Louis Olivier

He graduated with a degree in Information Technology from the University of Pretoria in 1998. Olivier worked in the IT field for three years and then made a dramatic career change in 2001, to work as a fulltime artist.

Working in various media such as sculpture, drawing and installations, Louis likens his position as an artist to that of a ‘dragoman’ - an interpreter of the formless and invisible, facilitating communication between the soul and matter. It is this process that contributes to his choice in materials. The present – which is what he focuses on - requires an immediate response and an expeditious choice of materials.

Olivier analyzes and interprets clues given by the forms he’s interacting with. He sees before he understands what the figure tries to convey. He then adds and bends, in order to comply with what the shape needs. This cyclical interaction between the artist’s eye and his response, is repeated until the completion of this process, where form leads the concept and not vice versa and the final form exists, animated and alive.