Trent Thursby Alvey was born in 1948.  She is a graphic artist and mixed media artist who uses painting, sculpture, and lighting techniques to create works that are described as contemporary and pop.  She lives in Salt Lake City.

In 1987, Alvey graduated from Westminster College where Don Doxey was one of her instructors.   After graduation, she owned a graphic design business in Salt Lake. 

Alvey won a bronze in 2002 for a mixed media piece, for The Sacred and the Profane, in a statewide competition for the Bountiful Davis Art Center.  The Museum of Fine Arts acquired her 1992 installation, Toaster Worship, for its permanent collection.  Alvey was chosen as one of twenty Utah artists to be part of the Women Beyond Borders exhibit at Art Access Gallery during the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Her work has also been included in a variety of local and national exhibitions:  The Painting Center, Crossing the Line, New York City (2005); Springville Art Museum’s Spring Gala (2005); Kimball Art Center, Park City (2005); and Artspace Forum Gallery (2003) following her travel to sub-Saharan Africa.