Raymond Olivarez
I’m a mixed media artist working since 2018, building my practice at the intersection of sports, art, and sneaker culture. My work is rooted in transformation, taking materials that are often overlooked and rebuilding them into something intentional, layered, and one-of-one.
Years ago, there was a time when everything felt dark. When life had fallen apart in quiet ways no one could see. In the middle of that silence, I began tearing boxes apart as a way to tear through emotion. I was piecing fragments together before I could piece myself together.
Somewhere in that process of ruin and rebuilding, I found my style. Or maybe it found me.
That process evolved into my deconstructed sneaker box work. By breaking materials down to their raw textures and rebuilding them into layered compositions, each piece becomes a reflection of structure, memory, and transformation, turning what was once discarded into something permanent and rare.