FILM LONDON LODESTARS: Guy Oliver
"Guy's work is bold and challenging, asking complex questions in a playful and entertaining way. I'm excited to see where he points his razor sharp lens next."
Jessica Loveland (Head of BBC Writers Room)
Guy OIiver lives and works in Margate. He graduated from the Royal College of Art (MA Painting) in 2015, and his interdisciplinary practice employs video as well as text, painting, collage and performance. He looks at popular culture and our sense of identity that’s formed within it. Rooted within a framework of self-portraiture, Guy’s work explores notions of masculinity, identity, comedy and tragedy, taking a highly personal but irreverent working approach.
As a recipient of the 2020 Jerwood/FVU Award, Guy made You Know Nothing Of My Work, a multi-chapter rumination on the dilemma of the disgraced popular icon. Guy has been making new video work for group shows in LA and in Amsterdam, and is also working towards a solo show in the Winter at Hannah Barry Gallery in South London. He was shortlisted for the Film London Jarman Award in 2021.
