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EDUCATION
- 2013-2017 - Rhode Island School of Design • Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration
- Steven Mendelson Community Service Award (2017)
- Producer of "Room of Silence" Student Documentary (2016)
- President of Black Artists + Designers (2015-2016)
ARTIST TALKS + LECTURES
- 2025 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • Urbana-Champaign, IL • “Embrace Iteration, Reject Perfection” • Visiting Artist Guest Lecture
- 2025 - The Center for Cartoon Studies • White River Junction, VT • Visiting Artist Guest Lecture
- 2024 - Mineral Arts & Residencies [MARS] • Mineral, WA • Visiting Artist Talk
- 2023 - Hollins University • Roanoke, VA • "Good Food Takes Time To Cook" • Visiting Artist Lecture
- “Olivia Stephens: ARTIE AND THE WOLF MOON” Solo Exhibition • Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University • June 22 - September 3, 2023
- 2021 - Winthrop University [Rock Hill, SC] + Hollins University [Roanoke, VA] • "Keeping It Weird" • Virtual Artist Talk
- 2020 - Rhode Island School of Design • Providence, RI • "What's Your Story?" • Virtual Artist Talk
RESIDENCIES + FELLOWSHIPS
- 2025 - Artist Trust Arts Innovator Award Finalist Cohort • Literary • Seattle, WA
- 2024 - Artist Trust Arts Innovator Award Finalist Cohort • Literary • Seattle, WA
- 2024 - Yaddo Artist Retreat • Literature • Saratoga Springs, NY
- 2023 - Forbes 30 Under 30 Local List • Class of 2023 • Seattle, WA
- 2023 - Storyknife Residency for Women Writers • Homer, AK
- 2023 - MacDowell Fellowship • Fiction • Peterborough, NH
- Recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Fellowship
- 2022 - Artist Trust Fellowship Award • Literary • Seattle, WA
- 2022 - Tin House Residency for Graphic Narrative • Portland, OR
- 2021 - Mineral Arts Residency [MARS] • Mineral, WA
- Recipient of the Mona Lisa Roberts Fellowship for LGBTQ+ Visual Artists
WORKSHOPS + PANELS
- 2023 - “Clarity + Flow: Sequential Image Workshop” • Hosted by Hollins University • Roanoke, VA
- 2021 - “Subverting the Supernatural: Transforming Popular Monster Lore” • Hosted virtually by Hollins University • Roanoke, VA
- 2021 - “Life as Magically Unusual” • Virtual panel hosted by Brooklyn Book Festival • Co-panelists: Shing Yin Khor + Lee Knox Ostertag
• Moderated by MJ Franklin
- 2020 - “Comics Visual Literacy” • Virtual panel hosted by Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo • Co-panelists: Trung Le Nguyen, Jesse Lonergan + Charlot Kristensen
• Moderated by Ben Wilgus
- 2019 - “Funday Sunday” Kids Drawing Workshop • Hosted by the Gilcrease Museum • Tulsa, OK
- 2019 - Creative Writing Mentor at the University of Tulsa, in partnership with the
Oklahoma Center for the Humanities
- 2018 - "Kid-Friendly Monster Fun!!" • Panel hosted at Emerald City Comic-Con • Co-panelists: Cat Farris, Rebecca Hicks • Moderated by Zack Davisson
PUBLICATIONS
SELF-PUBLISHED WORKS [PRINT + WEB]
GRAPHIC NOVELS
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: The Graphic Novel (2022) [illustrator]
- Publisher: Disney-Hyperion / Rick Riordan Presents
- 2023 CBC Children’s and Young Adult Favorites List
- Artie and the Wolf Moon (2021) [author-illustrator]
- Publisher: Lerner Books / Graphic Universe
- ALA Rainbow Book List - Top Ten Titles for Young Readers
- BCALA 2022 Youth Literary Awards - Honor Award
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- ALA Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List
- Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
- New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2021
- Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2021
SERIALIZED COMICS
- The Tiger’s Tongue (2022) [writer]
- Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
- Heavy Soul (2018) [writer-illustrator]
- Publisher: FilthyFigments.com
- Magnate (2017-2019) [writer-illustrator]
- Publisher: FilthyFigments.com
ANTHOLOGY COMICS
- "The Muse", featured in Headless Horseman Halloween Annual (2023)
- Publisher: Dark Horse Comics; Editor: Katii O'Brien
- "Hyssop", featured in in Shades of Fear Anthology (2022)
- Publisher: Balustrade Press; Editors: Allison O'Toole + Ashanti Fortson
- 2023 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology
- "H.O.R.S.E.", featured in Score! Erotic Sports Comics Anthology (2018)
- Publisher: Filthy Figments; Editor: Gina Biggs
- "Untitled", featured in Dirty Diamonds #6: Beauty (2015)
- Published and edited by Kelly Phillips and Claire Folkman
SELECTED PRESS
INTERVIEWS
- 2026 - Comic Geek Speak • CGS Chats: Yasmín Flores Montañez, Olivia Stephens, and Travis Hymel • Podcast Interview with Peter Rios
- 2023 - SOLRAD Magazine • Chris Kindred Interviews Olivia Stephens • Interviewed by Chris Kindred
- 2023 - Words, Images, and Worlds •Words, Images, and Worlds with Olivia Stephens • Podcast Interview with Jason DeHart
- 2021 - Comic Book Club • Comic Book Club: Olivia Stephens & Mark Sable • Podcast Interview with Pete LePage, Justin Tyler, and Alex Zalben
- 2021 - Comics Beat • Olivia Stephens discusses ARTIE AND THE WOLF MOON, her debut
graphic novel • Interviewed by Joe Grunenwald
- 2021 - The Conskipper • ‘Artie and the Wolf Moon’ Artist/Writer Olivia Stephens: The Conskipper
Interview • Interviewed by Nick Banks
- 2021 - Fanbase Press • Fanbase Press Interviews Olivia Stephens on the Upcoming Release of
the YA Graphic Novel, ‘Artie and the Wolf Moon' • Interviewed by Barbra Dillon
- 2021 - AIPT Comics • A therapeutic vehicle of fiction: Olivia Stephens on ‘Artie and the Wolf
Moon’ • Interviewed by David Brooke + Alexandra Iciek
- 2021 - FanGirlNation • Interview with Olivia Stephens • Interviewed by Sheri Williams
- 2021 - Pint 'O Comics • Pint ‘O Comics Episode 196 • Podcast interview with Sir Jon Johnson
- 2020 - Comic Book Resources • Olivia Stephens Opens Up on Staying Inspired and Her Debut Graphic Novel • Interviewed by Sam Stone
REVIEWS + FEATURES