Oliver Krisch discovered photography through his uncle, Pablo Krisch, one of the best industrial and corporative photographers in Venezuela. He started working in the photography field at the age of 16 and collaborated with some of the more renowned photographers in the country such as Luis Brito and Antolín Sanchez (both awarded with the National Photography Prize in Venezuela).

He has exhibited his work at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, California, Galería de Arte Nacional in Caracas, Venezuela, and Museo Mario Abreu in Maracay, Venezuela. Besides his artistic work Krisch has also developed his career in the commercial and fashion field, some of his photographs have been published in important magazines such as Ocean Drive and Complot.

Krisch has been developing for the last three years a series related to politics. These works are connected to the difficult political situation Venezuela has suffered in the last years, that has lead to violence and the division of the Venezuelan society. Through his photographs the artist questions the justice and the power of the government of his country.

In one of his last series of works, Yo con mi arte tengo (It’s enough with my own art) Krisch explores the different artistic movements of art history such as Rococo, Pop Art and Conceptual art, creating an ironical game between the names of the objects he portrays and the names of the different artistic genres.

Oliver Krisch has also explored documental images, in one of his series he photographed a usual day of fashion model and friend of his Maha, now sick with HIV. These works show the viewer the effects of this illness in the body of a beautiful woman.

Since moving to California in 2006, the focus of his art has changed to issues that are more related to the US, such as immigration problems and the new trend of organic eating habits.

Oliver is represented exclusively in Arizona by Latin American Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.