Karyn Olivier creates sculptures, installations and public art. In 2026, she will unveil a memorial at Bethel Burying Ground (Philadelphia). Last year, she was in the Whitney Biennial, La Trienal at El Museo del Barrio, the Malta Biennale and Prospect New Orleans. She has exhibited at the Gwangju and Busan biennials and The Studio Museum in Harlem, with solo exhibitions at ICA (Philly), Laumeier Sculpture Park (St. Louis), and Tanya Bonakdar (NY). Olivier has won a USA Fellowship, the Rome Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other honors. She is a professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture.

Photo by Ryan Collerd.