I portray the ennui and magic of the southwestern landscape. Carving relief prints and painting offers a textural immediacy to the known and the unknown of our land and the hints at the unseen realm. It is vital to document these mysteries and offer context as to what it means to live in the borderlands of the west in our day and age. Documenting the quiet beauty of the southwestern landscape has long been a theme in my work as stories and shapes unfold and transform in the bright sun. Sometimes resulting in minimalist landscapes. Other times ascribed in portraiture. People are constructed within the frame, looking out, watching and waiting to discover their next course of action. This individualization within the tableau gives pause to and silence from one to another. In the end there is hope in the silence and in that contemplation.
Selected Shows
2022 Secret Gallery, Albuquerque
2022 Albuquerque Art Walk
2021 Relief Conspiracy Post Card Show and Exhange
2021 Selected Printmaker for PrintAustin, PrintExpo Showcase
2021 Collaborating artist short documentary The Unlikely Fan, SXSW, Austin, TX
2020 Collaborating artist animated film Coup d’état Math, SXSW, received Special Jury Regard, Austin, TX
2016 Group Show Enviro/mental Art Space in the Southwest Houston, TX
2013 FWCAC 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show, Ft Worth, TX
2007 Fort Worth Artists Metrognome Collective Show
2007 Templeton Art Show, TCU Moudy Gallery, Ft Worth
2007 Art + Love Video Show, Dallas, TX
2006 Artifacts Urban Art and Hip-Hop Showcase, Southside FT Worth
2005 Austin Film Festival, Anna’s House, Austin, TX
2005 Houston Texas Show, Toronto Film Festival and in Los Angeles
2005 Short Film of the Year Award, University of Texas at Arlington
Bio
Olivia Saldívar is an artist specializing in printmaking, painting, photography and film. She is strongly inspired by her Mexican and Indigenous ancestry, enjoys coffee, the written word, sun, wind and peace. She received her BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington and teaches Photography and Film in the land of enchantment.
