Originally from Denver, CO and currently based in Chicago, IL, Olivia Durham works in landscape and figurative oil painting, utilizing color, light, and motion to evoke themes of existentialism.
She received a BA in Studio Art from Denison University in 2019, a post baccalaureate degree in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021, and an MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024. Olivia now works professionally as a commissioned artist in the historic Fine Arts Building of Chicago.