BIOGRAPHY
Olivia Bliss is a visual artist, specialising in printmaking and the founder/ creative director of printmaking charity Carousel Print Studio, based in Sheffield. Olivia also works as a specialist printmaking technician in Art & Design at Sheffield Hallam University.
Olivia studied BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Painting & Printmaking) at the Glasgow School of Art, winning the Glasgow Print Studio Prize for excellence in printmaking, for her degree show (2009).
Through her work she explores landscapes and our connection with place through walking, frequently incorporating topography, maps, microscopic imagery and direct traces of the landscape. Olivia is interested in a wide variety of technical printmaking processes including lithography, etching (with chine colle), monoprint, linocut and collage to create her art, whilst experimenting within these techniques.
Olivia has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout the UK, with artist residencies in France, Scotland, Iceland and Portugal.
Selected galleries and events include: The London Art Fair, London Print Fair, Glasgow Print Studio, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (Manchester), Sheffield Print Fair at Millennium Gallery (Sheffield), Royal Academy (London), Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh), Royal Glasgow Institute, Zillah Bell Gallery (Yorkshire), Mostyn Gallery (Wales), Cupola Gallery (Sheffield) amongst others (2005- present).
Olivia studied BA (Hons) in Fine Art (Painting & Printmaking) at the Glasgow School of Art, winning the Glasgow Print Studio Prize for excellence in printmaking, for her degree show (2009).
Through her work she explores landscapes and our connection with place through walking, frequently incorporating topography, maps, microscopic imagery and direct traces of the landscape. Olivia is interested in a wide variety of technical printmaking processes including lithography, etching (with chine colle), monoprint, linocut and collage to create her art, whilst experimenting within these techniques.
Olivia has exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions throughout the UK, with artist residencies in France, Scotland, Iceland and Portugal.
Selected galleries and events include: The London Art Fair, London Print Fair, Glasgow Print Studio, Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair (Manchester), Sheffield Print Fair at Millennium Gallery (Sheffield), Royal Academy (London), Royal Scottish Academy (Edinburgh), Royal Glasgow Institute, Zillah Bell Gallery (Yorkshire), Mostyn Gallery (Wales), Cupola Gallery (Sheffield) amongst others (2005- present).
Demonstrating etching techniques for a magazine publication
Etching Presses at the Glasgow Print Studio workshop
