Nick “Ninja Picasso” Burns is a multi-disciplinary visual and performing artist from Greenville SC that uses the tag NJAP ( N* Jah P) meaning “Not Just a painting.” Nick began his career at the early age of 5 playing drums at a baptist church and drawing on the back of sermon programs. As a young kid, he was inspired by the 80s films Breakin’ and Beat Street and later became a caricature artist and teaching performance artist in Greenville for 15 years. Nick’s art journey started in 2012, but became his full-time passion in 2018 after gaining a residency in West Greenville.