Ava Young was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Although the whole family was creative in various ways, Ava had no interest in art and skipped those classes entirely.

It wasn’t until her daughter was grown and after a move to Tucson, AZ that she suddenly developed an urge to paint. Ava spent the next eight years studying abstract painting and exploring a wide variety of textural materials and incorporating them into a portion of her work. Three years ago she moved to Sarasota Florida where she still lives, paints, and creates.

Over the last fifteen years, Ava’s work has been shown in galleries from Florida to Arizona to Washington state. Her paintings have been purchased by private collectors and she has recently had her work featured on the cover of the Spring 2024 issue of Season magazine which covers the southern Florida art and music scene.