Marshall Svendsen grew up in Connecticut, and moved to Chicago in 1999 to study at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received a BFA in 2004 with an emphasis in figurative and abstract sculpture, as well as mold making and metal casting. In 2006, a need to create his own vehicle for artistic expression, combined with a fascination with the craft of metal casting culminated in the founding of True Form Productions, a fine art bronze foundry. Over the last 10 years, Marshall has been cultivating skills and developing his art practice, utilizing the infrastructure provided by his company.