Iviva Olenick is a Brooklyn-born and based interdisciplinary artist reviving textile and plant-based crafts, honoring their intercultural social, ecological, migration and medicinal histories. She holds a BA in French Language and Literature/Psychology from Binghamton University and an AAS in Textile/Surface Design from FIT. She creates public-facing work through multi-year public partnerships with New York City farms and gardens. Additionally, she has exhibited her work locally, nationally and internationally since 2008.