George Cramer (1938–2004) was born in Spring Arbor, Michigan. He received a BS in Design from the University of Michigan and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His prints and sculptures draw heavily on the intersections between old and new technologies as well as those between European and Native American cultures. Cramer, who was part Potawatomi, returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as a member of the art department faculty in 1981. His works have been featured at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, the Wustum Museum of Fine Art in Racine, and Gallery Eude in Barcelona, Spain.