Bio

Mark Feijão Milligan II (b. 1976, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a visual artist whose practice spans painting, murals, and live performance. He began his formal studies under Cindy Male in high school, exploring painting, drawing, graphic design, and architecture. At 16, he apprenticed with Paul Youngblood, during which he produced a painting that won the U.S. National Congressional Art Competition and was exhibited in the U.S. Capitol. At 17, Milligan relocated to New York City to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the School of Visual Arts, where he studied under Don Eddy, Max Ginsburg, Marvin Mattelson, and Jack Potter.

Milligan has presented solo exhibitions at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts in St. Croix, including Espíritu Africano (2025) and Black Saints (2018). His work has also been featured in major group exhibitions such as Our Wake Up Call For Freedoms (Utah MOCA, 2022), POW! WOW! The First Decade (Bishop Museum, 2021), American Muslim Futures (Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design, 2020), and the Schaefer Portrait Challenge (Maui Arts & Cultural Center, 2015, 2017). His public works include murals for Pow! Wow! Hawai‘i, Central Park SummerStage, and the U.S.V.I. “Awakening 2020” For Freedoms billboard campaign.

In addition to his exhibitions, Milligan has created murals for both civic and private spaces and has performed live art for cultural figures including Former Vice President Al Gore, Lauryn Hill, and De La Soul. His work has appeared in NCIS: Hawai‘i (CBS), Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big GRRRLS (Amazon Prime), ELLE.com, FLUX Hawai‘i magazine, and multiple For Freedoms initiatives. His paintings and murals are held in prestigious private collections, including those of Former President Barack Obama and Former First Lady Michelle Obama, U.S.V.I. Governor Albert Bryan Jr., Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett, singer Lizzo, and CBS anchor Anne-Marie Green.

Now based in Mililani, Hawai‘i, Milligan continues to explore themes of identity, heritage, and resilience across the African diaspora.