Stacey A. Robinson, graphic novelist, curator, and DJ is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design, and Studio at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a 2019-2020 Nasir Jones Hip-Hop Fellow at Harvard University’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research who completed his MFA at SUNY Buffalo. His work discusses decolonized Black futures, their obstacles, and securities. Books include: ‘I Am Alfonso Jones’ from Lee & Low Books, written by Tony Medina, and ‘Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre’, from Abrams Books, written Alverne Ball. Exhibitions include: Ascension of Black Stillness (CEPA Gallery) in 2021 and The Black Angel of History (Carnegie Hall) in 2022.
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Stacey A. Robinson, MFA, born in Albany, NY is an Associate Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The influence of science fiction, Black liberation politics, and comic books fuel Stacey’s multimedia practice. He moved to NYC the day that Tupac died and the next day became an intern for Milestone Media Inc., a Black owned comic book company that inspired many of today’s comic creators. Soon after he interned at Black Enterprise magazine, and Acclaim Comics. Soon he moved to Fayetteville, NC where he attained his associates, and bachelors degrees while working professionally as a graphic designer. Receiving a full scholarship, and the Arthur Schomburg Fellowship he attended the SUNY Buffalo where he received his MFA in 2015.
