Ollie Goss (they/them) is an artist, puppeteer, and performance maker whose work blends sculptural installations, animated objects, retooled electronics, and live performance. They attempt to achieve this through a prefigurative politics, seeking to align the means and the ends within their work. In 2016, they received the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, which took them to seven countries to research puppetry and collaborative performance-making. Their work has been shown in places such as Icebox Project Space and Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia; the Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; the Philadelphia Fringe Festival; and Dixon Place and La MaMa Galleria, New York. They regularly hold performance events throughout Philadelphia and, in collaboration with Hannah Tardie, annually curate work for the exhibition portion of Electronics Faire.

Ollie Goss, Goose Song at Icebox, 2024, Track: OSB, Ply, Vinyl, PVC, Goose: Ply, house paint, joint compound, motor, casters, embedded speakers with audio from Bartram’s North, projection, Dimensions Variable. Photo Credit: William Toney