Scott Oliver is a sculptor and project-based artist living and working in Oakland, California. His work explores the sculptural possibilities of everyday utilitarian objects—often integrating social exchange into the making process. Oliver received his MFA from California College of the Arts in 2005. His work has been exhibited at UCLA in Los Angeles, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. He has also shown widely at local venues, including the Oakland Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, Southern Exposure, and the de Young Art Center.
In September of 2005 Oliver co-founded Shotgun Review, a web site featuring reviews of Bay Area visual art exhibitions, with collaborator Joseph del Pesco. He is an adjunct faculty member in the sculpture departments at CCA and UC Berkeley. Oliver was artist-in-residence at SF Recycling & Disposal Inc. (a.k.a. the city dump) in the fall of 2007 and has been awarded an upcoming Project Space residency at Headlands Center for the Arts in fall 2009.
Oliver is a regular contributor to Shotgun Review and has written catalogue essays for local organizations including Southern Exposure and The Present Group.