Olivia Kassaei is an Austrian-Iranian writer and artist based in Berlin. Her background in art criticism and cinema studies informs both her artistic research and material explorations.

She wanders through the world like a detective, turning to the subtle, the quiet, and sometimes the blinding. More recently this has meant exploring fragments from (family) archives, working through video and sculpture.

Her work lingers on the forgotten, on ruins, and on processes of erasure in relation to personal and cultural narratives. Playing with different forms in the studio is her way of searching for the universe her work might inhabit while grappling with larger questions about art, meaning, and practice.

She holds an interdisciplinary BA in Thinking as a Creative Act from New York University and is currently applying for Master’s degrees in Berlin.