JP Briggs is Distinguished CSU Professor at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut. He holds a Ph.D. in aesthetics.

Briggs is the author and coauthor of several books on chaos theory, fractals and creativity, including Fire in the Crucible, Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, Seven Life Lessons of Chaos, Turbulent Mirror and The Logic of Poetry. His fiction and articles have appeared in many national magazines and anthologies. His primary interest is the relationship of the creative arts and aesthetics to the forms in nature.

Briggs often uses his photographs to illustrate his books and has long been interested in the possibilities  for mingling fine art and photo illustration.

Briggs has been a student of Paul Caponigro, considered the foremost living fine art photographer. In the 1970s and 1980s Briggs worked as a photo illustrator for McGraw-Hill, and as a free-lance photographer,. His photos have appeared in Art fractaliste. La complexité du regard, edited byJean-Claude Chirollet and on the covers of books published by Fine Tooth Press.

Previous shows include Western Connecticut State University (spring 2001); University of Connecticut, Torrington (spring 2001); the Jasper Rand Museum, Westfield Library (2005); Samuel S.T.Chen Fine Arts Center, Central Connecticut State University (2007).