Multidisciplinary artist, Frank X. Walker, was born in Danville, KY in 1961. He has an extensive background in arts administration and education. He is the former Assistant Director of the Black Cultural Center at Purdue University, where he served as writer in residence for the Haraka Writers and worked with student performance ensembles in dance, drama and choral music. His additional responsibilities included developing cultural, educational and outreach programs for the Purdue Campus and the surrounding community and developing a touring visual art exhibit/gallery.

Walker's administrative background includes working as the Program Coordinator at the Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Center at the University of Kentucky and being the Founder and Executive Director of the Bluegrass Black Arts Consortium, the former home of Message Theatre and the Affrilachian Poets. He has also served as an artist-in-residence for the Alabama State Arts Council and as the Director of the NIA Institute in Birmingham, where he coordinated the curriculum and activities for youth summer camps in Birmingham, Atlanta and Lexington, KY.

In addition to his administrative and teaching experience, Walker is also a highly acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and arts activist. He has exhibited, performed and been a guest lecturer at college campuses across the United States. His photographs, poetry, short stories and essays have been featured in numerous publications, including Fabbro, Limestone, The Shooting Star Review, My Brothers Keeper, Ace Magazine, The Java House Anthology, The Appalachian Journal, Eclipsing a Nappy New Millennium:An Anthology of Midwestern Poets and Spirit and Flame: An Anthology of contemporary African American Poetry. His large scale murals decorate public schools and community spaces from Sweetwater, Alabama to Lexington, Kentucky. He also serves on the board of directors for the Kentucky Writers Coalition and the Louisville Arts Council.

After five years as an instructor of creative writing, Walker was appointed the Director of Kentucky's Governor's School For the ARTS. His current projects include a Media Working Group documentary about the Affrilachian Poets, Coal Black Voices and the publishing of his first collection of poetry and fiction, Affrilachia. He is an officer and active member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and lives in Louisville, KY where he shares his space with his children, DVAN and Nikki.