C WEST (B. 1997) IS A SINGER-SONGWRITER AND ABSTRACT ARTIST BORN AND RAISED IN BUFFALO, NY NOW RESIDING AND PAINTING OUT OF HIS SMALL GARAGE IN ATLANTA, GA. C WEST WAS AN ART AND VOCAL MAJOR AT BOTH THE BUFFALO ACADEMY FOR VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS AND VILLA MARIE COLLEGE. HE BEGAN HIS MUSIC AND ART JOURNEY AT THE AGE OF 12 LISTENING TO AND CREATING SKETCHES OF HIS FAVORITE ARTIST, MICHAEL JACKSON. MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS FIRST LOVE WHILE ART WAS ANOTHER WAY HE LOVED TO EXPRESS HIMSELF. IN 7TH GRADE HE WON THE CITY OF BUFFALO’S ART SHOW FOR A PORTRAIT OF BARAK OBAMA HE SKETCHED. IN 2016 HE SIGNED HIS FIRST RECORD DEAL WITH A MAJOR LABEL. MUSIC WAS HIS FOCUS FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL SOMETHING HORRIFIC HAPPENED IN THE YEAR OF 2022. C WEST AND HIS FAMILY BECAME VERY SICK DUE TO THE EXPOSURE OF BLACK MOLD. DURING THIS TIME C WEST FOUND IT VERY CHALLENGING TO FUNCTION AS NORMAL DUE TO SEVERE ECZEMA COVERING HIS ENTIRE BODY. HE STRUGGLED TO GET OUT OF BED, CLOTHE HIMSELF, WALK AROUND, PLAY WITH HIS CHILDREN AND SPEND TIME WITH HIS WIFE DUE TO THE PAIN HE WAS IN. WHILE HE BELIEVED FOR GOD TO HEAL HIM, HE ALSO NEEDED AN OUTLET TO TAKE HIS MIND OFF OF THE PAIN HE WAS IN. PAINTING BECAME THAT OUTLET FOR HIM. C WEST FOUND HEALING THROUGH PAINTING, AND NOW HE WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN FOR HIS ART TO PROVIDE HEALING TO THE WORLD AROUND US. WHEN HE’S NOT WORKING ON NEW MUSIC, OR A NEW PIECE OF ART, HE’S MOST LIKELY SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE (KATIE) AND HIS TWO SONS (ZION AND EZRA).