Kambui Olujimi

[1] His artwork reflects on public discourse, mythology, historical narrative, social practices, exchange, mediated cultures, resilience and autonomy.

[5] Reviews of his work have appeared in publications including Art in America, The New York Times,[6] The New Yorker, Modern Painters, Artforum, Hyperallergic,[7] and The Brooklyn Rail.

[8] Throughout his career he has received numerous grants and fellowships including from A Blade of Grass,[9] the Jerome Foundation, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

[23] Some of Olujimi's work is inspired by Bedford-Stuyvesant community leader and activist Catherine Arline, a woman he considered a surrogate mother and referred to as his guardian angel.

[25] Internationally, Olujimi's work has been exhibited in the Sharjah Biennial 15 (Sharjah, UAE),[43] the Dakar Biennale Dak'Art 14 (Dakar, Senegal),[44] Zeitz MOCAA (Cape Town, South Africa),[45] Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid, Spain), Kiasma (Helsinki, Finland), Para Site (Hong Kong, China), The Jim Thompson Art Center (Bangkok, Thailand).