Ayren Martin was born in Yorktown, Virginia. He lives in New York City, New York.

He earned his Associate of Applied Science in Photography from Thomas Nelson Community College in May 2018.

Ayren earned his Bachelor of Art in Fine and Performing Arts at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.

Martin has exhibited his work at Peninsula Fine Art Center’s GENESIS: College Student Juried Exhibition and “Emerging Artist” at Norfolk’s prestigious Stockley Gardens Fall Art Festival.

​He received national honors as a finalist in Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 37th Annual Spring Photography Competition. He was published in the human body issue of The Murze Magazine.