Florence Arven studied in Paris at the University and the Ecole des Beaux Arts where she earned a degree in Plastic Arts. In 1973 she received the Hope Prize at the Salon de Ile-de-France.

Arven has exhibited her art in different Paris salons including the French Artists, Independents, National Beaux-Arts Society, Drawings and Watercolors, and Autumn Salon. Many of her works are presented permanently abroad and can be found at the: Wally Findlay Galleries in Chicago and Palm Beach, U.S.A.; Konstsalongen Tylohus, Sweden; Galleria Fiorentina d’Arte, Florence, Italy; Galerie Avenue, Tokyo, Japan; as well as in France: La Baule, Quimper, Angers, Mulhouse, Toulouse, Nancy and Strasbourg.

One-person Exhibitions: May 1982 - Wally Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, U.S.A.; July 1987 - Townhal of Carnac; May 1988 - Hotel Novotel, Carnac; June 1989 - Galerie Katell, Quimper; August 1989 - Galerie Pont-Aven Liberte, Pont-Aven; September 1990 - Chapel of Penitents Callian (Var); November 1990 - Galeries CJR International, Nancy; November 1990 - Galerie Auriel, Toulouse.