Championed Artist
Sterling has carved out a distinctive niche in using paint to address questions of blackness and whiteness in twenty-first century Britain.
B. 1996, Peterborough, England. Based in London, UK.
Education
2015-2018 BA Fine Art, University of Derby
2018-2020 MA Painting, Royal College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2022, Manslaughter, Guts Gallery, London
2022, Yowl , Nevven, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021, White Bread, Cob Gallery, London
2021, Episodes, CCA Goldsmiths, London
2021, Clutching at Straws, Volt, Eastbourne
2020, It Clings like a Leech, Guts Gallery, London
2020, A Cure for Nose Bleeds, Marriots Way, Reepham, Norfolk
2018, Who is civilised? Gallery No.1, Repton
Group Exhibitions
2022, What Now, PM/AM
2022, Cherry on the Cake, Sothebys, Stockholm
2022, Blob, TJ Boulting, London
2022, In the Land of Cockaigne, Quench Gallery, Margate
2022, An Arcadian Kind of Love, Soho Revue, London
2021, Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, Somerset House, London
2021, Black, Bold, British, Christies, London
2021, Don’t Go South, Studio Berkhiem, Stuttgart, Germany
2021, Play and the Post Peak, Factory Project, London
2021, Universes 4, Galerie Droste, Paris
2021, A New Art World, Guts Gallery, London
2021, 'Introducing' at the Shop, Sadie Coles x Guts Gallery, London
2021, Citizens of Memory, The Perimeter, London
2021, Summer Show, Karen Tronel Gallery, London
2021, Selfhood, Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London
2021, Safe as Milk, Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh
2021, When Shit Hits the Fan Again, Guts Gallery, Online
2020, Curated for Christmas, All Mouth x Bowes-Parris Gallery, London
2020, RCA Black History Online, David Lisbon, Online
2020, Love your symptom, but not too much, Blank Projects, Cape Town
2020, A Rudimentary Education, Art Lacuna, London
2020, London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London
2020, Right Back at You, The Function Suite, London
2020, Begin Again, Guts Gallery, Online
2020, BLACK & WHITE, The Orange Garden, Online
2020, 50/50, FOLD Gallery, London
2020, London’s New Contemporaries, A Space for Art, Hari Hotel London
2020, Materiality and Connection, curated by Joe Hill,RCA, Online
2020, Optimistic, Singular and New, curated by Jony Ive,RCA, Online
2020, Urgency, Wit and Rigour, curated by John Bloomfield,RCA, Online
2020, I Graduated From My Bedroom curated by Victor Wang,RCA, Online
2020, Slivers and Remnants curated by Esther Leslie,RCA, Online
2020, RCA2020, RCA, Online
2020, Tomorrow: London, White Cube, Online
2020, Without a Painter, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
2020, Snapshot, RCA Hockney Gallery, London
2019, Meet Me in the Kitchen, UCA Farnham, Surrey
2019, Got it for Cheap, House of Vans, London
2019, Painting from the Other Side, Dyson Gallery, London
2018, WIP, Sackler, RCA Battersea
2018, Britannia Mill, Derby
2017, Smoke and Mirrors, Riverlights, Derby, England
2016, Ilam, Staffordshire
2014, Earth without Art, Spalding, England
Residencies
2021, Fores Residency, London
2020, HQI Summer Residency, London
2016, Extended Contexts, National Trust IIam, England
Artist Talks
2021, Olivia Sterling and Charlie Billingham in Conversation, CCA Goldsmiths, London
2021, In-conversation: Olivia Sterling and Sam Kindon, Volt Eastbourne, Sussex
