Born in Athens, GA (1979) and raised in Jacksonville, FL, Otha "Vakseen" Davis III is a self-taught, multi-hyphenate, museum-exhibited painter and visual artist. He’s also a diamond and multi-platinum music executive, producer, and songwriter. While working on hit records played a driving force in his music career, Vakseen has been an active new contemporary painter since moving to Los Angeles in 2011. His distinct creations celebrate beauty, excellence, pop culture, and diversity, but at the core, they’re all inspired by and celebrate the Black experience. Known for his Vanity Pop collage paintings and his Legends Only celebrity portrait series, his artwork has been featured by the History Channel, Nike, MOCA Clevelan...