Jacolby Satterwhite was born in 1986 in Columbia, South Carolina. He earned his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Arts and his MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. He now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His approach is bombastic and often self-revealing. His art is a mix of 3D animation and drawing, and his dreamlike videos explore his own body and queerness, while also incorporating his mother's identity and schizophrenia.

His art has been exhibited at several international exhibitions, most recently at: Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (2023); FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (2022); Miller Institute for Contemporary Art, PA (2021); Haus der Kunst, Munich (2021); Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2021); Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (2021); Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia (2019); Pioneer Works, New York (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2019); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2019); and Minneapolis Institute of Art (2019).

His art is represented in collections at the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Studio Museum in Harlem in New York, and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.