Olivia Fernandez was born in Bordeaux, France. She studied at the International Center of Photography in New York City and graduated from the creative practices program and the documentary photography and visual-journalism program. Olivia’s work has been awarded the PDN EDU student contest in the landscape category and has received honorable mentions in several competitions. She is the recipient of the Hillman Foundation grant in 2021 and finalist at Les Nuits Photo film festival in Paris in 2022. Publications and exhibitions include Edge of Humanity, FotoNostrum, Bird in Flight, F-Stop, Humble Arts Foundation, The Vermont Center of Photography, PH21 Gallery and The International Center of Photography. In 2018 she worked on a photography project sharing stories of girls in New York City who have attempted suicide and a short documentary film which resulted in an event and panel discussion with specialists on mental health. She now lives between Berlin and NYC where she continues to work on projects related to mental health, loss and addiction; and organizes events for mental healing.
AWARDS
2022 LES NUITS PHOTO - Finalist for You Will Miss Sunrise if You Close Your Eyes (Still Image Film)
2021 Hillman Foundation Grant - Recipient for You Will Miss Sunrise if You Close Your Eyes
2021 British journal of Photography Edition365 - Winner
2021 Julia Margaret Cameron Award - Honorable Mention
2021 FotoNostrum lockdown competition - Finalist
2021 RPS International Photography Exhibition - Shortlist
2018 PDN EDU - Winner in the landscape category, Alone in Silence
2018 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention in the Deeper Perspective category, Expired Life
2018 International Monochrome Awards - Honorable Mention, Alone in Silence
2018 Analog Photographique Awards - Shortlist winner, Alone in Silence
2017 Life Framer - Honorable Mention in Open Call, Alone in Silence
EXHIBITIONS & PUBLICATIONS
2023 You Will Miss Sunrise if You Close Your Eyes film projection & conversation around mental healing, Berlin, Germany
2022 Book Anthology for Unseen
2022 Group Exhibition, Carry My Heart, Too Tired Project
2022 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale, FotoNostrum Mediterranean House of Photography
2021 Solo Exhibition and Panel Talks, Berlin Mental Health Festival, Berlin, Germany
2021 New Art City Exhibition
2021 The Art of Photography, PH21 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2021 Stories: Narrative Photography, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2021 Edge of Humanity magazine
2021 Analog Forever Noir online exhibition
2021 Bird in Flight magazine
2020 ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis, International Center of Photography, NY
2020 The View From Here online gallery through Don’t Take Pictures magazine
2020 F-Stop magazine online group show, documentary work 2020
2019 TooTiredProject show on depression at the Vermont Center for Photography
2019 Humble Arts Foundation online show on loss
2018 Break the Silence public exhibition and panel discussion on mental health, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Signal Crossings group exhibition, International Center of Photography, NY
2017 Hidden Narratives group exhibition, International Center of Photography, NY