OLI VI A STEELE W O R K S & IN S TA LLAT I O N S BIOGRAPHY updated bio text Conceptual artist Olivia Steele uses neon lighting to charge spaces with ironic and spiritual meaning. Steele’ s work ranges from small to large installations that employ the traditional commercial medium of neon glass to make intimate statements that often question modern culture. Steele relishes the idea of contrast and contradiction and plays with our innate preconceptions. The juxtaposition of the neon statement and the environment is placed in challenging conventional semiotics and evokes a wide range of interpretations. In dialogue with media such as facades, rivers, photographs and found objects, she tells short stories that evoke thought while enlightening the scenery with elaborate handwritings in neon glass. Like Henri Nannen stated: “Art has to be provocative, it has to stimulate our thoughts.” Therefore Olivia Steele uses iconic images such as exploding atomic bombs or the seemingly sacred cross along with deep personal sentiments to jar the viewer beyond the everyday. The nature of her content is both provocative and reflective as her work asks the viewer to consider the hidden emotions and unforeseen forces in a moment of reflection. ”Good, bad, right or wrong, it’ s all relative. Art is notoriously ambiguous. The art of challenging conventional semiotics and observing the vast spectrum of strangers’ reactions and interpretations is highly rewarding“, says the artist. Olivia Steele (* 1985 Nashville, Tennessee) lives and works in Berlin and London. In der Tradition der Konzeptkunst erschafft die US - amerikanische Künstlerin Olivia Steele vielfarbige Interpretationsspielräume. Kontrastreiche Stilmittel wie Ironie und Spiritualität werden transportiert im vorwiegend kommerziell verwendetem Medium des Neonglases. Steele komprimiert persönliche Eindrücke und Ansichten in Statements und setzt dabei gesellschaftliche Verhältnisse in ein kritisches Licht. Sie spielt mit der Idee des Kontrasts und der Gegensätzlichkeit und bezieht dabei unsere eigenen Vorurteile geschickt mit ein. Im Kontext mit dem Schriftträger kreiert Steele Dialoge zwischen ihrer Kunst und dem öffentlichen Raum, ferner auch Fotografien oder einem „objet trouvé“. Diese Inszenierungen erlangen unsere Aufmerksamkeit nicht nur formal durch die aufwendig in Szene gesetzten Neonglasschriften, die ihre Umgebungen erleuchten lassen, sondern auch inhaltlich. Wie Henri Nannen postulierte: „Kunst muss anstößig sein, sie muss zum Denken anstoßen.“ - so verbindet die Künstlerin scheinbar provokant christliche Ikonographie mit explodierenden Atombomben oder unterstreicht diese mit persönlichen Empfindungen. Auf diese Weise schafft Steele es immer wieder, den Betrachter jenseits des Alltäglichen zu irritieren, Dinge in Frage zu stellen. Ihr Oeuvre ist zugleich provokant als auch reflexiv, da ihre Werke den Betrachter dazu auffordern, versteckte Emotionen und unvorhersehbare Kräfte in dem Moment der Reflektion aufzufassen. „Gut, schlecht, richtig oder falsch, alles ist relativ. Kunst ist notorisch mehrdeutig. Die Kunst unkonventionelle Bedeutungen zu schaffen und daraufhin das enorme Spektrum der Reaktionen und Interpretationen des fremden Betrachters zu beobachten, ist absolut belohnend.“, sagt die Künstlerin. Olivia Steele (* 1985 Nashville, Tennessee) lebt und arbeitet in Berlin und London. ARTWORK LEFT: THE END, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on photographic print on aluminium dibond 115 x 90 x 12 cm ARTWORK RIGHT: WISH YOU WERE HERE, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on photographic print on aluminium dibond 115 x 90 x 12 cm previous page : HEART CORE, 2012 hand blown neon tubes on lead 45 x 66 x 16 cm SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE, 2011 FRANKFURT SKYLINE hand blown and coloured neon tubes 75 x 150 x 5 cm I DREAM OF YOU IN COLOURS THAT DON‘T EXIST, 2012 AT LEAST I CAN SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes 100 x 130 cm hand blown and coloured neon tubes in radiant plexiglas box 80 x 140 x 20 cm FOR SALE, 2011 ? cm gallery sold it to martin hellweger they should have the deails- ( i dont have any details bc it was never for sale - was just a personal piece ) previous page: GOD IS PRESENT CALLED OR NOT, 2011 hand blown and coloured neon tubes 100 x 40 cm I JUST WANT TO BE INSIDE YOU, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tubing on chalkboard 105 x 185 x 10 cm I LIVE IN A WORLD OF FANTASY, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes in plexiglass box 190 x 90 x 20 cm next page: MIND OVER MATTER, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes and antique sword 65 x 100 x 10 cm no :( CONTROL, 2014 hand blown and coloured neon tubes inside stainless steel infinity mirror box 60 x 100 x 14 cm change to edited version ONE MAN‘S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN‘S TRESOR, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on photograph on aluminium dibond 200 x 300 x 13 cm next page: IT ALL CAME OUT IN THE WASH, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on clothing line 150 x 260 x 90 cm will ask the photographer IF TIME IS MONEY I HAVE NO TIME, 2014 sign letters, wood, LED 110 x 199 x 4,5 cm THINKING OF YOU, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes and antique rifle 40 x 186 cm previous page: THIS MIGHT ALL BE GONE TOMORROW, 2013 hand blown and colored neon tubes 60 x 235 x 4,5 cm CONFLICT & INTEREST, 2014 hand blown and coloured neon tubes and broken mirror glass previous page: GALLERY VIEW, 2013 The Truth Hurts Solo Show, Circle Culture Gallery Berlin next page: PLENTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH, 2014 photographic