Len Poteshman attended the Chicago Art Institute, The American Academy of the Arts, the Art Center, and The Chouinard Institute before graduating from the University of Guadalajara, Mexico with his MFA in 1953. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States as well as in Spain and Mexico.In addition to painting, sculpting and teaching, he has supervised art crimes departments working with FBI and Interpol and worked as an artist and consultant with various law enforcement agencies in California.