Oli
Lacoon
Williamson
Set & Costume Designer
Oli is an emerging performance maker, specialising in set and costume design. Originally hailing from Tarntanya (Adelaide), he is now based in Naarm (Melbourne), where he completed his training at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA).
Oli is a proudly queer identifying artist, and this informs his mission to find beauty in the imperfect, unrefined and unwanted. This translates into bold, detailed designs, often with a nod to camp and a touch of humour, but always with a commitment to deep dramaturgy and world building.
Oli completed his professional debut, designing costumes for S/WORDS (Lewis Major Projects/Adelaide Festival of Art). At the VCA Oli designed costumes for a new interdisciplinary dance work entitled 10 degrees, and designed the set for The Spook by Mellissa Reeves (dir. Daniella Farinaci). Having also undertaken a secondment in the Art Department for upcoming television series Literary Lethargy (Baby Banksia Productions), Oli looks forward to continuing his work in both the live performance and filmic spaces.