- City
- Montreal
- Booth
- Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 318
Olivia Hamza
Olivia Hamza is a French-Canadian Egyptian oil painter with a background in Concept Art for video games and feature film. She studied oil painting techniques for Realism and Surrealism in the context of apprenticeships with many renowned artists.
Her work; oil paintings of fantastic themes painted in a dark surrealist style, radiate intimacy and optimism.
Olivia’s work has been exhibited at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo MARCO in Mexico, and in Europe and the United States.
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Through the lens of fantasy, my oil paintings redefine interpretation of identity and culture by offering a new read on traditional colonial iconography. My work as a designer for film and video games has developed an awareness of the artist’s responsibility in shaping public opinion. This body of work honours this responsibility by wielding complex symbolic and allegorical compositions, inspired by Pre-Raphaelite and Orientalist art, redefining the fantasy genre and its impact on mass media.
I sketch ideas and symbolism in pencil and paper. Then assemble references images in photoshop, creating compositions. I then paint richly textured oil paintings in various formats from those studies.
Visit me In-Person at TOAF July 10-12, 2026 in Nathan Phillips Square at booth #C318.
