Olivia Plender

Olivia Plender is an artist based in Stockholm and London. Her work is often based on social history, and frequently explores the relationships between gender, power and authority. Plender’s artwork is currently on display at Tate Britain as part of the new rehang of the collection. She has exhibited internationally in exhibitions that include recent solo shows at Kalmar konstmuseum, Sweden (2023); Maureen Paley, London (2022); Amant Foundation, New York (2022); and group shows including ‘The School of Creators: The Art of Learning from the 1960s to the present’, Centre Pompidou-Metz, France (2022); the 34th Bienal de São Paulo (2021); ‘Life Support’, Glasgow Women’s Library, UK (2021); ‘Not Without My Ghosts’, Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, UK, (2021-2022); Göteborg International Biennial (2017); BAHAR, Off-Site Project for Sharjah Biennial 13, Istanbul (2017); Taipei Biennial (2010); Manifesta 8, Murcea (2010); Altermodern: Tate Triennial, Tate Britain, London (2009); The Greenroom, Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, New York (2008); Romantic Detachment, MoMA PS1, New York (2004).