Willie Little is a Black multimedia artist. He received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His solo exhibitions include the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham, NC, the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, MO, and the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, AL. Little is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2022 Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Grant, the 2021 Glean Portland Residency, the 2020 Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Black Lives Matter Artist Grant, and the 2019 Regional Arts & Cultural Council Project Grant.