Olivia Niuman (b. Boonton, USA, 2000) is a Dutch-American artist whose practice is centered around the transformative potential of paint. In a world where things often feel framed as absolute, the studio and the canvas offer a space where attention, chance, material, and suggestion can be negotiated freely.

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She allows the paint to behave of its own accord while remaining attentive to opportunities where it can be manipulated. Each painting records an effort to remain on this edge, where matter suggests that it might become something else; the moment right before the substance in an alchemist’s crucible turns to gold.  

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Olivia holds a Bachelor's degree in Art History and American Studies from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., USA, and a Master's degree in Painting from the Frank Mohr Institute in Groningen, The Netherlands. She has shown work and is in private collections across the United States and The Netherlands.