Sterling Allen
Sterling Allen
American, born 1981
Person TypePerson
American, born Prussia, 1823–1907
BiographySterling Allen was born in Farmington, New Mexico in 1981. Shortly thereafter moved to San Antonio and then Austin where he received his BFA from the University of Texas in 2003. He made his money as an art teacher, photo lab technician, and most recently as a lead animator on Richard Linklater’s ‘A Scanner Darkly’. He joined forces with Austin’s now defunct Camp Fig in 2004 before helping start Okay Mountain in 2006. He continues to show and make work in Austin.