Xiomara De Oliver | |
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Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Grand Forks, Canada |
Other names | Ziomara De Oliver |
Alma mater | California State University, Sacramento and New York University |
Xiomara De Oliver (born 1967) [1] is a Canadian-born black artist. She is known for her paintings, which explore the concerns of Black women. [2] [3] She is based in Marina del Rey, California.
Xiomara De Oliver was born in 1967 in Grand Forks, British Columbia in Canada. [4] [5] She attended California State University, Sacramento, and graduated in 1988 with a degree in criminal law. [2] In 1997, De Oliver graduated with a degree in studio art and environmental art from New York University (NYU). [2] [4] In 2006 De Oliver was the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation grant. [6]
De Oliver's artwork explores the physical and political condition of black and African American women. [5] [7] She often paints in an abstract expressionist-style. [8] Her work is included in public museum collections including Museum of Modern Art, [1] and the Studio Museum in Harlem. [9]
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