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Artist Titus Kaphar was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is the first recipient of the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship. He received his BFA from San Jose State University and MFA from Yale University, School of Art. Kaphar makes oil-on-canvas copies of European and American portrait paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries and reconfigures them in strategic ways to create a dialogue about race, art and representation. His work is at once beautiful and halting as he dances between fictional narrative and history.