Shanequa Gay holds a BA from the Savannah College of Art and Design and an MFA from Georgia State University. Gay lives in her native city of Atlanta, Georgia, where she actively engages within the art community. Inspired by her ancestral wisdom and the deep well of southern black traditions in Atlanta, Gay presents the spirit of African-Ascendant Womyn and girls finding God in self. Her works share personal memories, counter-narratives, mythologies, and the expansion of the Ethno-imaginary.