Oliver “Liv” James
TEACHING ARTIST
Liv is a graphic artist, muralist, and street artist who lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area. A native to D.C., much of her time was spent in the Denver metropolitan area of Colorado. Her striking art pays homage to the oppressed communities around the world. Her work includes many powerful and often controversial images but do not to be mistaken, the darkness that comes with such controversial topics does not stop her from using pops of color and bright mixed media. Flowers jutting out of the barrel of a gun and growing out of a noose set in an empty frame, indigenous men and women on currency, and colorful graphic portraits of powerful leaders are all brought to life with a multi-layer stenciling and mix media. From an early age she knew that she wanted to be an entrepreneur. In 2016 she graduated from Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado with a Bachelors in Business Administration. Her business education not only allowed her to use her deep imagination and creative thinking but exposed her to a world of economics and business where black and brown people didn’t see equal or equitable representation. This inadvertently shaped her art as much as her artistry shapes her entrepreneurial aspirations. Oliver James aspires to share her talents with community youth and is thrilled to work with Future History Now.
See Liv’s work at theartistoliverjames.com