Background
Wyatt was born in Lynwood and grew up in Compton, before moving with his family to Los Angeles" Crenshaw District and graduating from Fairfax High School.
Wyatt was born in Lynwood and grew up in Compton, before moving with his family to Los Angeles" Crenshaw District and graduating from Fairfax High School.
His murals can be found at the Watts Towers, the Capitol Records Building, White Memorial Hospital, the Ontario Airport, the Wilshire and Western Metro station, the Union Station East Portal, and many other locations. At thirteen, he participated in an art show at the Los Angeles Bahai Center, where he exhibited alongside John Outterbridge, who became a mentor and advocate. Other influential early mentors included Cecil Fergerson and Claude Booker, whom he met through his participation in the Watts Summer Festival.
Wyatt attended the Chouinard Art Institute from 1966 to 1968 and also studied in a Tutor Art Saturday youth program at the Otis Art Institute.
lieutenant was at Otis that Wyatt met and studied with Charles White, whose work was a major influence on him, and with John Riddle, who helped him improve his technique and encouraged him to address social themes in his art Wyatt earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1978, and by then he had already established contacts in Los Angeles" vibrant mural movement.
At the age of seventeen, Wyatt was selected to be part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"s 1972 "Panorama of Black Artists" exhibition, which garnered him widespread recognition and effectively launched his career as a member of the city"s African American artistic community.
