Gilbert is a Washington DC based painter

Gilbert was born in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, with a degree in art education. He received a Master of Arts in Studio Art from the New York University/Venice graduate program. He studied in Venice, Italy for two consecutive summers and concluded the program in New York in 2003. Trent relocated to the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in 1986 and recently completed his 37th Art Teacher career. He looks forward to focusing more on painting and exhibiting his work. He’s a former resident artist at the Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (Arlington Arts Center) in Arlington, Virginia. Trent has exhibited in several galleries in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and the Leslie Lohman and 80 WSE Gallery in New York.