José García Oliva is a Venezuelan artist living and working in London. His practice focuses on outsourcing systems, migrant labour, and the hierarchies that sculpt everyday urban life, interrogating how these structures are experienced, negotiated, and reproduced within shared social spaces. He works through long-term collaborations that prioritise co-authorship and ongoing relationships, shaping how the work is made, shown, and circulated. His projects often unfold through enacted social exchanges or site-responsive provocations, taking the form of performances, drawings, sculptures, and public interventions.

Recent exhibitions and commissions include Welcome isn’t a Doormat (Metal Culture), Tonada de Galopeo (Abra, Venezuela), I’m listening to what you’re not saying and it’s very loud (V&A), Out of Hours (Lancaster Arts), and How May I Serve You? (Axisweb, ACE and SET Studios), alongside residencies at Gasworks, Casa Wabi, Hospitalfield, and SOMA. His awards include the UK Ibero-American Visual Art Prize (2021), The Augustus Martin Prize (2020), and Image of the Year awarded by Bozar, Brussels (2020). Oliva graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2020 and is currently a lecturer at Central Saint Martins.