Olympia scary biography

There are some rather flagrant contradictions and identity loopholes to Olympia Scarry. First, there’s her nationality: Although she’s a London-based artist, she’s not really British. Born in Geneva, she’s the second grand-daughter of famed children’s book author and illustrator Richard Scarry. Her father, who followed Scarry Sr. into the children’s book business, moved the girls to the French countryside when Olympia was four years old, then to a Venice palazzo for half a decade, and later, when she was a teenager, to New York City. This is only the beginning of Scarry’s nomadic existence, but we’ll get back to that. The second paradox is her artwork. It’s a bit of a shock to learn that her preferred artistic materials are mainly heavy industrial matter—cables, motors, mirrors, and fluorescent lights (the last of which she used to illuminate a human form under a white sheet for a piece entitled After-Math

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Born in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Born in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Olympia Scarry - Interview Magazine

Born in Geneva, she’s the second grand-daughter of famed children’s book author and illustrator Richard Scarry.

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Five iconoclastic women—Morgane Polanski, Olympia Scarry, Carolyn Murphy, Shirin Neshat, and Kim Gordon—prove that timeless style knows no bounds in our April issue.

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Olympia Scarry | Biography - MutualArt

Olympia Scarry is one of the artists featured in APALAZZOGALLERY exhibitions: discover the works and a brief bio.