art.

Statement

Sculpture for me is an intuitive expression, an emotional, intellectual and physical response to our state of existence. Sculpture becomes an element within the urban or natural world, an object that interprets the human story.

The human condition. In our struggle to comprehend our self-awareness we have chosen to separate ourselves from nature and to create our own support systems of religion and technology. As the first species to reach significant levels of self awareness on this planet, we are entering a period of reassessment of our choices and experiments. My expression through sculpture looks at some of the choices we have made in the past and how it has shaped our current position.

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