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Olivia Kaufmann – Textile Art | Experimental Graphic

Interstices, voids and transitions form the starting point for my work. I am fascinated by moments when supposedly clear boundaries become blurred and it becomes apparent that things are not as unambiguous as they initially appear.

My focus is on the inconspicuous, the hidden and the overlooked. A shoreline between land and water initially appears to be a fixed boundary, but on closer inspection is a constantly shifting transition. Such shifts in perception and meaning are at the heart of my artistic exploration.

I work with an experimental printing technique on textiles. An algae-based printing paste creates unpredictable textures in the fabric, which I combine with deliberately placed fabric fragments and hand-embroidered markings to form collages. Through dyeing, cutting and rearranging, textile traces and meanings are transformed and placed in new contexts.

My works explore what becomes visible when familiar notions are called into question: How do meaning and value arise? To whom or what do we attribute visibility?

My artworks have been exhibited both in Germany and abroad since 2023.

My works “Unisono”, which won the Design Award at the international textile exhibition “Trame a Corte 2025” (IT), "Korridor", which won the third Women United Art Prize in 2023 and “detrimental”, which received a special mention at the world-renowned International Triennial of Textile Arts 2024 in Szombathely (HU), attracted particular international attention.

Olivia Kaufmann – Textile Art | Experimental Graphic

Olivia Kaufmann is a mixed media and textile artist living in the Uckermark region. Born in Lower Saxony, she moved to northeastern Brandenburg after a career as an entrepreneur. She holds a degree in graphic design with a focus on printmaking, having studied under Professor Tillman Gasch at the Westend Art School, now the Frankfurt Academy for Communication and Design (FAKD), Academy of Visual Arts, Frankfurt am Main.


Olivia Kaufmann has exhibited both domestically and internationally, including in Poland, Italy, Hungary and Finland, and has been working full-time as an artist since 2022, specializing in textiles and experimental printmaking.

 

Works by Olivia Kaufmann are found in private and public collections.

 

Olivia Kaufmann is the recipient of the Trame a Corte Design Award 2025, Italy, and is the third prize winner of the Women United Art Prize 2023, category Collage & Fiber Art, USA.

She is a member of bbk-Brandenburg eV, the Friends of the Neubrandenburg Art Collection, VG Bild-Kunst and the European Textile Network.

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