Trent Erik Boysen is an artist whose practice bridges photography and glass, shaped by both formal training and generational influence. Educated as a fine art photographer, Boysen began his career specializing in alternative non-silver processes and fine art printmaking. His early work established a foundation rooted in observation, material sensitivity, and historical awareness.

Boysen later expanded his practice into glass, developing a deeper relationship with the medium through his father, a pioneer of the American studio art glass movement. Rather than abandoning photography, this shift extended his investigation of light, surface, and transformation into a three-dimensional, time-based material.

His work is conceptually driven and informed by art history, process, and experimentation. While glass is his primary medium, but resists strict categorization, moving fluidly between cast glass, kiln-formed work, and photographic processes. This interdisciplinary approach allows the work to exist in dialogue with both contemporary craft and conceptual fine art traditions.

In parallel with his studio practice, he has spent over two decades as an educator, teaching glass, photography, and digital art. This sustained engagement with learning and making continues to inform a practice that values curiosity, rigor, and evolution over resolution.

When not in the Studio, he enjoys being outside serving his community or taking his dog Beau to the river for hikes and a swim. Nashville has been his home since 1991.