Olivia Kinloch, b. 1996, grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey.  She graduated from  Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland with a Bachelor of Fine Art degree, majoring in painting and minoring in creative writing.  She is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching degree at Montclair State University, specializing in P-12 Art Education, while working as a freelance artist, and has had her work exhibited in several shows, including the MICA Commencement Exhibition in 2018.