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Olaniyi is a recipient of TEMPO 21 City of Austin 2021, Red bull Arts, CERF+ 2020, Foundation for contemporary arts emergency grants 2021, 2020 & 2019, The Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award From DMA 2019, TEMPO 19 City of Austin 2019, E 51st Art in public space 2019, CORE Funding 2018, the Innovative Artist Award from (MAAA / NEA) 2017, Pollock Krasner Foundation 2016/17 & 2011, Santo Foundation grant 2015, and Commonwealth Connection Award UK 2011.
Olaniyi has been awarded residencies in the Residency at Facebook AIR in Austin, Crosstown Art 2018 & 2019, Residency at ISCP NY 2016/17, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art 2015, UT in Austin 2015, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency 2015, Hot box Residency in Austin TX 2014, Centraltrak Dallas 2013, Triangle Art Association NY 2012, the Vytlacil of Art Students League New York, Vermont studio Center 2011, Art at the Heart Award 2016 & 17 in Western Australia, Sacatar Instituto Brazil 2015, Kiosko Gallery Residency in Bolivia 2014, John Muafangejo Art Center Namibia 2013, Nafasi Art Space Tanzania 2012, Tupelo / Bag Factory South Africa 2012, Nirox Projects Space Residency Johannesburg- South Africa 2012, Thami Mnyele Foundation Amsterdam-The Netherlands 2010.
STATEMENT OF ART:Olaniyi is a recipient of TEMPO 21 City of Austin 2021, Red bull Arts, CERF+ 2020, Foundation for contemporary arts emergency grants 2021, 2020 & 2019, The Otis & Velma Davis Dozier Travel Grant Award From DMA 2019, TEMPO 19 City of Austin 2019, E 51st Art in public space 2019, CORE Funding 2018, the Innovative Artist Award from (MAAA / NEA) 2017, Pollock Krasner Foundation 2016/17 & 2011, Santo Foundation grant 2015, and Commonwealth Connection Award UK 2011.
Olaniyi has been awarded residencies in the Residency at Facebook AIR in Austin, Crosstown Art 2018 & 2019, Residency at ISCP NY 2016/17, Oklahoma State University Museum of Art 2015, UT in Austin 2015, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency 2015, Hot box Residency in Austin TX 2014, Centraltrak Dallas 2013, Triangle Art Association NY 2012, the Vytlacil of Art Students League New York, Vermont studio Center 2011, Art at the Heart Award 2016 & 17 in Western Australia, Sacatar Instituto Brazil 2015, Kiosko Gallery Residency in Bolivia 2014, John Muafangejo Art Center Namibia 2013, Nafasi Art Space Tanzania 2012, Tupelo / Bag Factory South Africa 2012, Nirox Projects Space Residency Johannesburg- South Africa 2012, Thami Mnyele Foundation Amsterdam-The Netherlands 2010.
My work focuses on time, fleeting moments that can be easily forgotten or transformed. Reflecting on rural versus urban life, the accelerated pace of development and infrastructure, performative activities play around Trauma & social subjectivities like identity, immigration, Gun violence, race, history, religion components that break down conventional barriers.
In Exploring the invisible systems of power that govern everyday existence, I utilize a multitude of techniques and materials, including repurposed objects, which may manifest in mixed media painting, sculpture, installation, video, photography, sound, performance. While inscribing all these mediums in my comprehensive composition’s it’s accumulative density and complexity into our past, present.
My work is about the journeys of everyday life. I tell stories that address issues that affect us all around the world, or those that are at the forefront in the society in which I find myself. I try to expand the presentation of the artworks to educate and engage a larger audience by creating an immersive experience that explores the ideas at hand in multiple ways.
I believe art is an instrument to question and search for solutions - to dig out the truth without violence. Being surrounded by diversity of discipline and experience gives my work a grander scope and allows for more unexpected breakthroughs when searching for answers to what ails our society.
Ultimately, my work is designed to create comfort, peace, and solace. I believe that art can be a balm to the soul, revealing a quiet inner truth. My art reflects the joys of life, directly inspired by rhythm, harmony, and the movement of daily existence.
ORGANIZATION:
ARTWITHAKIRASH STUDIO
EDUCATION:
1991, BIO-CHEM BSC HONOR, Federal University of Agriculture. Abeokuta - Nigeria.
