Olivia Hassett was born in Dublin in 1974. Having completed an Honours Degree in Fine Art Sculpture at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin in 1996, Olivia went on to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma in Advertising Management from the Dublin Institute of Technology, Aungier Street. On completing these studies Olivia worked in the advertising industry and in Radio Teilifis Eireann for a further five years

In 2002 Olivia returned to sculpting. Recently Olivia has developed her work in a more abstract manner, merging different aspects of the human form and its musculature with areas of interest in the biological world, notably macro (or close up) views of naturally occurring shapes such as seeds, algae and cells. In this current work particular attention is paid to areas of tension where bulbous, engorged muscle shapes interact with the lines created by thin, taut tendons.

Olivia Hassett has shown work at the Vangard Gallery in Cork, the Solomon Gallery in Dublin and at the Campden Gallery in England. She has exhibited widely in group- exhibitions since 2002. Olivia was awarded the Distinction in Bronze Award at the Sculpture in Context Exhibition 2004, held at the National Botanic Gardens, Dublin. Her work is included in public & private collections.

Olivia Hassett has shown herself to be a versatile artist, working in small, medium and large scale with bronze, glass, wood, cement and plaster to create very finely crafted sculptures.

"The beautiful abstract forms from her current body of work are strangely ambiguous and alluring; at first they seem evocative of the intricate musculature and internal organs of the human body, yet on closer inspection the sculptures take on a myriad of other possible meanings and symbols. This vagueness and uncertainty makes each sculpture all the more fascinating and captivating. Never wishing to explain or describe these abstract forms, Hassett is happy to let the viewer make their own interpretation."

Tara Murphy, Director, Solomon Gallery