1943. Oakland, CA. Olive Ayhens received her BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. Athens has had solo exhibitions at Bookstein Projects, NY; Roswell Museum Art Center, NM; Adam Baumgold Gallery, NY; Frederieke Taylor Gallery, NY; Lockhart Gallery Suny Geneseo, NY; Mid-Manhattan Public Library, NY; Watkins Gallery, American University, DC. She has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including Visual Arts Center, NJ; South Hampton Art Center, NY; Lesley Heller Gallery, NY; MTA Arts for Transit Museum, NY; Sue Scott Gallery, NY; and New York State Museum, Albany, NY.
In addition to her extensive exhibition history, Ayhens has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants including the Joan Mitchell Grant, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award and Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant.
Artist residencies include Joan Mitchell Center, New Orleans; Schwandorf International, Germany; The Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Space Program, NY; Ucross Residency, WY; MacDowell Colony, NH; Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain; the Salzburg Kunsterhaus, Austria; Yaddo Artist Residency, NY; St. James Center, Valletta, Malta; Saltonstall, NY; Blue Mountain, NY; Djerassi Artist Residency, CA; the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA; the Roswell Artist Residency, NM; the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NY; and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, NY.
The artist lives and works in New York City.