KENT CHRISTENSEN
Kent Christensen
...was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the orange, lemon and avocado groves of Southern California. Graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1986, he embarked upon a career as an illustrator in New York, where he lived for many years. His clients included TIME, BusinessWeek, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and many others. More recently his work has been seen in gallery and museum shows in the U.S. and internationally, with representation since 2006 by Eleven Fine Art in London. For several seasons beginning in 2014 he collaborated with London shoe designer, Camilla Elphick.
Having taught at both the University of Utah and Utah Valley University for many years, Kent now spends most of his time in Salt Lake City at his studio/gallery in Millcreek's Historic Baldwin Radio Factory where he teaches privately and hosts regular "Sip & Paint" events. He lectures on current London art exhibitions for the University of Utah's London 'GoLearn' program two or three times each year. In June of 2023, his Pop Art rendition of Queen Elizabeth I's 1559 coronation portrait (c.1600) was included as part of a collaborative "Work in Progress" seven-panel collaged mural that reopened the National Portrait Gallery in London, and entered its permanent collection.