About

Olivia Saporito (b. 1998) lives and works in New York, NY and Providence, Rhode Island. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Sculpture at Rhode Island School of Design.

Olivia Saporito creates sculptures that intend to give the viewer an antiquated viewing experience - one that explores the capacity to accept the operation of seeing. Saporito is invested in processing the intersection of object, archive, apparatus and image through re-worked found object assemblage, moldmaking, steel, and wood. Saporito intends to create her own parameters within structures, to emphasize that image consumption can have a controlled environment that affects the experience of the viewer. Structure is integral to the viewing process, and the interaction between the image and the viewer is always in flux. There will always be variables that influence the experience of the viewer, but always within the boundaries set by the structure.

Education

Bennington College | BA | 2016-2020

Rhode Island School of Design | MFA | 2025 - 2027 (expected)

Selected Exhibitions

I’m a Cyborg, but That’s OK | Aunty’s House Studio | Providence, RI | May 8 - June 5, 2026

As if seen before | Accordion Studios | Providence, RI | May 12 - 14, 2026

Where Nothing Has Ever Happened | Gelman Gallery at the RISD Museum | Providence, RI | March 24 - April 26, 2026

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

Teaching

Rhode Island School of Design | Teaching Assistant, Sculpture Department | Providence, RI | 2025 - Present

Bennington College | Technical Instructor in Sculpture | Bennington, VT | 2023-2025

Contact

liv.saporito@gmail.com