Audrey Grendahl Kuhn was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929 and grew up in Detroit.  She graduated from the University of Michigan, College of Architecture and Design and subsequently took graduate courses in Printmaking at Russell Sage College and the College of St. Rose, both in Albany, NY, earning 30 hours graduate credit to qualify for a permanent teaching certificate in Art.

     For 10 years, during the 1980's, she exhibited her serigraphs with intaglio embossing at Art Expo NY in the Jacob Javits Center in New York City.  While at that show she sold her original multiples to corporations, galleries, and agents throughout the U.S. and the world, including Europe, Asia, Australia, Israel, and the Middle East.  The subject was abstract and also landscapes.  She is listed in "Who's Who in American Art" as well as several other Who's Whos.

     The 10 years from 1998 to 2008 she spent the winter months in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she began pastel painting the people of Mexico and the vibrant landscapes there.  She had several one person shows while there.

     Currently, the artist is painting scenes and still lifes of the northeastern United States where she lives. She is an active member of several art societies and continues to perfect her pastel painting technique. Recently received awards were a Merit Award at the Historic Albany Foundation show at the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, NY in November, 2009; a Merit Award at the Adirondack Pastel Society annual show, June, 2010; and she was juried into the "Tomorrow's Masters Today" gala event at the Albany Institute of History and Art, NY, June, 2010. She has also been juried in as an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America in New York City.

     —Audrey Grendahl Kuhn