Lammassu Dam Ki Ag (Derek Schulze) first fell in love with painting when he was fifteen years old. He was born in Georgetown Texas, May 16, 1977. His B.F.A. in Painting was received from Texas State University. In 2005 he was accepted to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he studied Historic Preservation.
He is currently freelancing as painter and graphic designer in the city of Chicago.