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From past notable solo exhibitions:

I’ve seen love and it looks nothing like this ♥︎

"I've Seen Love and it Looks Nothing Like This ♥︎" opened on August 31 2023 at Solaris Gallery. It was a collaborative exhibition by artist Victoria Olt and poet David Xam, bringing together painting and poetry in a shared exploration of love, heartbreak, and coming of age.

Inspired by the restless young adult years of both artists, the exhibition traced a journey through longing, confusion, and resilience - the time of life when nights bring no rest and dreams hold no answers. Victoria’s paintings, with their blend of classical realism and vivid colour, captured emotions first stirred during her years in Spain, while David’s raw, intimate poems echoed those same feelings from his own life in Kashmir.

The exhibition was accompanied by a book compiling all of the featured paintings and poems, extending the collaboration into print. It gave viewers a chance to carry the experience home - and maybe see a part of themselves in its pages.

 

Starchild

Starchild is a collection of zodiac themed artworks exploring fate and the mysterious workings of the universe. Exhibited as a solo exhibition in 2022.

"Although I don’t exactly believe in typical newspaper horoscopes, I do believe that the state of the universe at the moment of our birth can influence the person we become," says artist Victoria Olt. "Our bodies are made up of elements that originate from the stars, which makes us all children of the stars. So it’s not too far-fetched to think that by looking to the sky, we might better understand ourselves and our destiny."

The original Starchild series consists of thirteen watercolor paintings, 12 dedicated to each zodiac sign, and one dedicated to them all.

 

I’ve saved all my secrets for you

I've Saved All My Secrets for You was the first collaborative exhibition by artist Victoria Olt and poet David Xam, born from a time in their lives when words, and feelings, had been kept locked away. These works came from the moment after that silence, when both artists finally found a way to express themselves: Victoria through paint, and David through poetry.

Focusing on themes of identity and healing, the exhibition traced the unlikely connection that began in 2017-2018, when both were navigating heartbreak and posting their work online. Though strangers, living worlds apart, Victoria in Spain and David in Kashmir, their posts began to feel like pieces of the same story told in two languages: one in images, one in words.

When their work was finally brought together for this first collaborative exhibition, it showed how two people who have never met can still share the same story. On the gallery walls, Victoria’s emotive paintings and David’s distilled, confessional poems stood side by side, each expanding the other’s meaning.

 

Lost Gods

On January 4th Victoria Olt Gallery unveiled a new exhibition titled Lost Gods, where intricate watercolor techniques were seamlessly blended with the themes of ancient cultures. The highlight of the exhibition was a striking 20 m² installation of paper cranes, a reference to the Japanese legend that promises a wish, often for a long life, to anyone who folds 1,000 origami cranes.

Victoria Olt described the exhibition as a continuation of her ongoing search for meaning, explaining: “Lost Gods was another step in my journey to make sense of the world. After finding little comfort in modern popular religions, I looked to the past to see what wisdom could be gained from ancient civilizations. What I discovered is that many of the struggles our ancestors faced are remarkably similar to the challenges we continue to grapple with today. We are still at the mercy of fate, however we choose to define it. But the lessons from the past - what our ancestors believed about life, death, and human nature - remain deeply relevant, and there’s so much we can learn from them."

 

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Earthborn//

Earthbound

This series of artworks explores our relationship with nature, how while living in humanmade cities we often feel disconnected from it, viewing nature as something distant or "other," these works remind us that we are bound to the earth’s rhythms, cycles, and forces. When nature thrives, we thrive; when she rages, we endure the consequences.

Therefore we as viewers should contemplate how our actions ripple through the larger ecosystem, echoing within the ancient forces that govern life on earth. We inhabit a delicate balance, and there are silent but profound truths carried by the winds, waters, and earth itself. Truths that, if ignored, may come at great cost.