Olivia Rees (b. 1990, Carmarthen, Wales) is a Belfast-based visual artist working in sculpture and installation. Her practice explores materiality, systems, and the ways nature is represented—and often distorted—across art, media, and culture. With a focus on material experimentation, she examines the shifting relationship between the natural and artificial.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Prologue, Ulster Presents Gallery, Belfast
2025 Pulse, Queens Street Studios, Belfast
2024 TINCT, Ruup & Form, London
2023 Bath Open Art Prize, 44AD Artspace, Bath
2023 Wales Contemporary, The Waterfront Gallery, Pembrokeshire
2023 Aquae Sulis, OXO Tower, London
2022 GRWP, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Milsom Place, Bath
2022 Origins, Michael Pennie Gallery, Bath and the Lifeboat Studio, Porthleven
2022 Death of An Object, Sion Hill Gallery, Bath
2021 In The Meanwhile, Milsom Street Gallery, Bath
Selected Residencies
2023 EMERGE Graduate Studio Residency, Bath
2022 La Meridiana, International School of Ceramics, Tuscany, Italy
2022 The Lifeboat Studio, Porthleven, Cornwall
Selected Awards and Sponsorships
2023 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust Development Grant
2023 ‘Highly Commended’ Bath Open Art Prize
2022 Full Scholarship Award, The Porthleven Prize
2021 ‘Outstanding Academic Achievement’ Bath School of Art
Higher Education
B.A. (Hons), First Class, Contemporary Arts Practice, Bath Spa University
MFA, Fine Art, Ulster University (graduating in 2026)
Olivia Rees | Visual Artist 