1995, Higher National Diploma (HND), Institute of Textile Technology Arts & Design (ITTAD).Lagos-Nigeria.
PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS:
2021 FAGILEE-SIWAJU-TUNTO/CANCELED-POSTPONED-RESCHEDULE
D, CENTRAL LIBRARY AUSTIN TX.
2021 IGBERIKO – Curbside, DIMENSION GALLERY, AUSTIN TX.
2020 COMMON GROUND, COCA, ST. LOUIS MSSOURI
2020 INFLATION, VISART CONCOURSE GALLERY, ROCKVILLE, MD
2020 ADITTU – PUZZLE #2, AUSTIN CENTRAL LIBRARY, AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA.
2020 BLACK GOLD, BOX 13 ART SPACE, HOUSTON TEXAS, USA.
2020 MAJELE - VENOMOUS #1 CARVER MUSEUM – TEXAS, USA.
2019 ASIKO – MOMENTS #2, CROSSTOWN ART, MEMPHIS – TENNESSESS - USA
2019 OJUSE – DUTY, RO2 ART GALLERY, DALLAS-TEXAS. USA
2018 ARA ORUN KINKIN-EGUNGUN MYTHOLOGY, LAWNDALE ART CENTER HOUSTON-TX
2018 SASO L’OJU EGUN-BEHIND THE MASK, BIG MEDIUM/CANOPY GALLERY AUSTIN - TEXAS
2017 ARANPO / STITCH, DIMENSION GALLERY, TEXAS- USA
2017 ATIBABA / Here I live now, at Hardesty Arts Center, Tulsa - OK
2016 WE ARE ALL BEWITCHED AT CANOPY/ BIG MEDIUM GALLERY IN AUSTIN, TX, USA
2016 IMOLE / LIGHTS AT THE SHIRE OF PILBARA, WEST AUSTRALIA.
2016 EBUN / GIFTS, RO2 ART GALLERY, DALLAS – TEXAS, USA
2016 OJU INU/ INSIGHT, TIKHONOVA WINTNER GALLERY, HARLEM – NY
2015 BATETELE/LIBATION, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, STILWATER-OK
2015 ADITTU / PUZZLES, MAC GALLERY. DALLAS –TEXAS. USA
2014 GBAJUGBAJA / CELEBRATY, AT ART CURRENTS INSTITUTE NY-USA
2014 SHOPPING LIST, FREEDOM PARK AUSTIN TEXAS, USA
2014 SAJE NWA? / HOW IS THE MARKET? CARVER MUSEUM, AUSTIN-TX. USA
2014 ASHIRI / SECRET, THE MUSEUM OF HUMAN ACIEVEMENTS, AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA
2014 Et) Et) / ENTANGLE, RO2 ART GALLERY DALLAS- TEXAS- USA
2013 AKWATA ONDJUHWA KOMULUNGU, NATIONAL ART GALLERY WINDHOEK NAMIBIA.
2013 SIDE EFFECTS, CO-LAB PROJECTS SPACE, AUSTIN-TEXAS-USA
2012 UFAHAMU: INSIGHT, NAFASI ART SPACE, DAR ES SALAAM – TANZANIA
2012 ABAWON: STAIN FORECOURT STATION CAPE TOWN-S.AFRICA
2012 isiCelo: PETITION, NIROX FOUNDATION @ART ON MAIN. JOHANNESBURG- S.AFRICA
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2021 JUSTICE-EQUALITY-RACE-IDENTITY AT AMOA, AMARILLO, TEXAS. USA
2021 ILE ITAJA – SHOPPINGLIST AT ARTPRIZE GRAND RAPID MICHIGAN
2021 STATE OF SCULPTURE, TSG MEMBER EXHIBITION AT SAMFA – SAN ANGELO, TX
