Theodora Allen (b. 1985, Los Angeles, California) holds an MFA in Painting from the University of California, Los Angeles (2014) and a BFA in Painting from ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA (2009). She attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture residency program in Skowhegan, ME (2011). Allen’s work has been the subject of solo museum exhibitions at Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark (2021); Driehaus Museum, Chicago, IL (2022); and Huset for Kunst & Design, Holstebro, Denmark (2023). Her paintings have also been included in exhibitions at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (2024), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson, Tucson, AZ (2014). In 2026, a large-scale public work will be installed at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, as part of its Art Everywhere program. A monograph on Allen’s work, Saturnine, was published in 2021 in conjunction with her exhibition at Kunsthal Aarhus. Her work is held in public collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, and the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX.