Genesis Chapman

A native of Bent Mountain, Virginia, Genesis Chapman received his BFA from the Art Institute in Kansas City in 2001 and his MFA from VCU in Painting and Printmaking in 2010. Oxford American Magazine named him one of the top 100 Southern American emerging artists in 2012. His work has been shown at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, 1708 Gallery in Richmond, Roanoke's Taubman Museum of Fine Art and the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, to name a few. He splits his time with his wife, daughter and two crazy dogs between their cabin on Bent Mountain and home in Richmond.