Olivier Larivière (Saint Germain-en-Laye, France, 1978) lives and works in Montreuil, in the Parisian suburbs. After a Master’s degree at ENSAD Paris, and a scholarship to SVA, New York which rewards artistic excellence, he turned to a career as a painter. He obtained various art residencies, including the prestigious Casa de Velázquez in Madrid in 2011. He received the Gérard Fromanger prize at the Antoine Marin Prize in 2011 which rewards young rising figures of contemporary painting in France, and has participated in many numerous group or personal exhibitions in France, Belgium and Spain.