Tina Allen is a classically trained sculptor originally from the West Indies who is now based in Los Angeles, California. She has dedicated her growing body of work to preserving the African American contribution to American life in bronze, and her historic representational works are among the largest depictions of African Americans in the world.

Allen's most significant works are of African American heroes. Among them is a sculpture named “The Icon I – Tribute to the African American Man,” which she presented to Nelson and Winnie Mandela in 1990. More recent work includes a Sojourner Truth Memorial Statue in Battle Creek, MI, which she unveiled in 1999. The statue depicts Truth in old age and historic costume, and stands in Memorial Park, across from City Hall. Other recent work includes the unveiling of a 12 ft. bronze statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on January 20th, 2001, in Clark County, Nevada. She is currently working on a life-size bronze statue of George Washington Carver for the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, Missouri.

Allen graduated with a degree in Visual Arts in New York and the University of South Alabama. She later studied at Pratt Institute in New York, and the University of Venice, Italy.

On her website, Allen says that sculpting is "writing our history in bronze." She makes it a point to create a visualization that represents the importance and significance of people of color to American culture.