Olga Mun is a Contemporary British painter living and working in Manchester .
My current body of work uses both abstraction and figurative to examine the lines between art historical reference and this lived history in an attempt to name and give voice to the conflicted spaces we currently inhabit.
About
My painting practice explores the vastness of the human condition, often this story and the intention of work is a consistent essence on one canvas. I convey my thoughts about humanity with such a depth that it causes an internal study of life, the environment, history and human activity and interaction. The work isn’t purely figurative, it plays with abstraction. It uses elements like almost abstract figures, transformative forms, gestural strokes, and infinite colour blending for each shape represented…
Education
2022 -2024 - MA Contemporary Fine Art , University of Sanford, Manchester
2019 – 2022 BA(Hons) Fine Art, University of Salford, Manchester
2018 – 2019 UAL Foundation in Art and Design ,The Manchester College
Exhibition
2024 till September 3d,The Summer of Six,The Lowry Hotel, SO Dearmans Place, Chapel Street, Salford, M3 SLH ,Comme Ca Art
2024 Solo Exhibition, The Lowry Hotel 50 Dearmans Place, Chapel St, M3 SLH ,Comme Ca Art
2024 Comme Ca Art x AWOL Studios Open Call Exhibition 2024,
Comme Ca Art Gallery
2024 Manchester open Exhibitions,2 Tony Wilson Place Manchester M15 4FN
2023 Royal Summer Exhibition ,Royal Academy of Arts,Burlington House,Piccadilly,London,W1J 0BD lm
2023 In Manchester,Cotton on Creative,Saul Hay Gallery,Railway Cottege,Manchester M3 4LZ
2023 Beyond the Realm of Reality,The Bowery,54 Otley Road ,Leeds
2022 Catapult:An Exhibition for Whitworth Locke , CottonOnCreative
2022 Made It in 2022,Short Supply and Home
2022 The New Artist ,Boomer Gallery,Tower Bridge London
2022 In Manchester Open Call Exhibition, Cotton on MCR, Floor6 100 Barbirolli Square,Manchester
2022 OPEN CALL EXHIBITION,COMME CA ART and AWOL STUDIOS Hope Mill, 113 Pollard St, Ancoats, Manchester
2022 Psyche ,West Art Collective HQ ,Antwerp Mansion,Manchester
2022 Reset The System,West Art Collective HQ,Antwerp Mansion,Manchester
2021 New Mill Festival, New Mills,Derbyshire
2021 X-Collab 02/Sensory ,Not My Beautiful House,19 Fife Road, Kingston Upon Thames,London
2021 X-collab 01/sensory,Digital Exhibition
2021Art Gallery and Museum, Digital Exhibition
2021 Rethink,Refund,Reboot ,Limited Edition,The University of Salford
2021 Hit The North,Salford School of Art ,Digital Exhibition
2019 FAD Summer Show,Manchester Central Library
2004 Iran. Bandar-Anzaly
Award
2023 The AXA Art Prize UK at the Royal Academy of Arts
2021 The Haworth Charitable Trust Undergraduate Scholarship
2020 The Haworth Charitable Trust Life Class First Prize Award
Press
2023 AXA Art Prize UK Announces Winner,https://axaxl.com/press-releases/2023-axa-art-prize-uk-announces-winner
2023 AXA Art Prize UK Announces Winner,https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2023-axa-art-prize-uk-announces-winner-301850928.html
2023 New Blood Artists recognised at RA, RSA, https://newbloodart.com/blog/new-blood-artists-recognised-at-ra-rsa-freelands-foundation-and-more/
2022 Salford Uni: Degree Show Exhibition Review, https://cottononmcr.com/salford-uni-degree-show-exhibition-review/
2022 Cotton On MCR, Salford Uni: Degree Show Exhibition Review
https://cottononmcr.com/salford-uni-degree-show-exhibition-review/
2022 Cotton On MCR,Man of the Month :Interview
https://cottononmcr.com/manc-of-the-month-olga-mun/
Shortlisted
2022 Open call for Rural Arts “Fresh Exhibition”.The Old Courthouse,Westgate,Thirsk North Yorkshire,Y07 1QS