About…
I am a Colombian- American artist, working primarily in sculpture. My materials of choice are casted plaster, resin and automotive finishes. Pigmented cement transforms into confectionery “fluff”, resin appears wet to touch and automotive paint replaces traditional sculpture patinas.
Driven by childhood memories, toy culture, and the lure of rich finishes, I aim to communicate sculptural vignettes of a familiar visual playground.
Over the years I have explored a maximalist approach to sweet excess. Exploiting popular sweet treats as subjects to a sugar coated reality. The confectionary theme is a vessel to tell a story about the indulgence of color, the nostalgia of a sweet pastime and communicate a visceral experience via sculpture
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Artist Biography
Olivia Bonilla is a Pop Art Sculptor known for her not so edible Iconic confectionary representations. Olivia Bonilla received her BFA in painting with a minor in traditional sculpture from Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.
Bonilla has been an exhibiting artist for the past decade. Sustaining a long representation record with Galleries; Art and Light, Greenville, SC, Miller Gallery Charleston, SC and Cerulean Gallery, Dallas Texas.
In 2024 Bonilla received the Emerging Artist Grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission and since has been a featured on the set of HBO; Righteous Gemstones, and Mongolia network “Keeping up with the Benkos'”
Bonilla has received global attention featured in VOGUE Portugal, Interview with international art magazine SUBOART and exhibitor with the Michelangelo foundation for their Biennial exhibition Homo Faber: Celebration of Life
Aside from global and national recognition Olivia continues to collaborate with Pop Art brands under her artist name Livibon, creating unforgettable sets and inspiration. Projects include working with; female suit company, Vestium NY and Jahde Leather Atelier, designer Furbish Studios, blogger; The Jealous Curator. Music Video set: for indie artist BABE CLUB, and Y2k photographer Marina Hunter.
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