Olivia Van Oot
Olivia Van Oot is a woodworker based in Portland, Maine. She graduated from Maine College of Art & Design in 2024 completing her Bachelors in Fine Arts in the Woodworking and Furniture Design program. She received the Windgate-Lamar fellowship in 2024. Most of her work is centered around themes of comfort and home; these feelings are conveyed through her use of quilt imagery and traditional pieced quilt patterns created using a variety of different wood veneers using a parquetry technique. These quilt panels are then framed or incorporated into larger, more complex works such as furniture or cabinets. Van Oot’s work has been displayed in galleries in and around Portland Maine.
Email: oliviavanoot@gmail.com