Gamblin Black like the ink

Uriah Bussey (they-them) is a trans-agender, anti-disciplinary visual artist and trauma-informed educator with over ten years of experience. Bussey identifies as an image maker and writer, currently working in photography, printmaking, prose, and drawing. Originally from Philadelphia, Bussey is deeply committed to self-narrative work, community storytelling,, and disability justice. Bussey earned a BFA from Kutztown University and participated in their first international residency at Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Sicily, in 2022. Bussey is a recent recipeint of Velocity Fund ('26), is a two-time recipient of the Illuminate the Arts Grant ('21, '26), and received the Map Fund Micro Grant in '23. Their public works include temporary murals and commissioned video pieces. As an educator visiting public schools throughout the Philadelphia region, Bussey provides essential access to the arts for students of the global majority. In 2024, Bussey expanded their engagement with arts and disability justice by serving as an Accessibility Consultant on two productions: Fallawayinto by Ninth Planet and Space Opera by Obvious Agency, along with completing a Research Consultant internship at ART-Reach.