Olivia Hochstadt

Olivia Hochstadt is a fiber artist, knitwear designer, yarn spinner, and natural dyer using locally foraged plants. Olivia designs and knits one-of-a-kind garments using yarn she spins and dyes. In 2021, while pursuing a BA in Art History and Spanish at Colby College, she was awarded the first-ever Colby Global Fellowship to study knitwear and wool in Shetland, the Faroe Islands, and Chile. In 2024. she was the inaugural Artist in Residence at the natural dye farm Junction Garden in central Maine. Olivia’s work has been exhibited at the Maine Jewish Museum, the Brookline Art Center, Boston Fiber Company, and Behind VA Shadows in Harvard Square. Olivia also teaches fiber art and beading at various art centers around Boston. Professionally, Olivia does art installation for Jamieson and Thompson, and curates art shows featuring artwork made by artists incarcerated in Maine’s prisons. In addition to fiber, Olivia makes beaded jewelry and ceramics.