2021, Drawing Around Food, Drawing Room, London
2020, HoP Around with Alexandria Smith, RCA, London
2020, Without a Painter in Conversation with Bolane Tajudeen, London
2019, Artist Talk,UCA Farnham
Awards
2018, Pro Vice-Chancellor / Dean's Award 2018 Degree Show Exhibition
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“MANSLAUGHTER,” BY OLIVIA STERLING AT GUTS GALLERY, LONDON
Jethro Turner, 13 Apr 2022 -
Olivia Sterling: ‘Manslaughter’
Eddy Frankel, Time Out , 11 Apr 2022 -
First Thursdays
Whitechapel Gallery , 7 Apr 2022 -
Artist Talk: Olivia Sterling and Charlie Billingham at Goldsmiths CCA
Goldsmiths CCA, Goldsmiths CCA Channel , 2 Feb 2022 -
FF2 Media Reviews Olivia Sterling's CCA Exhibition 'Really Rough Scrubbing Brush"
Jessica Bond , 1 Dec 2021 -
FAD Magazine feature Guts latest exhibition REALITY CHECK
Mark Westall , FAD Magazine , 23 Sep 2021 -
Creative Boom feature Olivia Sterling Goldsmiths CCA
Katy Cowan , Creative Boom , 22 Sep 2021 -
DAZED features latest Guts exhibition, REALITY CHECK
Emily Dinsdale, DAZED, 21 Sep 2021 -
Olivia Sterling in conversation at the Drawing Room
Drawing Room , 4 Jul 2021 -
Olivia Sterling in GQ
Sophie Hastings, GQ , 24 Jun 2021 -
Olivia Sterling featured in Wallpaper* ‘CITIZENS OF MEMORY’: NOSTALGIA AND THE BLACK EXPERIENCE EXPLORED
Oyin Akande , Wallpaper*, 26 May 2021 -
Guts Gallery featured in The New York Times 'Gallery Weekend Brings London's Art Scene Back to Life '
Scott Reyburn, The New York Times , 7 Jun 2021 -
OLIVIA STERLING FEATURED IN SIXTH FINCH
Sixth Finch , 13 May 2021 -
FRIEZE REVIEWS OLIVIA STERLING 'WHITE BREAD' EXHIBITION
Leanne Petersen , FRIEZE, 20 Apr 2021 -
ELEPHANT FEATURES SOPHIE VALLANCE AND OLIVIA STERLING
Madeleine Pollard , ELEPHANT , 2 Apr 2021 -
PURPLE MAGAZINE REVIEWS “WHITE BREAD” AN EXHIBITION BY OLIVIA STERLING AT COB GALLERY, LONDON
Jethro Turner, PURPLE , 30 Mar 2021 -
DATEAGLE ART INTERVIEWS OLIVIA STERLING
Laurie Barron, DATEAGLE ART, 22 Feb 2021 -
DATEAGLE ART STUDIO VISIT WITH OLIVIA STERLING
Laurie Barron, DATEAGLE ART , 22 Feb 2021 -
Top Ten Shows from the UK and Ireland
Mimi Chu, Frieze, 12 Feb 2021 -
OLIVIA STERLING INTERVIEW ON SHE CURATES
MOLLIE E BARNES, SHE CURATES, 13 Jan 2021 -
ON VIEW BY FLASH ART: “It’s 2020 For F*ck Sake” Guts Gallery and Soft Punk / London
Flash Art , 11 Dec 2020 -
Olivia Sterling paints nostalgia-filled pieces to deconstruct complex issues of othering
Lucy Bourton, It's Nice That, 6 Nov 2020 -
IT’S 2020 FOR F*CK SAKE
ART PLUGGED, ART PLUGGED, 30 Sep 2020 -
Begin Again: The online exhibition challenging austerity and racial oppression
Scarlett Baker , Love Magazine, 13 Aug 2020 -
Scrap that, lets begin again
TJ Sidhu, The Face, 13 Aug 2020 -
Begin Again is the virtual art exhibition tackling racial inequality
Gunseli Yalcinkaya, Dazed , 14 Aug 2020
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OLIVIA STERLING
MANSLAUGHTER 7 - 28 Apr 2022With this powerful body of work Sterling centres violence against women, and in particular, women of colour over the past millennia. She intentionally subverts via the canon of male dominated art history, the gaze and manipulation of the female body, creating scenes in which it is the man that is...Read more -
Supporting the Disaster Emergency Committee
