When I was a kid washing dishes to save up for my first computer, the very first thing I did was set my desktop wallpaper to BUA’s painting of the DJ. And I kept it like that for years. He’s always been a huge inspiration to me,not just as an artist, but as someone who teaches art history. Honestly, this whole page wouldn’t exist without Justin BUA. He genuinely changed my life. Justin BUA’s story is such a wild mix of street culture and classical training. Growing up in the middle of hip-hop wh