Oshea Luja is the Artistic Director of StillWaters Network, Producer of the StillWaters Experience, and co-founder of the literacy-focused StillWaters Writers Workshop. He is a celebrated poet and producer, and has received numerous accolades, including the 2015 and 2017 Village Award from the Villagers Hall of Fame Awards Foundation.

Oshea, artistically known as MrFood4Thought, is a talented visual, musical, and literary artist who has showcased his work on a global stage for over two decades. He has an impressive portfolio of directing and producing stage plays, including "Time with The Masters of Rhyme" featuring the Watts Prophet and the Last Poet, "Smoke" written by Ernie De Silva, and "Big City Bright Lights," which he co-produced, directed, and starred in. Currently, he is touring with the theater production "The Fertile River," written by Vincent Terrell-Durham and produced by Alton Patton.

Oshea has also made his mark as a documentary filmmaker, director, and producer. His notable works in this field include producing the film "A School Grows in Watts," as well as writing and directing "MAFUNDI." The latter tells the story of a historic building in Watts, California that was the birthplace of some of the world's greatest artists and musicians. The film documents the city of Los Angeles' attempt to demolish the building for "more" housing, and sheds light on the rich cultural heritage that is at risk of being lost.

Oshea is known as the "prince of poetry," a title bestowed upon him by the Late, great, Leimert Park Poet Dee Black, thanks to his extremely potent spoken word delivery, which is like an iron fist inside a silk glove. As a poet, he has been a longtime member of The Anansi Writers' Workshop at the World-Stage in Leimert Park, CA. His first poetry collection, "Royal Feast, A Literary Recipe," pays tribute to his Watts, CA, upbringing. As a teaching artist, Oshea enjoys working with youth and elders, linking generations together to better understand the human experience. He has a special gift of utilizing creative expression to promote the innate greatness that resides in all beings. A native of Watts, CA, Oshea is passionate about reclaiming Watts' storied history through art, culture, and education.

Oshea's writing skills are also impressive. He has written, edited, added an introduction, and co-authored over 20 manuscripts. He is the author of "Royal Feast - A Literary Recipe" and the co-author of "Internal Balance - Would You Marry You?" He has added introductions to other works, such as "Try Walking A Mile N My Socks" by Melanie Luja, "Sounds from the Waters - A Poetry Anthology" by The Still Waters Collective, "Singing Ink - A Poetry Anthology" by The Owls, and "Articulate Scars - Comfortable Silences and Reluctant Tears" by Derek Brown. He is also the co-founder of Still Waters Publishing, a small press based in Los Angeles, CA, that focuses on Poetry, Non-Fiction, and History, particularly works that have an edge to them or are completely distinct from works published by most large commercial presses.

Apart from his creative pursuits, Oshea has also become a soul work practitioner in the fields of spirituality, health, and balance. He has studied under the tutelage of Father Amde of the legendary Watts Prophets, award-winning documentary filmmaker, author, and poet S. Pearl Sharp, and The Grandfather of Rap and acupuncturist Dr. Jalal Mansur Nuriddin of the legendary Last Poets. As a Watts Shaman, Oshea is sought after to facilitate weddings, funerals, rite-of-passage ceremonies, and many other sacred rituals throughout the year. His research and life experiences have cultivated a unique philosophy that celebrates internal balance, suggesting that everyone has the innate ability to experience love inwardly, and the awareness of this actuality triggers an opening to explore love’s trajectory.

Oshea has an impressive body of work that includes several albums such as Full Course Meal (2007), Introducing Lukuma Kwa Luja (2009), The Darker Brother Revisited (2014), and The Love Lock (2015). He has also written theater plays such as Big City, Bright Lights (2012), and contributed to school curriculum through The Still Waters Writers’ Workshop (2010) and The Super-Heru: Activating Your Super-Hero (2011). In addition to these, Oshea has authored several books including Watts Learning Center Anthology (2011), Sounds from the Waters Poetry Anthology (2013), Royal Feast: Poetry, Prose & Short Stories (2015), and Internal Balance - Would You Marry You?