Stacey Robinson, born in Albany, NY is a multimedia artist influenced by Black liberation politics, science fiction, horror, animation, comic books, and more. As a graphic novelist, curator, and DJ he is also 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 created by Black resistance systems and Black cultural wealth that can function as self-governance in lieu of reparations, colonial, and imperial political systems. His collaborations include Black Kirby along with artist and professor John Jennings, the Black Speculative Arts Movement, founded by Reynaldo Anderson, and BLACKMAU with psychologist Kamau Grantham. 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 by Alverne Ball. Exhibitions include: Ascension of Black Stillness (CEPA Gallery) in 2021 and Audacious Black Freedom Dreams (University of Tennessee Knoxville) in 2023.