Dr. Hubert Massey was born in Flint, Michigan in 1958. He graduated from Grand Valley State University in 1981, and went on to study at the University of London’s Slade School of Fine Arts. Massey honed his skills working as a sign painter for over a decade. In 1995 he participated in a fresco workshop with two artists who were assistants to Diego Rivera. Massey continued working in the fresco style, which requires considerable logistical and architectural planning to execute. His work can be seen throughout Detroit, including murals and frescoes at the Atheneum Hotel in Greektown, the Detroit Athletic Club, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and most recently the Cobo Center. Massey has won many awards including recognitions from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kresge Foundation and the Detroit Institute of Arts.