2020 UNESCO MEDIA ART, MOTION MEDIA ART /SXSW AUSTIN – TX, USA
2019 ASOPOMORA – CONNECTIVITY, LUMINARIA, SAN ANTONIO – TX, USA
2019 PEOPLE GALLERY, CITY OF AUSTIN HALL, AUSTIN - TEXAS
2018 CHOAS, RO2ART GALLERY, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2017 ArtBash, Artist Alliance Austin, Native. Austin – Texas. USA
2017 Art at the Heart, East Pilbara Art Center, Newman Western Australia
2016 RETHINK, IGNA GALLERY in ISREAL
2016 OPEN STUDIO EXHIBITION AT SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE, SANTA FE - NM
2016 12TH EDITION OF DAK’ART BIENNALE, DAKAR- SENEGAL
2016 EVERYDAY REDEFINE AT CORRIDOR GALLERY, BROOKLYN - NEW YORK. USA
2016 BIRTH: REBIRTH AT DIMENSION GALLERY IN AUSTIN - TEXAS
2016 BRONX - AFRICA AT LONGWOOD ART GALLERY @ HOSTOS, NY
2015 WAKATI/HOW TIME SHAPES AFRICA ART, OSUMA, STILL WATER - OK
2015 BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES AT ART ON 5TH, AUSTIN –TEXAS
2015 AURORA NEW MEDIA EXHIBITION, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2015 UMOJA/COMING TOGETHER, UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS, IN DALLAS TEXAS, USA
2015 De La TIERRA, TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY GALLERY in San Marcos, TEXAS. USA
2015 FUSEBOX 60 SECONDS / 60 ARTISTS, AUSTIN-TX, USA
2015 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS – TEXAS, USA
2014 CLOSING ENCOUNTER, MASS GALLERY AUSTIN – TEXAS. USA
2014 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS – TEXAS. USA
2014 ONSITE, TEMPORARY ART PROJECTS, SOUTHEND-UK
2013 “THE STORY OF CREATIVE” SEE/ME, NEW YORK, USA
2013 “DELTA”, MAC MEMBERSHIP EXHBITION DALLAS TEXAS, USA
2013 “PAINT” , RO2 ART GALLERY DALLAS TEXAS. USA
2013 ART CLUSTER, GIRONA - SPAIN
2013 PEOPLE GALLERY/CITY OF AUSTIN, AUSTIN- TEXAS, USA
2012 LONDON INTERNATIONAL CREATIVE COMPETITION /EXHBITION
2012 OPEN STUDIO AT VTLACIL CAMPUS OF THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, NEW YORK-USA
2012 OPEN STUDIO @ TRIANGLE WORKSHOP NEW YORK.USA
2012 Infecting the city, cape town-south Africa
2012 THUPELO/BAG FACTORY, JOHANNESBURG- SOUTH AFRICA
2011 ONEMINUTE VIDEO AMSTERDAM/TOWN GALLERY. EGYPT
2011 SOVEREIGN ART FOUNDATION JAPAN, JOBURG ART FAIR SOUTH AFRICA
2011 FAMILY UNITY OF THE WORLD, the Yekaterinburg Art Fund, Ekaterinburg-Russia
2011 PAUSE THE PULSE :( PORTRAIT OF ACCRA), ACC Galerie Weimar-Germany
EVENTS:
