Oliver Getley is an interdisciplinary artist working between London and Leeds. His expanded sculptural practice is concept and process driven. A central concern of his practice is the creation of sculptural encounters through a ‘reverse engineering’ of objects and sites, using structural approaches to found material. He uses collaborative and improvisatory techniques to experiment across projects using sound, technology and site-responsive exhibition making.

Recent activity has explored processes of ‘casting doubt’ through the development of experimental tactics. Unpicking sites, objects and constructed scenarios; exploring questions of accumulation, definition, fictionalisation and institutionalisation through a miscommunication and resurrection of found material.

He is currently completing an MFA (Sculpture) at Slade School of Fine Art. He is a founding member of LAX (2024-ongoing) & Freehold Projects (2019-20), both artist-led programming groups operating within Leeds. Previous residencies & development programmes include, UKNA’s New Artist Collective (2025), YSI Sculpture Network (2022) & Into the Wild (2020). Public commissions include, Leeds International Piano Competition (2018) & Leeds City College Arts Fund (2021). His work has been exhibited across the UK, including New Contemporaries at South London Gallery & MIMA (2026), Leeds Art Gallery (2023), Eastside Projects (2022), Camden Art Centre (2022) & Index Festival (2019).