Ravi Zupa is an American artist living in Colorado who considers books the best way to experience art. He has spent decades studying books on the art, mythology, religion, and history of cultures from across the globe and throughout time. 

Entirely self-taught, Zupa draws inspiration from works by German Renaissance printmakers, Flemish primitives, abstract expressionists, Japanese woodblock artists, and Mughal painters. 

He also frequently incorporates religious iconography from Europe, Asia, and pre-Columbian Latin America, as well as revolutionary propaganda from around the world. With a distaste for ironic art or the thoughtless appropriation of culture, he integrates seemingly unrelated images in search of something universal. 

Zupa does not create any of his art digitally; everything comes from his own hand.