Artist Cbabi Bayoc's art—whether illustration, murals, or contemporary paintings—is full of heart, life, bold color, phunk, and activism. His adopted name is an acronym: Creative-Black-Artist-Battling-Ignorance Blessed-African-Youth-Of-Creativity.

About the Artist: Cbabi (pronounced Kuh-bob-bi) Bayoc is an internationally-known visual artist and illustrator residing in St. Louis, Missouri. His subjects include family, children, music and a bunch of other cool stuff designed with line, bold color and phunk! Bayoc, whose birth name is Clifford Miskell, Jr., adopted his name CBABI (Creative-Black-Artist-Battling- Ignorance) during his time at Grambling State University (‘92-‘95). In 1997, a legal name change took place at the time of his marriage. Later, Cbabi would change his last name to BAYOC