BIENNALE
2016 12th DAK’ART BIENNALE 2016, DAKAR - SENEGAL
2005 & 2007 EAST AFRICA BIENNALE (ESTAFAB), DAR SALLAM – TANZANIA
ART FAIR
2018 SPECTRUM MIAMI – FLORIDA
2018 SOFA ART FAIR, CHICAGO- USA
2018 CLIO ART FAIR, NY - USA
2015 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS TX – USA
2014 DALLAS ART FAIR, DALLAS TX – USA
2011 JOBURG ART FAIR, SOUTH AFRICA.
FESTIVALS
2019 CONNECTIVITY, LUMINARIAN ART FESTIVAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 2019 CONNECTIVITY, LUMINARIAN ART FESTIVAL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USAUSA
2013 CHALE WOTE STREET FESTIVAL, ACCRA - GHANA
2012 INTERNATIONAL MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL YAGON-MYANMAR
2012 INFECTING THE CITY FESTIVAL, CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
AWARDS:
AWARDS
2021 ARTPRIZE INSTALLATION ARTIST HONORARY MENTIONED, GRAND RAPIDS. MI
2021 CONTEMPORARY BLACK ART AWARD, GRAND RAPIDS AFRICA AMERICAN ARTS & MUSIC, MI
2021 TEMPO21, CITY OF AUSTIN- CAD. TEXAS
2019 EAST 51st STREETSCAPE, CULTURAL ART DIVISION, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2019 TEMPO19 2D, AUSTIN BERGSTORM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, COA /CAD AUSTIN – TEXAS, USA
2019 AWARD FOR ARTIST, THE OTIS & VELMA DAVIS DOZIER TRAVEL GRANT, DMA. DALLAS – TX, USA
2017 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA- AUSTRALIA
2017/18 ARTISTIC INNOVATION GRANT BY MAAA, KANSAS CITY - MISSOURI
2017 POLLOCK KRASNER FOUNDATION /ISCP-NY FELLOWSHIP RESIDENCY NY-USA
2016 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA- AUSTRALIA
2011 POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT- USA
2011 COMMONWEALTH CONNECTION INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AWARD, UNITED KINGDOM
GRANTS
2021, 2020 & 2019 FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS EMERGENCY GRANTS, USA
2020 RED BULL ARTS MICROGRANTS, DETROIT, MI
2020 CERF+ THE ARTIST SAFETY NET, MONTPELIER, VT, USA
2020 BIG MEDIUM ARTIST RELIEF FUND, AUSTIN – TEXAS
2019 & 18 CORE FUNDING, CULTURAL ART DIVISION, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2017/18 ARTISTIC INNOVATION GRANT BY MAAA, KANSAS CITY - MISSOURI
2016/17 CULTURAL INITIATIVE AND CAPACITY BUILDING, CITY OF AUSTIN- USA
2015 THE SANTO FOUNDATION GRANT, St. LOUIS, MO -USA
2010 Go INGENIOUS AWARD, SANTA MONICA, CA - USA
FELLOWSHIPS
2015 SACATAR INSTITUTO ITAPARICA – BAHIA, BRAZIL.
2015 OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART, OK-USA
2014 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN, USA
2014 ARTIST INC / MAAA/ CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS - USA
2014 KIOSKO GALLERY & INTERNATIONAL, BOLIVIA
2013 JOHN MUAFANGEJO ART CENTER, WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA.
2013 CENTRALTRAK, UNI.OF TEXAS – DALLAS. USA
2012 VYTLACIL CAMPUS THE ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE RESIDENCY. NEW YORK - USA
RESIDENCIES
2018 FACEBOOK ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM AUSTIN – TX
2018/2019 CROSSTOWN ART, MEMPHIS – TENESSESS. USA
2017 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA- AUSTRALIA
2016/17 ISCP-NY FELLOWSHIP RESIDENCY NY-USA
2016 ART AT HEART, SHIRE OF EAST PILBARA – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
2015 SACATAR INSTITUTO ITAPARICA – BAHIA, BRAZIL.
2015 SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO – USA
2014 HOT BOX AT MASS GALLERY, AUSTIN – TEXAS USA
2014 KIOSKO GALLERY & INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY BOLIVIA
2013 JOHN MUAFANGEJO ART CENTER, WINDHOEK - NAMIBIA.
2013 CENTRALTRAK, UNI.OF TEXAS – DALLAS. USA
2012 VYTLACIL CAMPUS THE ART STUDENT’S LEAGUE RESIDENCY. NEW YORK - USA
2012 TRIANGLE ART ASSOCIATION RESIDENCY, NEW YORK - USA
2012 NAFASI/ ART SPACE RESIDENCY DANISH EMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM TANZANIA.
2012 THUPELO /BAG FACTORY INTERN. RESIDENCY, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
2011 NIROX PROJECTS/12 DECADE ART HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH AFRICA
2011 ART FARM ARTISTS RESIDENCY, NEBRASKA – USA
2011 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, FELLOWSHIP ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, VERMONT – USA
2011 GLADSTONE GALLERY/STUDIO, TORONTO – CANADA
2010 CCA LAGOS, TRIANGLE, BRITISH MUSEUM ARTIST IN RESIDENCY, LAGOS-NIGERIA
2010 THAMI MNYELE FOUNDATION, ARTISTS RESIDENCY AMSTERDAM – THE NETHERLANDS
2009 SANSA TRIANGLE ART, KUMASI – GHANA.
2008 BLUESKY PROJECT ARTISTS RESIDENCY, WOODSTOCK IL- CHICAGO – USA
2008 ARTCROFT ARTISTS IN RESIDENCY, KENTUCKY – USA
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