email: mail[at]olivercanessa[dot]com
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EDUCATION
2022–2024 MFA Fine Art, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2014–2018 BA (Hons) Psychological & Behavioural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
2017 Summer School Foundation, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
2014 Certificate IV Graphic Design, Shillington College, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 GSA+HFBK, ICAT der HFBK, Hamburg, DE
2023 GSA+HFBK, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2023 Open Studios Algeciras, ALCULTURA, Algeciras, ESP
2022 49th Gibraltar International Competition, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, GIB
2022 MFA Interim Show, Florence Street School, Glasgow, UK
2020 Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery, York, UK
2019 Escondido/Hidden, El Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno, Tarifa, ESP
2019 Gibraltar 2019 Natwest International Island Games XVIII Artist Residency, GIB
2019 Spring Visual Art Competition, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, GIB
2019 Fleapit presents, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK
2019 Young Artists Competition, John Mackintosh Hall, GIB
2018 Fleapit presents:, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK
2018 John Hughes Art Festival 2018, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK
2018 Queens’ Art Festival 2018, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, UK
2017 C o l l e c t i v e presents ~waves~, The Blue Moon, Cambridge, UK
2017 W h i t e . C l o u d s: things you find under the sky, The Blue Moon, Cambridge, UK
2017 Slade Summer School Foundation Show 2017, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, UK
AWARDS
2020 Shortlisted Discovery of the Year & Gold Award, Indigo Design Awards 2020, Amsterdam, NL
2020 Shortlisted artist for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2020, UK
2019 Overall Award, the Ministry of Culture Award for installation, Untitled (2017), Spring Visual Arts Competition, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, GIB
2019 Sculpture Award for Study for Okay Better (2019), Spring Visual Arts Competition, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, GIB
2019 Installation Award for Untitled (2017), Spring Visual Arts Competition, Gustavo Bacarisas Gallery, GIB
2019 Highly commended for sculpture, Study for Okay Better (2019), Young Artist Competition, John Mackintosh Hall, GIB
2011 Second Prize for The Alchemist (2011), Young Artist Competition, Casemates Hall, GIB
ARTIST RESIDENCIES & CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2020 NeuroGenderings V: Intersectional Analysis of the Sexed/Gendered Brain. Lorentz Centre, Leiden University, NL
2019 ACT0 1st Art Conference, Tarifa, ESP
2019 Gibraltar 2019 Natwest International Island Games XVIII Artist Residency, GIB
2019 Beyond The Binary: Trans and Queer as a Disruptive Technologies. CRASSH, University of Cambridge, UK
PRESS
2020 Future Greats: Winners Announced, Aesthetica Magazine
2020 Aesthetica Art Prize: 5 Digital Works, Aesthetica Magazine
2020 Artists’ Profiles 2020: Oliver Canessa, Aesthetica Magazine
2020 Future Greats: Aesthetica Art Prize 2020, York Museums Trust
2019 Artistas de Tarifa y y Gibraltar muestran sus obras en el Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno, EuropaSur
2019 El Castillo será sede de una nueva exposición de artistas colectivos a partir del domingo, Tarifa al minuto
2019 Hidden art exhibition features local artists, The Gibraltar Chronicle
2019 Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island games Art Residency and Exhibition, YGTV
2019 Gibraltarian identity explored at Island Games Art Residency, The Gibraltar Chronicle
2019 Spring Visual Arts competition winners announced, The Gibraltar Chronicle [print]
2019 May 22 - Gibraltar Spring Visual Arts Exhibition Winners Announced, YGTV
2019 WhatsApp installation scoops top prize for Oliver Canessa, The Gibraltar Chronicle
2018 The Road to Nowhere review: ‘darkly seductive’, Varsity
2018 Review: Queen’s Art Festival Exhibition, Varsity
2017 Cambridge Shorts Festival, Varsity
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Future Now 2020: 100 Contemporary Artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize. Aesthetica Magazine. York, UK
2020 Aesthetica Magazine Issue 93 February/March 2020. Aesthetica Magazine. York, UK
2018 Glass Slider (012). The Mays XXVI. Varsity Publications, Cambridge, UK
2017 New Hair. Notes, Issue 41: On Home. Cambridge, UK
2016 At least I have an orange. Varsity. Cambridge, UK [online]
2016 3 AM #2. Notes, Issue 34: (Ekphrasis) + Extracts. Cambridge, UK
2016 Judging a book by its cover. The Cambridge Student. Cambridge, UK [online]
PERFORMANCES
2018 Nowhere, Voice Actor, Directed by Carolina Marconi & Maya Chaldecott, VR Film
2018 The Road To Nowhere, Directed by Amara Heyland-Morrin & Jake Simms. Fitzpatrick Hall, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, UK
2018 Bubbles (Smorgasbord Feb 18), Father, Directed by Louise Harris. Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, UK
2017 Public House, Ensemble, Directed by Carina Harford. Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK
2017 Ghosts (Smorgasbord Oct 17), Anton, Directed by Caroline Yu. Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, UK
2017 Closer, Luke, Directed by Brett Cameron. Short film
2016 Ubu Roi, Ensemble, Directed by Peter Price & Kalvin Dinh. Fitzpatrick Hall, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, UK
2015 Life is a Roller-Ghoster, Flashback Matt, Directed by Isla Cowan. Corpus Playroom, Cambridge, UK