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Moshopefoluwa Olagunju

omolastudio@gmail.com

@yournameissolong

• BIO

Moshopefoluwa Olagunju, is an MFA Painting/ Printmaking candidate at Yale School of Art. His practice explores how bodies are constructed and perceived, emphasizing the portrait not as a static likeness, but as a mutable form that remembers, resists, and refuses all at once. Working from observation and memory, he uses painting and printmaking to investigate the tension between visibility and legibility. He was awarded the Milton Sally Avery Arts Scholar award in 2020 and the Senior Studio Arts award in 2021 as a Studio Arts graduate from Bard College. Moshopefoluwa's artwork has been exhibited at venues such as Susan B. Hilles Gallery in New Haven, the Kipp Gallery in Pennsylvania, and The Residency Project x Motor in Los Angeles.

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Education

2027 Yale School of Art, MFA Painting & Printmaking candidate, New Haven, CT

2021 Bard College, B.A. Studio Arts; Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Residencies/ Fellowship

2025 CCAM Studio Fellowship, New Haven, CT

2024 Liquitex Artist Residency, East Orange, NJ

Grants and Awards

2025 White Columns Curated Artist Registry, NYC, NY

2023 Liquitex Material Award, Liquitex, Piscataway, NJ 

2021 Avery Arts Scholar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2021 Senior Studio Arts Award, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2020 H.E.A.R.T Hudson, Hudson, NY

2020 Red Bull Microgrant (Mid-Hudson Valley)

2020 Milton Sally Avery Arts Scholar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2017 Posse Foundation Scholar, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2021 In Response To (This Should Not Be Political), Fisher Studio Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

Group Exhibitions

2026 (upcoming) Traversing the Black Line, Susan B. Hilles Gallery, CAW (curated by Amira Brown), New Haven, CT 

2025 Unfolding Between Walls, ECoCA (curated by Aimee Burg & Kim Weston), New Haven, CT

2025 Kitchen Sink, Yale School of Art Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT

2025 Out of Body, Not Real Art: First Fridays Exhibitions, (curated by Kirsten Bengtson-Lykoudis) [virtual]

2024 Proofs, Rutger’s Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Gather, Orchid Gallery (curated by Nico Okoro), Hamden, CT

2024 Yale BlackBull exhibition, Trumbull College Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

2024 African Americans and the Arts, Keator Gallery, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT  

2023 Block and Bridges, Artspace/Creative Arts Workshop (curated by Gabriel Sacco), New Haven, CT 

2023 Sounds of the Soul, Wabi Gallery (curated by Kim Weston), New Haven, CT

2022 Shubert Theatre Presents: Elm City’s Finest (curated by Azaria Samuels), New Haven, CT

2022 Reshaped | Refocused, Susan B. Hilles Gallery, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT 

2021 Subversion, KIPP Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (curated by Corey Carrington), Indiana, PA

2021 Interstice, The Residency Project x MOTOR, Los Angeles, CA

2021 Almost Endless, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA

2021 Commencement Show, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY

2021 Go Figure, Fisher Studio Art (curated by Kimbrielle Boult), Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 

2020 Together in Isolation, Re Institute, Millerton, NY

Curatorial

2026 (upcoming) Soft Landing, 63 Audubon, New Haven, CT

2024 Reflection, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT

2024 Observe (APRiL 2024), Omola Studio, New Haven, CT

2023 FUSION, Wabi Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2023 Geographies, Artspace/Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

2023 The Past Pushes Forward, the Blake Hotel Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2023 May Brings Flowers: Memories Are Yours, the Blake Hotel Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2023 APRiL: Artists Prospering Really is Limitless, Omola Studio, New Haven, CT 

Professional Experience

2025 Lecturer; Rutger’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Highschool Intensive Student Portfolio Review; Rutger’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Prospective BFA Student Portfolio Review; Rutger’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Co-Ad Foundation Assistant; Rutger’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Teacher Assistant; Rutger’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ

2024 Town Green District Review Panel for Murals in Downtown New Haven, New Haven, CT

2024 Gallery Attendant; NXTHVN, New Haven, CT 

2023 Visiting Critic for Hartford Art School; University of Hartford, Hartford, CT 

2023 Teacher, Artspace Summer Arts Program; Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Artist Talk/ Panel

2023 FUSION Artist Talk; in conversation with Jeff Ostergren & Sain’t Phifer, New Haven, CT 

2020 BIPOC Art Celebration, virtual 

Publications

2024 “Creative Process” EMCEE STUDIOS (July 29, 2024)

2023 “Exposing Power Dynamics: Eric Hart Jr.’s Debut Book”  Elephant Magazine (Jul 5, 2023)

2023 “Five Questions with Andina Marie Osorio” Elephant Magazine  (Jun 27, 2023)

2023 “How ‘Oolong’s Nightmare’ Reintroduced Me to Ming Smith’s Oeuvre” Elephant Magazine (Jun 6, 2023)

Press

2024 "Artist's Hold Up A Mirror” New Haven Independent (Dec 12, 2024)

2024 “Orchid Gallery Blooms Into Being” New Haven Arts Paper (Apr 24, 2024)

2024 “Artists Create Connection Amid Struggle” New Haven Independent (Apr 22, 2024)

2024 “Trumbull Student Affinity Group Showcases Black New Haven Artists” Yale Daily News (Mar 28. 2024)

2023 “Artists Build Worlds At CAW Show” New Haven Independent (Oct 4, 2023)

2023 “Blocks And Bridges” Binds Past, Present, & Future” New Haven Arts Paper (Oct 4, 2023)

2023 “Photography & Pharmaceuticals In Wábi Gallery’s "FUSION" New Haven Arts Paper (Sep 14, 2023)

2023 “Omola Studio Brings Art To The Blake” New Haven Independent (Jul 27, 2023)

2023 “Blake Hotel brings two-part exhibition to New Haven” NHTV NEWS 8 (Jun 8, 2023)

2023 “Exhibition Reshaping New Haven’s Art Scene” NHTV NEWS 8 (Jun 8, 2023)

2023 “Artists Get Personal In Newhallville Show” New Haven Independent (Apr 24, 2023)

2022 “Elm City’s Finest at Shubert” New Haven Independent (Nov 07, 2022)

2022 “Mining Themes From Parable Of The Sower, Artists (Re)focus…..” New Haven Independent (Jun 28, 2022)

2022 “At CAW, Artists Commune With Octavia Butler” New Haven Arts Paper (Jun 28, 2022)