Titus Kaphar was born in 1976 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He currently lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut and is represented by Jack Shainman gallery in New York City. His artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums. Kaphar is also the founder of the Elm City Postmasters project, a professional development and mentorship program for creative individuals situated within a cutting edge 3D printing and fabrication studio and art gallery. Kaphar received an MFA from the Yale School of Art, and is the distinguished recipient of the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship. In late 2014, TIME magazine commissioned Kaphar to create an artwork in response to protests in Ferguson, Missouri.