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CV



Education
     Goldsmiths University of London – London, GB (2024)
Graduate Diploma in Art

Belmont University– Nashville, TN (2020)
BBA, Music Business
Emphasis on Studio Art-Painting & Photography

Regents University– London, UK (2018), Music Business
 


Professional Experiences (Selected)
Featured Live Painter in ‘I Don’t Know You Anymore’ Music Video-Lost Stars, TN (2020)

Assistant Gallery Director/Art Handler-David Lusk Gallery Nashville, TN (2020)

Gallery Intern-The Studio 208 Nashville, TN (2019)

Live Painting-Nashville Art Crawl Nashville, TN (2019)

Commissioned Auction Painter-The Nashville District, TN (2019)

Art Teacher-Young Rembrandts Nashville, TN (2019)

Photographer-GradImage Nashville, TN (2018-2019)


Exhibitions (Selected)
2024 Goldsmith GDA Showcase, London,GB

2022 Abstracted, The Artless Bastard, Green Bay, WI

2022 Aloft Gallery, Green Bay, WI

2021 Botanicals, The Art Garage, Green Bay, WI

2021 On To The Next Gallery, Northland Hotel, Green Bay, WI

2021 The Daily Buzz Gallery, Green Bay, WI

2020 Annual Student Exhibition, Leu Gallery, Nashville, TN

2019 Raw Arts Arise, Urban Winery, Nashville, TN

2019 Intimate Trauma, Meaders Gallery, Nashville, TN

2019 Annual Student Exhibition, Leu Gallery, Nashville, TN

2018 Annual Student Exhibition, Leu Gallery, Nashville, TN

2017 Study Abroad Exhibition, Leu Gallery, Nashville, TN


Honors, Awards, Artist Residencies & Volunteering



2020 Dean’s Choice Award
Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2020 Grand Painter Award
Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2020 Grand 2D Award
Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2019 Grand Photographer Award
Belmont University, Nashville, TN

2019 Volunteer Teaching & Woman’s Health Support, Green Lion Project Kandy, Sri Lanka

2017 Grand Abroad Artist Award
Belmont University, Nashville, TN


Invited Lectures & Peer Presentations
Oliver, E (2019). “Intimate Trauma Exhibition”. Convocation Seminar/Leu Gallery, Nashville, TN.

Oliver, E (2018). “Women in the History of Photography”. Peer Presentation/Belmont University, Nashville, TN.










About Me


As an artist, I find myself enamored with establishing a deeper understanding of how space and place affects the divine feminine. While studying to receive my Bachelor Degree in Music Business at Belmont University, I was pulled from my path into a sense of belonging within the art department on campus. Through black and white film photography, I became fascinated by the influence contrast had in my compositions. This led to my early work of dark oil-on-linen peonies. Post-Covid I moved to New Orleans, a city that stole my heart with its grandeur Mardi Gras, unpretentious art scene and the ethereal world of strippers. Building upon this, today my work looks deeper into the devine feminine and the beautiful, tenebrous world of sex work. Each new project pulled from the one before it, I find inspiration to be a path built from the ground up. I create beautiful things so I can be immersed in beautiful things. The spectator is challenged to derive a new perspective on their own morality and understanding of sexual citizenship. I continue my practice in London, England where I am studying to receive my Masters Degree in Fine Art from Goldsmiths.

“Art is a game we play across generations, and in partnership with people we may never meet in person”
- Nadim Samman