Born in Stuttgart AR., Justin Bryant (he/him) received his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2012 and his MFA in Studio Art from Louisiana State University in 2018 and was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (17′) and a 2019-2020 Interchange Artist Fellow for the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Justin’s recent work investigates the past and present imagery of Africa-Americans to reflect a multi-contextual narrative of poetry, personal narrative, and history. Justin is an instructor at University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College.