my practice (picking up sticks) is a hybrid of dance, sculpture and my work as an itinerate gardener
i consider my body as a tool, object, and entangled material
reflecting it's uncertain and off-kilter connection to the earth
the duration and outcome of my work is erratic and always shifting in response to place/time
across landfills, city intersections, antenna farms, suburban gardens and various other sites.
olivia ronan (OR) 1994
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-education-
2019
ba art university of california santa cruz
-shows-
2026
till no till, confloptus, winslow house project auxiliary space, oakland
2025
picking up sticks, beauty supply, oakland
night soil seance, winslow house project, vallejo
2024
tree work, small works gallery space, san fransisco
land(s)caper, albany bulb waterfront - landfill
2023
weathering, minnow gallery, santa cruz
subversive topiary, indexical, santa cruz
-artist residencies-
2025
gardener in residence (gir) winslow house project , vallejo
2023
air (january) winslow house project , vallejo
2022
air (fall) sable project, stockbridge, vermont
air (summer) vashon artist residency, vashon island, seattle washington
air (winter) san jose-museum of quilt & textiles, san jose
2021
air with the fabric community textile and salvage workshop, santa cruz
air with folklife farm, arcade, ca
-grants-
2023 & 2022
arts council santa cruz county's cultivate grant, santa cruz