NCA for Refuge

Ollie grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, before moving to the UK to complete a Master's degree at the University of Cambridge (2019). Their research focused on the complexities and interconnectivity between human society and natural systems, a subject Ollie continues to explore. 

Ollie now lives and paints in the Oxfordshire countryside where they work under British artist, David Williams-Ellis. 

Relying on an emotive use of colour and an urgency in mark-making, Ollie's work looks at space and landscapes, both external and internal. Rejecting the idea that the natural world is divine proof of many accepted normative concepts, Ollie explores how these spaces rather validate the many different ways of being human.