Red Room
2018
Hakeem Olayinka
Brooklyn, New York
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About Hakeem Olayinka
Hakeem Olayinka is Nigerian-American painter and sculptor born in Washington, DC. Hakeem began his art education at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in 2011. In 2019, he received his BFA in Painting & Drawing from SUNY Purchase's School of Art & Design. Hakeem has been in many group exhibitions throughout New York's metropolitan area, including a museum exhibition at the Sugar Hill Children's Museum in Harlem. He has also shown at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. He now works and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Program Participation
Early Art Practitioners Residency, 2019
Website / Social Links
Influences ranging from anime to fine art inform my practice rooted in storytelling, self-reflection, and cultural exploration. Through painting, I aim to create worlds that honor my personal history while participating in a larger conversation about identity, visibility, and the power of image making.”
