Michael Lent is a visual artist and curator. He was the creator and publisher of Toby Room which featured interviews and work by contemporary artists. His direction of the arts organization ArtRod led to the creation of the Tollbooth Gallery, which he curated with fellow artist Jared Pappas-Kelley. Lent studied at the Tyler School of Art of Temple University in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, and the University of Lincoln, in England.