Born and raised in London, Ontario, Canada, Cernius has been an artist since childhood, drawing and painting at any opportunity. Following his inclination for creative pursuits, Juozas enrolled in the Studio Arts program at Concordia University in Montreal, graduating with a BFA. He thereafter studied for, and received an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After his creative studies, he moved to New York City where he soon developed a fascination with the diversity of cultures represented there. Photography quickly became his creative tool of choice, and ever since, his passion for visual storytelling has only expanded. To date, as an artist, documentarian and commercial photographer, he’s traveled more than 30 countries around the world.