Previously, she completed a MA in Digital Music and Sound Art from DMSA, University of Brighton. Olivia Louvel is a PhD candidate (2021-) at the University of Brighton, investigating the interplay of voice and sculpture.

Other awards and grants include: Henry Moore Foundation Research and Travel Grant (2022), Arts Council England Developing Your Creative Practice Award (2021) Ithaca Prize runner-up (‘The Whole Inside’, 2019) Norman Cook Digital Music and Sound Arts Breakthrough Award (University of Brighton, 2018) Arts Council of England Grant for the arts (‘Data Regina’, 2016 and Beauty Sleep, 2014) Prix Ars Electronica shortlist (‘ō, music for haiku’, 2013) Qwartz Electronic Music Awards Qwartz Album Award (‘Doll Divider’, 2011) Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques, composer prize (‘Doll Divider’, 2011). ‘The Whole Inside’ was selected for the Longlist at the Aesthetica Art Prize 2021 and is published in the ‘ Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now.’ ‘The Sculptor Speaks’ was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in the Sound Art category at the Ivors Composer Awards 2020. Louvel often operates at the intersection of creation and documentation with works such as: ‘LOL’ (2022), a site-specific sonic intervention reflecting the current state of political affairs in Britain, delivered through the public address system of Middlesbrough’s CCTV surveillance network ‘Doggerland Channels’ (2022), a generative sound-relief based on the ancient land which once linked Britain to the continent, premiered at Phoenix Art Space for Sound Art Brighton ‘The Sculptor Speaks’ (2020), a resounding of a Barbara Hepworth archival tape, premiered on Resonance Extra, and followed by an audiovisual version presented at The Hepworth Wakefield in 2021 ‘SculptOr’, a suite of nine pieces based on Hepworth’s extensive writings released as a digipak CD ’The Whole Inside’ (2019), a generative sound mural exploring the violent misogyny of the Incels ‘Not A Creature Of Paper’ (2019) a Louise Labé inspired composition for avant-garde ensemble Juice Vocal, premiered at Kings Place ’Data Regina’ (2017), a multimedia suite based on Mary Queen of Scots’ writings through an interactive digital platform - Arts Council funded and ‘Afraid of Women’ (2016), an audio-visual piece raising awareness for Rojava, the autonomous zone in Northern Syria.

Her practice is built upon a long-standing exploration of the voice, sung, or spoken, and its manipulation through digital technology as a compositional method. Her work is presented in the form of sound recordings, live performance, sound art installations and video art. Olivia Louvel is a French-born British artist, composer and researcher whose work draws on voice, computer music and digital narrative. The Sculpted Voice: an exploration of voice in sound art.‘The Sculptor Speaks’: resounding the archival voice of Barbara Hepworth.A generative sound mural: The Whole Inside.On repurposing the archival material of voice, from analogue to digital. 'The Whole Inside' (generative sound mural, 2019).'Doggerland Channels' (sound art installation, 2022).'LOL' (site-specific sonic intervention, 2022).

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