Allen TenBusschen is an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Lynchburg and holds a BFA from Brigham Young University and an MFA in painting from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He has had solo shows in New York City and Massachusetts and has won awards in many juried shows over the years. In 2018, he was selected as a semi-finalist for the prestigious BP portrait award at the National Portrait Gallery in London, England. Minot State University wrote of him, “With a focus on figurative work, TenBusschen’s practice is about the search for authenticity, in our perceptions of one another and in the spaces we inhabit.”