Olive Moya
Lives and works in Denver, Colorado
Education
BFA 2011 Otis College of Art + Design, Communication Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2019 “It Took This Long To Get Here”, ReCreative Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 “Slowly, Surely?” Watercourse, Denver, CO
2018 “To Proceed” City O’ City, Denver, CO
2018 “Grow(n) Up” CouCou, Denver, CO
Group Exhibitions
2021 Night Lights Denver, D&F Tower, Denver, CO
2020 SaveArtSpace for Crush Walls, Dateline Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Streetwise Group Exhibition, The Gallery @The Bus Stop, Boulder, CO
2017 “Peace” Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2014 “Volume: A Postcard Tribute to CPR’s OpenAir” Gallery 101, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
2013 “L.A. Weekly’s Artopia” Chinatown Central Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
2011 “Therefore,” Otis College of Art + Design, Los Angeles, CA
Public Commissions
2021 Mural, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2021 Mural, Cirrus, Denver, CO
2021 Murals, EDIT at River North, Denver, CO
2021 Mural, New Cottage Arts at York Street Yards Denver, CO
2021 Mural, Epic Brewing, Denver, CO
2021 Murals, Acoma House, Denver, CO
2021 Mural, 2238 Broadway, Denver, CO
2021, Murals, Transportation Center, Vail, CO
2021 Murals, Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO
2020 Murals, Virgin Low-Rise Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
2020 Crush Walls Mural Festival, Denver, CO
2020 Streetwise Mural Festival, Boulder, CO
2020 Colorcon, Denver, CO
2020 Mural, Babewalls Westminster, CO
2020 Mural, Coati, Colorado Springs, CO
2020 Mural, Western Daughters, Denver, CO
2020 Mural, Illegal Pete’s DU, Denver, CO
2020 Murals, The Denver Post Campus, Denver, CO
2020 Mural, The Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2019 Murals, The Quayle Apartments, Denver, CO
2019 Mural, Cherry Creek Trail (Clarkson + Speer), Denver, CO
2019 Murals, Cake Insure Offices, Denver, CO
2019 Murals, Isabella Bird Community School, Stapleton, CO
2019 Murals, Eating Recovery Center, Denver, CO
2019 Mural, Huckleberry Roasters, Dairy Block, Denver, CO
2018 Murals, Lululemon Park Meadows, Lone Tree, CO
2017 Mural, Huckleberry Roasters, Denver, CO
Memberships + Experience
2018 Artist Membership, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
2012-2013 Assistant Director of The Robert Overby Estate, Glendale, CA
Awards + Festivals
2020 Streetwise Boulder
2020 Colorcon
2020 Babe Walls
2020 CRUSH Walls
2019 Urban Arts Fund Grant Recipient
Bibliography
LaConte, John. “Vail Mountain Ice Bar Lives Again in Olive Moya Mural at Transportation Center” vaildaily.com (May 9, 2021)
Rockett, Caitlin. “Takin’ It To The Streets” boulderweekly.com (August 27, 2020)
Urzua, Barbara. “Colorcon Mural Festival Returns To Broadway This Weekend With An All-Women Lineup” 303magazine.com (August 25, 2020)
Anderson, Cori. “The First Annual Babe Walls Was Unlike Any Other Mural Festival In Colorado” 303magazine.com (August 17, 2020)
Donahue, Maggie. “Here’s A Free Walking Tour Of Some Of Denver’s Murals Curated By Local Muralist Olive Moya” denverite.com (July 31, 2020)
Anderson, Cori. “CRUSH Announces 2020 Artist Roster, Changes Due to COVID and Promise of Censor-Free Art” 303magazine.com (June 23, 2020)
Harris, Kyle. “Olive Moya’s New Mural At Illegal Pete’s: It’s Ok Not To Be Ok” Westword.com (May 30, 2020)
Anderson, Cori. “Want to Paint A Mural In 2020?” 303magazine.com (February 18, 2020)
Anderson, Cori. “The New Colorado Mural Festival Babe Walls Highlights Badass Women And Non-Binary Artists” 303magazine.com (January 14, 2020)
Bryson, Donna. “The First Avenue Hotel Building Has Finally Reopened as The Quayle Apartments, and It’s Full of Local Art,” www.Denverite.com (January 2, 2020)
Voyage Denver Magazine. “Conversations With The Inspiring Olive Moya,” www.voyagedenver.com (September 9, 2019)
Harris, Kyle. “Walls of Fame: And The 2019 Urban Arts Fund Grantees Are…” Westword.com (June 24, 2019)
Anderson, Cori. “Hello Denver, My Name Is Olive Moya,” 303magazine.com (November 29, 2018)