Hagen Haltern studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf. He has been an associate professor at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah since 1978. In 2009 he will retire from his position at the university and pursue artmaking full-time.
Jared Harlow works as an artist and designer. He studied art at Brigham Young University and currently resides with his family in Springville, Utah.