Olive Stefanski (they/she) is a multidisciplinary queer and Jewish visual artist who makes weavings, sculptures and drawings. They have had solo and duo exhibitions at Roman Susan Art Foundation (2021), Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago (2023) and Roots and Culture Contemporary Art Center (2025). Olive’s studio was awarded the Chicago DCASE Individual Artist Program Grant (2023) and the Illinois Arts Council’s Creative Catalyst Grant (2024). Olive was a 2024-2025 Center for New Jewish Culture Fellow and a Digital Weaving Lab Artist-In-Residence at Praxis Fiber Workshop (2025). Sept-Dec 2025, Olive will be a Writer-In-Residence at Writing Space.
Olive’s work is held in private collections across the United States and Europe and they have shown in group exhibitions across the United States and Mexico. Their work has been published in catalogues by the American Tapestry Alliance and Roman Susan Art Foundation (forthcoming).
Olive may be contacted for studio related inquires (such as, but not limited to) at olive.stefanski@gmail.com:
- exhibition invitations
-commission requests for handwoven rugs (of all sizes, up to area rug)
-studio visit requests
-inquires into collecting work
- artist talk invitations
-class visit invitations
-press inquiries
- opportunities for grants and fiscal sponsorship
The studio's instagram is @floatyplace.