​Oliver Marr (b.1995, South Africa) is a figurative painter who lives and works in London. Oliver graduated from the University of Cambridge (2020) where his research focused on the interconnections between human society and natural systems. After graduating, Oliver worked for three years under the guidance of British artist, David Williams-Ellis, where he developed a practice investigating his connection to landscape through painting. Oliver has attended residencies in France and South Africa and exhibits regularly in group shows. Oliver had his first solo show in the UK with North Coast Assylum Gallery (2023).

 

Relying on an urgency in mark-making and the immediacy that comes from working in situ, Oliver begins his process painting and drawing from life. These pieces are then developed in the studio through processes of printmaking, drawing from memory, and painting. Oliver makes his paints from raw pigment and prepares surfaces of linen or paper with rabbit skin glue and chalk.

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Oliver is currently a student on the Drawing year at the Royal Drawing School, developing the relationship between observational drawing and painting.