Oliver Harland Studio

Oliver Harland was born in 1977 in the UK and attended Mary Hare Grammar School for the Deaf in Newbury, Berkshire from 1989 to 1997. He went on to the Kent Institute of Art & Design in Maidstone and in 1998 he passed with a BTEC Diploma Foundation Studies in Art & Design. Oliver then went to London Guildhall University and graduated in 2001 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art.

Oliver has exhibited in England and New York. He is a profoundly deaf artist who mainly paints in oil. He also does sketches and charcoal drawings as preparation for his paintings.

Oliver lives in Folkestone and works as part of the Creative Foundation, an organisation which is in the process of regenerating the historic old town and encouraging a buzzing artistic nerve-centre in Kent.

2007	'Vézelay' Georges House Gallery, 8 The Old High Street, Folkestone, Kent	Solo exhibition of a French town in the heart of Burgundy
		Solo exhibition of a French town in the heart of Burgundy
2006	'Pilgrim's Eye' Guildford Cathedral, Guildord, Surrey	Exhibition for artists who have made the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela or have been inspired or been commissioned by those who have
	'Pilgrim's Eye' Guildford Cathedral, Guildord, Surrey
2005	Ottakar's 8 Rose Lane, Canterbury, Kent	Short exhibition in support of Mefo Phillips' book launch of Horseshoes and Holy Water

2001	Elaine Benson Gallery East Hampton, Long Island, New York, USA	Exhibition for New Artists

2001	Garden House Orchards, Saltwood, Kent	Joint exhibition with Shane Record
	Garden House Orchards, Saltwood, Kent
2001	'Stretching Boundaries' The Corn Exchange, Market Place, Newbury, Berkshire	Exhibition for Mary Hare former pupils

2001	End of degree show London Guildhall University, Central House, 59-63 Whitechapel High St, London	Exhibition for students who completed their BA (Hons) in Fine Art