John Isiah Walton was born in 1985 in New Orleans, where he currently lives and works as a fine artist.

[3] Walton often uses humor and irony to provide "stinging social commentary"[4] on the topics of "race, identity, popular culture, and current events".

Humidity shows life in New Orleans with the Sewage & Water Board, the abandoned Six Flags, and Cafe Du Monde.

His work has been exhibited in New York City, Austin, Texas, Los Angeles, North Carolina and Tokyo.

[10] He has had many commissions and has done a residency at Macedonia Institute[11] in New York and the Joan Mitchell Center[12] in New Orleans, LA.