BioBurkeet's life has been indelibly shaped by an intrinsic need to create, a journey that began in the 1990s as an undergraduate majoring in painting at The University of Akron. This period marked the start of an intense production phase, during which they developed hundreds of paintings, videos, and digital art pieces, eventually earning an MFA in painting and digital art. Their creative drive was influenced by experiences rooted in the darker aspects of the American landscape, which they describe as its "toxic underbelly."