Justus Benally was from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona. Benally was a multidisciplinary artist who engaged in experimental sound installation, photographic printmaking, aerosol painting, visual illustration, film, and sustainable permaculture. He earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts in 2017 from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Benally drew inspiration for his work from the desert landscape where he grew up, Apache ceremonies, Apache singing, primitive angled geometric forms, and language.