For as long as he can remember, painter Eric January has held a strong passion for art and basketball.
After graduating in 2019, he went on to attend Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois, playing basketball on a collegiate level. However, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, things changed.
As a result of his injury, he had to undergo multiple surgeries and continued physical therapy. With his athletic career unexpectedly cut short, January returned to his other interest of painting.. Coming into the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, under the leadership of Dean Phylicia Rashad, he registered as a painting major.
"It had a significant impact on my work. The piece I have in Dean Rashad's office, the collection I did for Art Basel and the NBA All Star game, it was all influenced by my time as an athlete."
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