About Olivia

Olivia Gossett Cooper is a New York–based artist whose work explores serendipity and interconnectedness. Working in painting, installation and video, she uses the grid as framework, introducing hand-drawn instability to examine the tension between order and the fluidity of lived experience. Her layered surfaces reflect how individual perception unfolds within larger shared systems. A recent installation examining what we carry throughout the day extended this investigation into physical space, highlighting the continuous interplay between individuality and collective presence.

Cooper has presented solo exhibitions and installations with NYC MOCA (2026), The Empty Circle (2025). Her work has been included in exhibitions at Arts Letters & Numbers (2025), Westbeth Gallery (2025), Second Ave Arts (2024), ArtPrize (2024), Arbor Gallery (2024), and more. She is a participant in the Canopy Program (2026/27).

She lives and works in New York.

oliviagossettcooper@gmail.com

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Education

2025, New York Academy of Art, Portrait Painting

2024, New York Academy of Art, Figurative Drawing Cycle

2016, Bard College, Masters in Sustainability

2010, College of Charleston, Communications

Fellowships

2026 The Canopy Program at Crit Club, New York, NY (upcoming)

Solo Exhibitions

2026 ‘What We Carry’, NYCMOCA Window, New York, NY (upcoming)

2025 ‘Forms of Dynamics’, The Empty Circle, New York, NY

2024 ‘Welcome Home’, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 ‘Stuffie’, Firehouse Gallery, Worcester, MA

2025 ‘Transformation Project’, Arts Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, Ny

2025 ‘I Manifest’, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY

2024 ‘Five for Five’, Second Ave Arts, New York, NY

2024 ‘Doomscrolling is My Side Hustle’, Arbor Gallery, Carmel, NY

2023 ‘Solo with Friends’, TNC Gallery, New York, NY

Fairs

2024 Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI

Selected Press

“Frog Mag” Issue One

“Olivia Gossett Cooper at the Empty Circle | A Review”, Feb 26, 2025, Critic’s Chronicle

“A Conversation with Olivia Gossett Cooper”, 2025, Arte Realizzata, Renata Mugengurgg