Temple of the SelfLauren Noelle Oliver (b. 1992, Queens) is a New York City based artist exploring form and the human body. She attended the High School of Fashion Industries in Manhattan and holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase College. Oliver incorporates photography, film making, and performance into her artworks. Often utilizing analog equipment and processes, Oliver uses film for her photographic and moving image explorations. Oliver has spent her professional career

and reflections on a seminal career

“I came to question my role and influence in the transmission of models of femininity

he had never photographed his own personal life

dreamlike reflection on topics like his own relationship to food

It’s hard to see past the heavy gaze of climate change in an arctic town

His aim was to print those which may have been previously overlooked

she entrusts the ensuing spectacle to her camera

What could go wrong

in a caravan on Lynemouth’s Seacoal camp from 1982 to 1984

Miriam Makeba

She delicately weaves stories concerning circumstance

befriending those such as Shigeo Gocho (Kuwasa Design School 1968 Graduate) and Fusako Kodama who became important inspirations to each other