Blu Murphy (Washington, D.C.) is a mixed media artist, educator, and photographer. Blu combines striking black and white photography, collage, acrylic paint, and fabric-encased frames as canvases. Murphy’s artwork not only features black people, but celebrates and honors them as living pieces of art. “My art is about them. The photography is them. The subject matter is always them,” Murphy exclaims. Murphy connects present black figures with Black history. Blu Murphy’s work beautifully connects the past and the present while including storytelling elements to captivate the viewer.