Abbey Golden (B. NY, 1986) is an LA based artist that blends classical technique with contemporary cool. Within her work, Golden creates and excavates a personal mythology. She seeks to capture fleeting moments through color, light and form; making the ephemeral eternal.

Golden's artistic practice embodies a vibrant interplay of color and emotion. Her distinct palette is characterized by sun-drenched pastels and unexpected color combinations. The surreal quality of her figures, mostly female, emphasizes the whimsical yet earnest nature of what it means to inhabit a body.

Through cartoonish facial expressions and flabby flesh, Golden’s subjects seem forced to reckon with their own flawed humanity. Her deliberate simplification of place creates a sense of ambiguity, inviting the viewer to “complete the story” and speculate about its narrative context. Moreover, her awareness of family dynamics, Jewish heritage, and queer identity influence her choices, using certain patterns to evoke cultural or emotional resonance.

Golden received a BFA in Fine Art and Art History at the University of Arizona in 2008. She was trained in traditional oil painting techniques at Florence Academy of the Arts in 2006. She’s taken additional courses at FIT (2004) in New York and OTIS College of Art and Design (2016) in Los Angeles. Showing and selling paintings since a teenager, her work can be found in collections all over the world.

She is certified in safe studio practices and works exclusively in solvent-free, eco-friendly methods.