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Olivia Jia

Olivia Jia is a painter based in Philadelphia, PA. She has written for Title Magazine, The Artblog and The Broad Street Review. Find her on instagram @oliviacjia.

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Jessica Vaughn’s Cathartic Critiques of Office Culture

by Olivia Jia May 2, 2021May 3, 2021

In Vaughn’s hands, “success” takes shape as a parade of etiquette, competition, and power.

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Samara Golden’s Memento Mori Give Shape to Grief

by Olivia Jia February 9, 2021February 8, 2021

When experienced as a portrait of the artist’s psyche alone, Upstairs at Steve’s is a piercing representation of individual grief.

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What Constitutes an “Appropriate Monument”? Philadelphians Have a Few Ideas

by Olivia Jia July 6, 2020November 5, 2020

In 2020, Monument Lab: Creative Speculations for Philadelphia is not merely a living handbook, but an uncanny prophecy.

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The Everyday Manifestations of Colonialism’s Legacy

by Olivia Jia December 3, 2019December 2, 2019

Banal Presents is the third and final chapter in Colored People Time, departing from the previous shows’ speculative representations to examine the ways that colonialism and slavery have permeated the United States’ past, present, and future.

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Painting 250 Years of Racial Violence in the Americas

by Olivia Jia April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

In his brightly-colored acrylic works, Haitian-born, Philadelphia-based artist Claes Gabriel addresses the Haitian Revolution, global migration, and police brutality in the US.

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Refugees Connect Their Personal Stories with a Museum’s Ancient Artifacts

by Olivia Jia February 19, 2019February 18, 2019

The Global Guides program at the Penn Museum hires recent refugees from the Middle East to give personalized tours. The leader of my tour was Moumena Saradar, a refugee from Syria who has lived in Philadelphia for two years.

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Imagining Utopia in Rina Banerjee’s Whimsical Cornucopias

by Olivia Jia January 3, 2019

Cobbled together from materials including cowrie shells, Yoruba masks, horns, Japanese mosquito nets, and crocodile heads, Rina Banerjee’s fantastical sculptures present a utopian vision of globalism.

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Philadephia’s “Festival for the People” Is Short on Locals

by Olivia Jia October 26, 2018

I wish Philadelphia Contemporary had better followed through on the promise of representing everyday people within the city with its Festival for the People.

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The Secret Lives of Discarded Things

by Olivia Jia July 6, 2018

Jean Shin: Collections is a great introduction to the artist for those who do not know her work, but encounters the pitfalls of recontextualizing public art within museum settings.

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Trenton Doyle Hancock Designs Dolls for a New Era

by Olivia Jia June 25, 2018June 25, 2018

An exhibition of historic and futuristic dolls that points to the power of creating new mythologies.

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The Distinct Shapes and Movements of Korean Modernism

by Olivia Jia June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

Ultimately, Suki Seokyeong Kang’s use of the modernist grid is distinctly Korean.

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Richard Mosse Uses Military Equipment to Show the Reach of the Surveillance State

by Olivia Jia April 3, 2018

The photographer uses a heat-sensing camera to turn a critical eye towards governments’ insufficient responses to a humanitarian crisis.

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