(B 1975) Olive Gloria is a cultural worker and a visual artist whose practice is grounded on the weaving and embroidery traditions of indigenous peoples of the Visayas.

Based in Bacolod (Negros Occidental), her work is informed by her field work and research on the indigenous and weaving communities of the Visayas, namely the Panay Bukidnon of Panay Island, the Sibato Bukidnon of Silay who migrated to the neighboring island of Negros from Panay, and the hand loom weavers of Valladolid and Kabankalan.

As a recipient of Individual Grants from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) from 2016 to the present, she has ongoing research and collaborations with indigenous communities engaged in traditional weaving and indigenous needlework in both islands.

Her past exhibitions include PANAHI: New Works on Visayan Contemporary Textile Art (2016) which was featured in the VIVA ExCon 2018 Biennale in Capiz; PANAHI: Weaves and Strokes, an art project on the influence of traditional textile and indigenous needlework in the development of the weaving industry of the Sibato Bukidnon community (2018); Panahi + Panubok, an initiative to pass on the age-old embroidery tradition of the Panay Bukidnon to the Sibato Bukidnon community (2019); and ANG MGA SUGILANON SA HILO: The Stories in the Thread, an art project exploring stories and conversations embedded in the indigenous needlework and traditional textile in the Visayas (2021).

As a cultural worker, she worked as coordinator for ICOM (International Council on Museums) Conference held in Bacolod City in 2015; she was a consultant and resource person for MUGNA: Towards a Sustainable Cultural Development of Negros Island in 2016, HANAS: Scholarship Program for Culture and the Arts in 2019, and for Tib-ong Manunudlo Contemporary Art Workshops in 2019 and 2020. Olive took up AB Mass Communications at the University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental.

She is currently the Artistic Director Grupo Letras Y Figuras (GLYF), the visual arts group of the University of St. Lasalle-Artists’ Hub.