Olivia Jia (b.1994, Chicago, IL) is based in Philadelphia, PA. She received a BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia in 2017. Honors include the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship to attend the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art in 2015 and the President's Award at the University of the Arts.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Mirror stage, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2025); Nine Motifs, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA (2023); Perimeter, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2023); and Ex Libris, Workplace, London, UK (2022).
Selected group shows include: Solar Music / Lunar Revel, Uffner Liu, New York, NY (2025); Inside, Fleisher/Ollman, Philadelphia, PA (2025); Thank you, I'm rested now. I'll have the lobster today, thank you, Pangée, Montreal, Canada & Margot Samel, New York, NY, (2024); With yourself, Gaa Projects, Cologne, Germany (2024); Apricity, 12.26, Dallas, TX (2023); Untold Stories: Six Women Artists in Conversation, Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, New York, US; The Blue Hour, Workplace, London, UK (2023); To be a giant and keep quiet about it, Margot Samel, New York, NY (2022); Kaleidoscope, Workplace, London, UK (2022); To be a giant and keep quiet about it, Yee Society, Hong Kong (2022); Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA (2022); It feels like the first time, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL (2021).
Jia has an upcoming solo exhibition at BANK, Shanghai, China in November 2025.