“Higher Ground” is the name of a recent exhibition of mine that deals with incarceration, liberty, and the continuing spiritual, physical, and social journey of Black Americans in their generational struggle for freedom. Sedrick Huckaby was born in Fort Worth, Texas. After receiving an undergraduate education from Boston University and a graduate degree from Yale. Huckaby traveled to France, Italy, and Spain studying old master paintings. Eventually Huckaby moved back to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas. Huckaby’s work is a complex mixture of ideals that are both personal and universal, scientific and spiritual, historical and romantic. While themes of faith, family, and the Black American experience are the initial subjects, underlying historical criticisms and notions of dimensional existence are secondary ideas. These, coupled with the complexities of the mediums used, give the work true depth. A Guggenheim Fellowship, American Academy of Arts and Letters Award and a Fulbright Fellowship are a few of the numerous awards he has received. His work is also included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Fort Worth Modern Art Museum, The National Gallery of Art, and many other national and international institutions.