Olivia Levins Holden (She/They)
I am a queer, mixed Boricua muralist, organizer, artist and arts educator, living on Dakota land in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My work explores many ways that the arts can cell our stories, plant seeds, combat toxic narratives and decolonize through truth-telling. I'm influenced and inspired by and grateful to movement artists, tricksters, and healers.
As a public artist and educator, my mural work is often highly collaborative and process-oriented; I often say the mural itself is the beautiful evidence of the moments, relationships, and connections that brought it about. I create, facilitate, and collaborate on projects intended to elevate collective voice and amplify justice and healing.
My studio art includes painting, printmaking, drawing, and multimedia artwork- both personal and in community.
It often centers on expressions of complexity, justice and healing, and my own experience of multiple lineages. I am part of collectives including Creativesaftercurfew and STUDIO THALO. Studio Bayou Thomas and Nell Pierce- a collective art space where we collaborate on graphic recordings and live murals, share and inspire each other.
I am a queer, mixed Boricua muralist, organizer, artist and arts educator, living on Dakota land in Minneapolis, Minnesota. My work explores many ways that the arts can cell our stories, plant seeds, combat toxic narratives and decolonize through truth-telling. I'm influenced and inspired by and grateful to movement artists, tricksters, and healers.
As a public artist and educator, my mural work is often highly collaborative and process-oriented; I often say the mural itself is the beautiful evidence of the moments, relationships, and connections that brought it about. I create, facilitate, and collaborate on projects intended to elevate collective voice and amplify justice and healing.
My studio art includes painting, printmaking, drawing, and multimedia artwork- both personal and in community.
It often centers on expressions of complexity, justice and healing, and my own experience of multiple lineages. I am part of collectives including Creativesaftercurfew and STUDIO THALO. Studio Bayou Thomas and Nell Pierce- a collective art space where we collaborate on graphic recordings and live murals, share and inspire each other.