Troy Aiken grew up in Los Angeles California and spent his youth fascinated by the vast amount of culture and art constantly surrounding him. Early on he decided to work with ceramics as a medium and was drawn to the malleability of clay and the broad range of personal expression that could be achieved with the material. In 2012 he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics from California State University Long Beach and was later accepted into the graduate program at the University of Notre Dame to complete his Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics in 2016. Troy currently lives in Dubuque, Iowa where he teaches ceramics and sculpture at Clarke University. He continues to exhibit nationally as well as internationally.

Previous exhibitions include: TAG Gallery Los Angeles, Gallery Aqui Sam Bien Vallauris France, Royal West of England Academy in Bristol, Craft Alliance St. Louis, Art St. Louis Gallery, The Archie Bray Foundation, Iowa Clay Center, The Clay Center of New Orleans, Snite Museum of Art in Indiana, East Central University, Indiana University Bloomington, St. Louis Community College Forest Park and California State University Long Beach.