Olivia Rakowski is a creative who refuses to fit inside a single frame.
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She is an artist, photographer, designer, and storyteller whose work is rooted in the belief that creation is an extension of aliveness - a way to translate inner worlds into something you can see, touch, and feel.
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Born in Chicago and now based in Los Angeles, Olivia is inspired by movement in all forms: bodies, cities, culture, and the shifting ways light fills a space. Her process blends intuition with intention, spirituality with street energy, softness with edge. She has photographed on tour in front of 65,000 people, designed fashion that has filled stores, and created large scale artworks that speak long before she does.
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Olivia builds worlds. Her camera is an invitation to show up as your fullest self, and her art asks the same of her.
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Whether she is capturing intimate moments, directing a team on set, painting pieces taller than she is, or designing garments for someone’s next chapter, her foundation stays the same. Empowerment. Her work says, you belong here - in your power, in your transformation, in your everythingness.
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A certified yoga teacher, her spiritual practice grounds her creative direction with presence and clarity. She is a business owner who left the corporate world to build a life that feels like her own. Someone who laughs loudly on set and celebrates every win like it is the first.
Olivia believes we are meant to expand and take up space. Her work is a home for that expansion — for herself, for those she photographs, and for anyone who stands before her art and feels something shift.
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If you ask her what she does, she’ll smile and say:
“I create movement.”
Everything else is just a medium.
Curriculum Vitae — Olivia Rakowski​
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Born: 1996
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Disciplines: Photography, Painting, Fashion Design, Videography, Creative Direction
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Solo Exhibitions
2024 — OLIVIA, Solo Exhibition — Large-Scale Paintings, Fashion and Photography Prints
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Group Exhibitions
2024 — Mama Shelter, West Hollywood, CA — Photography Prints
2022 — Decompression Session, San Diego, CA — Photography Prints
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Editorial Features & Publications
2025 — Crown City Magazine — Artist Feature, Editorial Photography
2023 — Gen Lux Magazine — Editorial Feature, Fashion & Portrait Photography
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Professional Highlight
2021 — Commissioned Photographer for Team USA Track & Field Olympians, Tokyo 2020 Games — Official Headshots & Group Portraits
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Selected Brand & Creative Collaborations
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Vaseline — Commercial Lifestyle Photography
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Kendra Scott — Brand Event Photography
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DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse) — Featured Photographer, National Website Campaign
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Sacred Bev — Creative Direction & Visual Strategy (2023 – present)
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Neolea — Mediterranean Lifestyle & Product Photography (2025 – present)
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Imbodhi — Fashion Editorial & Creative Direction (2023 – present)
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Nature’s Greatest Foods — Product & Lifestyle Photography (2024 – 2025)
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Oko Living — Wellness & Editorial Photography (2022 – present)​
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Notable Portrait & Editorial Work
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YK Osiris — Lifestyle Photography
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Chris Brown — Event & Performance Photography
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LuvaboyTJ — Lifestyle & Tour Photography, Videography, Creative Direction, Fashion Design
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Will Claye — Athlete & Creative Editorials
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Statement
Olivia Rakowski is a Los Angeles–based multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans photography, painting, fashion, and film. Her work explores empowerment, artistry, and the reclamation of self through color, texture, and movement. Each medium serves as a vehicle for her central ethos: that creative expression is a liberating act of empowerment.
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Representation & Availability
Available for exhibitions, commissions, brand collaborations, and large-scale installation projects.
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