Olive Gloria

Olive Gloria is a cultural worker and a visual artist whose practice is grounded on the weaving and indigenous embroidery traditions of the Visayas. Based in Bacolod (Negros Occidental), her work is informed by her field work and research on the indigenous and weaving communities of the Visayas, namely the Panay Bukidnon of Panay Island, the Sibato Bukidnon of Silay who migrated to the neighboring island of Negros from Panay, and the hand loom weavers of Valladolid and Kabankalan. A recipient of Individual Grants from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) from 2016 to the present, she is currently involved with the Shri Vishayas Project, an art initiative that was awarded the Impact Grant by Outset Contemporary Art Fund London. Olive took up AB Mass Communications at the University of Saint Lasalle in Bacolod City.