Baker Artist Portfolios

Joseph Williams, widely known to collectors and friends as Melku is a rising self taught artist based in Baltimore,Md. Melku has been creating art from a young age and after graduating from IADT with AA degree in Computer Animation he begin to develop his art and style, drawing inspiration for his Art primarily from the RasTafari culture that reflects the African and spiritual subject matter projected throughout his paintings. Melku uses his Art as his words to express his understanding of life, love for nature, and cultural pride. As a full time artist Melku primarily works with acrylic paint exploring murals and digital art while developing a new series of paintings for his first solo exhibition in 2025