Barzizza got his undergraduate degree in Texas before traveling to the Big Apple, New York City, to pursue a graduate degree in visual arts. After graduating he stayed in the big city to pursue his career as an artist, but he says Memphis was always on his mind.
“I was living in New York as an artist but always found myself drawing pictures related to Memphis,” Barzizza said. He started Hungry Fire Workshop in 2006 while he was still living in New York before moving back to Memphis in 2009.