Colleen Terry was born and raised in Cleveland Ohio. In 2010 Colleen graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Jewelry & Metals department. She has also spent a year studying CAD-CAM at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Currently Colleen is working as a studio jeweler and CAD-CAM artist at Heather B. Moore Jewelry in Cleveland Ohio.

The conceptual foundation of Colleen's work centers around multiple facets of non-verbal/unintentional communication within the realm of interpersonal aesthetics.