Olivia Chigas’s work draws heavily from early 20th-century artists who grappled with the themes and aesthetic projects of modernist movements while maintaining figuration and representation in their work. Influences from artists such as Tamara de Lempicka's geometrically stylized figures and textures; Giorgio de Chirico's dreamlike and uncanny spaces and compositions; and Edward Hopper's stark realism, depictions of urban life, and the emptiness of modernity all speak to a sensibility towards modern life that deeply resonates with the artist and inspires the creation of their own images building upon this mood.