oli lee andersson (they/he) is an artist, filmmaker, writer, and educator based in Los Angeles, CA.

He seeks to incite imaginings of identity, community, time, and belonging, grounded in their experiences as a trans and queer diasporic Korean person. Through film, photography, writing, and art, oli harnesses ancestral artifacts and rituals, intergenerational oral histories, and practices of collective care in the emboldening of more capacious visions of desire, joy, and aliveness.

They are a first year Master’s candidate in the Division of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. They write, direct, and produce their own short films, and are also involved in student productions, working as a cinematographer, production designer, and makeup artist. Before coming to USC, he earned a B.F.A. in Art and Design with a concentration in Studio Art from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

contact: oanderss@usc.edu

Group Exhibitions / Screenings

2023 WeHo Pride Arts Fest Experimental Film Program, Braindead Studios, Los Angeles, CA (Curator: Jheanelle Brown)

2023 “Queer Knowing”, All Street NYC, New York City, NY

2022 “Dearest,” 2022 BFA Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA  

2022 Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA (Juror: Toni Scott)

2021 Can you see my screen? Intermedia Exhibition, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA  (virtual due to COVID-19)

2021 Screenshare, Studio Art Club Exhibition, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA  (virtual due to COVID-19)

2021 Through the Eyes of the Othered, Student-curated Exhibition, San Luis Obispo, CA (virtual due to COVID-19)

Performances

2022 A Conditional Gesture: Making Kimchi Alone, San Luis Obispo, CA

Selected Work / Volunteer Experience

2024 Consultant/Assistant SFX Artist/Production Assistant/Production Designer, Janazah, short film / dir. Mohammad Aseer Adeeb

Spring 2024 Student Assistant, CTPR 288: Developing Ideas for Film and Television

Spring 2024 Teaching Assistant, CTCS 466: Theatrical Film Symposium, University of Southern California

2023 Production Assistant, ANTS, documentary / The Ummah Chroma

2023 Makeup Artist/Prop Assistant, Saudade, short film / dir. Mohammad Aseer Adeeb

2023 Production Assistant/Assistant Makeup Artist, When the Oyster Becomes Your World, short film / dir. Rraine Hanson

Fall 2023 Teaching Assistant, CTCS 466: Theatrical Film Symposium, University of Southern California

Fall 2023 Course Assistant, CTCS 585: Seminar in Film/Television Critical Theory and Production, University of Southern California

2022 Program Coordinator, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Chair, BFA Design Team, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 

2022 Volunteer, 6th Annual Social Justice Teach-In, College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 

2021-22 Gallery Assistant, University Art Gallery, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA  

2021-22 Student Diversity Committee Member, College of Liberal Arts, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA  

2020-22 Communications Chair and Treasurer, Studio Art Club, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 

2021 Art and Writing Co-Lead, The Peahce Project 

2021 ESL Tutor, Pacheco Elementary School, San Luis Obispo, CA

2020-21 Staff Artist, The Peahce Project 

Awards

2022 Outstanding Contribution to Diversity, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 

2022 Outstanding Work in Art History, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA 

Publications

2022 “Local Bloom,” .WAV Zine, Vol. 04, June 2022.

2021 “Gender Only Exists in the Shower When There's a Window' & 'An Homage to Corals, I Don't Know What I'm Doing,".RAW Journal of Art and Design, Vol. 6, Iss. 1, Article 10, December 2021.

Talks / Presentations

2023 Monstrous Drag: Transgressing the Ornamental Object/Abject of Desire on The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula, First Forum: Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Southern California

2022 Trans, nonbinary, gender nonconforming community dialogue and discussion space (organizer and discussion lead), San Luis Obispo, CA

2022 Instagram Live Artist Talk: Senior Studio Series, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA