Malik Ameer Alexander, a.k.a. The Funky Foot Monster, a.k.a Freaky, a.k.a leak-moe, a self-taught artist, was born in the suburbs of Washington DC, in 1972. He has been very creative from an early age, with an interest in abstract figures and especially Lego's. In high school he became interested in computers experimenting with graphic art & design. After doing time at University of Maryland, he moved to Chicago to pursue a career in computers. While in 'Chi-town', he began experimenting with oil painting, turning his early sketches into large scale abstract...more