About
Olivia Saporito (b. 1998) lives and works in New York and Rhode Island. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.
Olivia Saporito creates work that explores the intersection between object and image, aiming to construct the materiality of memory through the mode of lens based sculpture. She is invested in presenting and processing the archive - found photos, slides, and frames, through staged photographs and sculptures made with found objects, "lenses" and furniture. Using these materials to create interactive viewing devices, Saporito intends to remark upon how the rapid proliferation of consumer grade technology effects the way in which we see pictures today, versus in recent collective memory. By giving the viewer parameters to seeing the presented images in her work, she intends to return to the physical processes and displays we once used to view photos.
Saporito’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at The International Center of Photography (2016), Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Cynthia Reeves Gallery at Mass MoCA (2020), Kunsthaus Kule Gallery (2019), Tête Gallery (2019), The Bennington Museum (2018), Usdan Gallery (2024), 3rd Eye Gallery (2024), Vox Populi Gallery (2024) and The White Columns Artist Registry - Online (2024-Present).
Education
Bennington College | BA | 2016-2020
Rhode Island School of Design | MFA | 2025 - 2027 (expected)
Selected Exhibitions
White Columns Artist Registry | White Columns Online | 2024 - Present
$99 Exhibition: Cabinet Of | Vox Populi Gallery | Philadephia, PA | November 1 - December 15, 2024
Collective Affinities | Usdan Gallery | Bennington, VT | September 17 - November 23, 2024
Vox XIX | Vox Populi Gallery | Philadephia, PA | July 5- July 28, 2024
Breaking Ground | 3rd Eye Gallery | Hoosick Falls, NY | May 25- August 2024
Escape Clause | Pamela Salisbury Gallery | Hudson, NY | November 7 - December 20, 2020
A Hole to Climb Into | Usdan Gallery | Bennington, VT | May - June 2020
Bennington/Williams Student Exhibition | Cynthia Reeves Gallery at Mass MoCA | North Adams, MA | January 30 - February 24 2020
The Eye Show | Kunsthaus Kule Gallery | Berlin, Germany | May 2 - May 5, 2019
Under your nose, in front of your eyes | Tête Gallery | Berlin, Germany | May 10 - May 15, 2019
Sounding Out | Bennington Museum | Bennington, VT | May 21 - May 27, 2018
Imagemakers Exhibition | International Center of Photography | New York, NY | May 27 - June 4, 2016
Teaching
Rhode Island School of Design | Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Department | Providence, RI | 2025
Bennington College | Technical Instructor in Sculpture | Bennington, VT | 2023-2025
Contact
liv.saporito@gmail.com