Art Brokerage: Sanford Biggers was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, CA and first received critical attention when his collaborative work with David Ellis, Mandala of the B-Bodhisattva II, was included in the legendary exhibition "Freestyle", curated by Thelma Golden at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 2001. Since, his works have been presented internationally including the Tate Modern in London, Prospect 1 in New Orleans and the Whitney Biennial, the Kitchen and Performa 07. In 2009 he received the William H. Johnson Prize and was one of the three finalists for the inaugural Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts, the largest juried prize in the world to go to an individual visual artist. Biggers' art frequently references African American ethnography, hip hop music, Buddhism, African spirituality, Indo-European Vodoun, Jazz, Afro-Futurism, urban culture and icons from Americana.