Pratt Institute

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B.F.A.,
M.F.A.

Biography

Joshua Ray Stephens is a designer by training, a cartoonist by vocation, an educator by edict, an artist by accident, and a philosopher by autodidaction. He was born and raised in Georgia. He earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia. After undergrad he worked and studied at Fabrica, Benetton’s internationally acclaimed communications research center in Treviso, Italy. He then went to Cranbrook Academy of Art to earn his Master’s degree in 2D Design. He has been initiated into the arcane mysteries through spiritual powers beyond verbal comprehension. Joshua has lectured, exhibited, and been published internationally. He recently self-published a graphic novel entitled ”the Moth or the Flame.” Joshua teaches in Communications Design at Pratt Institute and practices in Red Hook, Brooklyn.