American sculptor and woodworker. Trotman received a B.A. in philosophy from Washington and Lee University, and describes himself as a self-taught artist. His work is in the permanent collections of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The North Carolina Museum of Art, The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, The Mint Museum of Art, The Museum of Art of the Rhode Island School of Design, and The Museum of Art and Design in New York among others. He has received two NEA grants and four grants from the North Carolina Arts Council. The Van Every/Smith Galleries held a solo exhibition of his work in 2017 in an exhibition entitled "Business as Usual".
