Oliver Doe

Oliver Doe (b. 1994, Irish-British) is a course coordinator at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK) for the Master Non Linear Narrative program and oversees the department's final exhibition during the Graduation Show. They also maintain an independent practice as an artist, writer, and curator, focusing on queer communication through transmedia works that incorporate painting, performance, text, and photography.

• Education: MA Fine Art (Summa Cum Laude) at Piet Zwart Institute (2020–2022), BA (Hons) Fine Art at Newcastle University (2012–2016)

Their research centers on queer linguistics, exploring how color, gesture, and non-verbal lexicons function as coded languages for identity signaling and desire. Key themes include linguistic abstraction as a performative mode to deconstruct queer identity categories, the queer possibilities of abstraction in verbal language, and the historical use of color codes (e.g., hanky code, pride flags) in queer cultures.

Their publications and exhibitions demonstrate a focus on code-switching, citation, and non-verbal communication within queer contexts, particularly examining paralanguages in cruising and drag. Works often twist traditional visual and linguistic codes into new abstracted languages.

• Shortlisted: John Moore’s Painting Prize 2020
• ARC Proxyerotics Symposium (presentation), RCA, 2021
• Arts Council England grants (2019, 2020)

Oliver has held advisory roles in curatorial projects such as Wind-Up Teeth (2022) and collaborative exhibitions at institutions like Gallagher & Turner (UK) and Vane (Newcastle). Their practice intersects art, writing, and curation to interrogate queer communication across media.