AN ONLINE ARTWORK CHARITY SALE 24 Mar 2022About DEC 'The DEC brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help, and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response. Pooling our...Read more -
REALITY CHECK
23 Sep - 3 Oct 2021Opening: Thur 23 Sept 6-9pm Exhibition Location: Anderson Contemporary, Carpenter’s Wharf Studios, 4b Roach Road, London E3 2PA Via Monier Road Footbridge Regular Opening Hours: Wed - Sun 11-6pm Guts Gallery is pleased to present REALITY CHECK, the inaugural exhibition at Anderson Contemporary, a new artist-led gallery space in London....Read more -
CCA Presents Really Rough Scrubbing Brush by OLIVIA STERLING
17 Sep - 31 Oct 2021Private View: Sep 17 6-9pm Address: Goldsmiths CCA, St James’s, New Cross, London, SE14 6AD Opening Times: Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm Sterling’s graphic paintings and prints zone in on racist micro and macro-aggressions perpetuated on a daily basis in the UK, through slap-stick, absurdity, and the language of cartoons. Brightly saturated canvases...Read more -
A NEW ART WORLD
A NEW ART WORLD IS POSSIBLE. 22 - 29 Jul 2021Private View: Thursday 22 July 6-9pm Opening Hours: Tues - Sun 11am - 6pm Location: 147 Stoke Newington High Street, London, N16 0NY No RSVP's required BUY THE MANIFESTO PRINT NOW Picking up where Guts Gallery’s online show, When Shit Hits the Fan Again (Feb, 2021) left off, A New...Read more -
INTRODUCING
London Gallery Weekend at The Shop at Sadie Coles HQ 4 - 6 Jun 2021London Gallery Weekend 4-6 June 2021 11am - 8pm (Opening day) 11am - 6pm (Regular hours) The Shop at Sadie Coles HQ, 62 Kingly Street, London W1B 5QN Directions > Guts Gallery is excited to announce our exhibition for this year's London Gallery Weekend. 'INTRODUCING' presents a new and...Read more -
WHEN SHIT HITS THE FAN AGAIN
FOR ARTISTS BY ARTISTS, 1 NIGHT ONLY. 4 Feb - 4 Mar 2021Through the invitation extended to established artists into the exhibition. We are hoping to reinstate a balance of power. Allowing established artists to shoulder emerging artists. 50% of sales of works sold by an established artist, will be distributed entirely to all the emerging artists involved. This redistribution of wealth offers a new outlook and model that is fundamentally for artists, by artists, creating an alternative system of support.Read more -
IT CLINGS LIKE A LEECH
A Debut Solo Show by Olivia Sterling | It's 2020 For F*ck Sake – A Thirteen Artist, Back-to-Back Solo Exhibition Marathon 22 - 26 Oct 2020A Debut Solo Show by Olivia Sterling as part of the It's 2020 For F*ck Sake Exhibition MarathonRead more -
BEGIN AGAIN
As society shifts, the art world shifts. We are on the cusp of change. 13 - 27 Aug 2020This is a time to stop, reflect, create dialogue, and put our words into positive action. To begin again we must shoulder each other, listen to each other, work together and collectively change together. As the newest generation of art collectors, we urge you to collect from this exhibition. The revenue made will support The Free Black University and the newest generation of artists.Read more
Begin
to proceed to perform the first or earliest part of some action; commence; start
Again
once more; another time; anew; in addition
With many thanks to Lotte Andersen for her continuous support throughout this exhibition, and to Pallas Citroen, Director of The Bomb Factory Art Foundation. Who is kindly providing a free gallery space as part of The Guts Prize.