print, aluminium dibond, plexiglass, LED 100 x 150 cm instead of the photo description make it Installation View Owls Hill Nature Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee. Scene from film "Out of the Wild" 2013 IF LESS IS MORE I PREFER NOTHING, 2013 LET ME LOVE YOU, 2011 hand blown and coloured neon tubes 50 x 320 cm hand blown and coloured neon tubes 170 x 40 cm EAT ME DRINK ME, 2013 neon tubes on plexiglass in floating frame 180 x 120 x 10 cm previous page: take out - plexiglass replace with : Diasec on diabond, floating frame. I MISS THE PERSON I WANTED YOU TO BE, 2014 photographic print, aluminium dibond, plexiglass, LED 100 x 150 cm instead of the photo description make it Installation View Owls Hill Nature Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee. Scene from film "Out of the Wild" 2013 instead of the photo description make it Installation View Owls Hill Nature Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee. Scene from film "Out of the Wild" 2013 IF LESS IS MORE I PREFER NOTHING, 2013 ELISABETHEN KIRCHE BASEL hand blown and coloured neon tubes 50 x 320 cm previous page: BUILD ME A BRIDGE SO I CAN GET OVER YOU, 2014 photographic print, aluminium dibond, plexiglass, LED 100 x 150 cm next page: PLAY MY PIANO, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tbes 22 x 150 cm NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS, 2014 photographic print, aluminium dibond, plexiglass, LED Next Page: TRUST THE PROCESS INSTALLATION VIEW, 2012 ELISABETHEN KIRCHE BASEL handblown and coloured neon tubes 81 x 400 cm instead of the photo description make it Installation View Owls Hill Nature Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee. Scene from film "Out of the Wild" 2013 LETS GO GET LOST, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tubing 30 x 130 cm FOR SALE BY OWNER (RUBBER USA FLAG), 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on rubber flag 113 x 172 x 7 cm next page: BEHIND THE SCENES, 2012 Soho House L.A. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE CEMENTERY, 2012 TRUST THE PROCESS, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tube 40 x 300 cm hand blown and coloured neon tubes 81 x 400 cm TAKE ME WITH YOU, 2012 OWL‘S HILL NATURE RESERVE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE hand blown and coloured neon tubes on missile 220 x 320 cm (missile) Next page: THERE ARE FAR BETTER THINGS AHEAD, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes, fabric, cement ball and chain 360 x 460 cm THE ONLY THING I CAN BE SURE OF IS THAT YOU CAN BE SURE OF NOTHING, 2014 photographic print, aluminium dibond, plexiglass, LED 100 x 150 cm instead of the photo description make it Installation View Owls Hill Nature Reserve, Nashville, Tennessee. Scene from film "Out of the Wild" 2013 CAN YOU SEE HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU ?, 2013 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on board, framed 175 x 150 x 24 cm hand blown and coloured neon tubes, glass, framed. CURIOSITY LOVES COMPANY, 2012 hand blown and coloured neon tubes 25 x 180 cm NO SUCH THING AS COINCIDENCE, 2014 hand blown and coloured neon tubes 95 x 200 x 6 cm THAT‘S ALL FOLKS, 2011 hand blown and coloured neon tubes on perspex, framed 130 x 155 x 10 cm take out -perspex replace with : Diasec on diabond, framed. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2014 Paradise is Where I am, Urban intervention, Tulum, Mexico. 2014 hotel de rome exhibition 2014 add the upcoming group show in london - art investget details from franca or nici and the vienna art fair. 2014 2011 NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS, Solo Show, Circle Culture Gallery, Hamburg THE MELTING POT Ulf Saupe Galerie, Berlin 2013 UP AGAINST THE WALL with Maximillian Weidemann at PAD, Berlin POTSE 68., Group Show Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin WELCOME TO CASHVILLE Private Collection, Nashville, Tennessee INSTALLATION FOR PRET A DINER (PAD) Art Basel, Basel CULINARY JOURNEY PAD, Berlin COLLABORATION WITH STEFAN STRUMBEL Circle Culture Gallery at PAD, Berlin THE TREE HOUSE PAD, Frankfurt basel , not berlin 2013 Urban Intervention Royal Academy of Arts London. Trust the Process ART KARLSRUHE, Art Fair Circle Culture Gallery, Karlsruhe THE MINOTAUR Lazarides Gallery, London EPHEMERAL, Group Show Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION Public Project at Frieze Art Fair, London 2012 THE DIRECTORS CUT Andreas Binder Galerie, München EXHIBITION OF NEON ARTWORKS, Solo Show Circle Culture Gallery at Corner Store, Berlin YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG Atrium for Art Basel, Miami ACQUIRED TASTE, Solo Show Circle Culture Gallery at Soho House West Hollywood 2010 SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST, Solo Show Circle Culture Gallery at PAD, Berlin NUDE FOOD PAD, London IN THE MIX Circle Culture Gallery at PAD, Berlin GALLERY WEEKEND Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin remove CONTACT JOHANN HAEHLING VON LANZENAUER Owner FRANCA GELFORT Director © 2014 by Olivia Steele and Circle Culture Gallery In friendly co-operation with Circle Culture Gallery Potsdamer Straße 68, 2nd courtyard 10785 Berlin, Germany +49 (0) 30 275 817 8 47 berlin @ circleculture-gallery.com Tuesday 2 - 6 pm Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm and by appointment All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced without the written permission of the publishers. Images courtesy of the artist and Circle Culture Gallery. Printed in Germany Photography: Uwe Walter, Muriel Liebmann, Steele Studio Olivia Steele Portrait: Paul Khera
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