OLIVIA CHIN

QUALIFICATIONS

2023 Certificate II in Engineering, Jewelry, Melbourne Polytechnic
2019 Diploma in Community Services, RMIT Melbourne
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), National Art School, Sydney

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025 Anito of the Forest, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne VIC
2024 Body Field, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2023 An H not an 11, Seventh Gallery, Melbourne VIC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Finalist Exhibition, Gordon NSW
2025 Seventh Turns 25!, Seventh Gallery, Richmond, VIC 
2025 NOFANTASY25, THIS IS NO FANTASY, Melbourne, VIC
2024 ARTSLAB, Arts in the Valley Trail, Kangaroo Valley NSW
2024 Mosman Art Prize, Finalist Exhibition, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney NSW
2024 all but mirrors, AIRspace Projects, Sydney NSW
2024 Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Finalist Exhibition, Campbelltown NSW
2024 Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize, Finalist Exhibition, Sydney NSW
2024 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Finalist Exhibition, Gordon NSW
2024 Colossal Cyanic Tub, Priscilla’s Ship, Melbourne VIC
2024 Hold On, DRIVER ARI, Melbourne VIC
2023 Small, Unassigned Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2023 Flood Relief Art Auction, Anti-Gallery, Sydney NSW
2022 Ash, PARI ARI, Parramatta NSW
2020 Moreland Summer Show 2020: Solitude & Solace, Counihan Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2020 Backlog, Anti-Gallery, Sydney NSW
2017 NOW, Bar SK, Melbourne VIC
2015 Graduate Exhibition, National Art School, Sydney NSW
2015 DeForm, Library Stairwell Gallery, Sydney NSW
2015 Crossing Borders, Sydney NSW

AWARDS | PRIZES

2025 Finalist – Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2025 Finalist – Georges River Art Prize
2024 Finalist – Fisher’s Ghost Art Award
2024 Finalist – Mosman Art Prize
2024 Finalist – Macquarie Group Emerging Artist Prize
2024 Finalist – Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize

INSTALLATIONS | COMMUNITY PROJECTS

2024 Body Field, Incinerator Gallery, Melbourne VIC
2024 Artist Liaison, Crip Rave Theory, Rising, Melbourne VIC
2023 Artist Liaison, TANZ, Florentina Holzinger, Rising, Melbourne VIC
2023 Artistic Support Worker, Back to Back Theatre, Melbourne VIC
2022 Community Producer, Rising: Multituud by Tamara Cubas, Melbourne VIC
2022 Artistic Support Worker, Back to Back Theatre, Melbourne VIC
2022 Community Producer. Rising: Single Channel Video by Back to Back Theatre, Melbourne VIC
2021 Mosaic community mural, undisclosed women’s refuge, Melbourne VIC
2017 Installation and mural, Sugar Mountain Festival, Southbank, Melbourne VIC
2016 Installation, Red Bull Sound Select, Beach Road Hotel, Sydney NSW
2016 Installation, Red Bull Music Academy, Oxford Art Factory, Sydney NSW
2016 Installation, Red Bull Music Academy, Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney NSW
2014 Drawing Installation, Cockatoo Island, Sydney NSW

COLLECTIONS

Macquarie Group Collection
Shark Island Institute
Private Collections Australia, United Kingdom, Singapore and Dubai

RESIDENCIES

2024 Visual Arts Residency, Shark Island Kangaroo Valley
2023 Visual Arts Residency, Shark Island Kangaroo Valley