BIO
Moshopefoluwa Olagunju is an MFA Painting & Printmaking candidate at Yale School of Art. His practice explores how bodies are constructed and perceived, working from observation and memory, and he uses painting and printmaking to investigate the tension between visibility and legibility. As a Studio Arts BA graduate from Bard
College, he was awarded the Milton Sally Avery Arts Scholar and the Senior Studio Arts award. 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. He is also an independent curator and arts writer. He runs Omola Studio, a nomadic curatorial project, and has curated exhibitions at Yale School of Art: 63 Audubon Gallery, Yale AFAM House Gallery, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, and Wabi Gallery. His writing has been featured in Elephant Magazine and EMCEE.
CV/RESUME
Education
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
MFA, Painting & Printmaking
Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
B.A., Studio Arts
Select Work Experience
2026 Teaching Assistant, Fall 2026 Entrepreneurship in the Art Market; Yale School of Management, New Haven, CT
2026 Instructor, Yale Pathways to Arts & Humanities Summer Scholars Program, New Haven, CT
2026 Curatorial Activator, Yale School of Art: 63 Audubon, New Haven, CT
2025 Lecturer, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Arts
2024 Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of Arts
2023 Curator, Omola Studio
2022 Studio Manager, Tschabalala Self Studio
2021 Studio Assistant, Tschabalala Self Studio
Contract Work
2023 Artist Liaison, Zona Maco, Jupiter Contemporary
2022 Artist Liaison, NADA Miami, Jupiter Contemporary
Grants and Awards
2025 White Columns Curated Artist Registry, NYC, NY
2023 Liquitex Material Award, Liquitex Artist Residency, Piscataway, NJ
2021 Senior Studio Arts Award, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2020 Heart 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), Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Select Group Exhibitions
2027 (upcoming) TBT dou exhibit w/ Bryan Fernandez, New Alliance CT State Gateway College Gallery, New Haven, CT
2026 (upcoming) TBT group exhibit, The Re Institute, Millerton, NY
2026 In the Weeds, 32 Edgewood Gallery, New Haven, CT
2026 Yale CCAM Studio Fellowship Exhibition, ISOVIST Gallery, New Haven, CT
2026 AfterDark, Wabi Gallery, 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
2023 Block and Bridges, 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 Reshaped and Refocused, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT (with Amira Brown & Greg Aime)
2021 Subversion, KIPP Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 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, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (curated by Kimbrielle Boult)
2020 Together in Isolation, Re Institute, Millerton, NY
Curatorial
2026 The Stories We Carry, Yale AFAM House Gallery, New Haven, CT
2026 Soft Landing, 63 Audubon, New Haven, CT
2024 Reflection, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, 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
Artist Talk/ Panel
2026 Soft Landing; in conversation with Inkpa Mani, Heather Gendron, Alexandria Robin & Sok Song, New Haven, CT
2024 Reflection Artist Talk; in conversation with Remy Sosa & Merik Goma, New Haven, CT
2023 FUSION Artist Talk; in conversation with Jeff Ostergren & Sain’t Phifer, New Haven, CT
2020 BIPOC Art Celebration, virtual
Press2026 “As Wábi Gallery Opens, Artists Weave Material, Memory & Migration...”
New Haven Arts Paper (Apr 22, 2026)
2026 “On Park Street, Nine Artists Share Their Stories”
New Haven Arts Paper (Apr 16, 2026)
2026 “New Downtown Gallery Opens”
Midbrow (Apr 13, 2026)
2026 ”In ‘Soft Landing,’ contemporary artists engage with textile history”
Yale Daily News (Apr 8, 2026)
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)
2023 “Artists Build Worlds At CAW Show”
New Haven Arts Paper (Oct 4, 2023)[online]
2023 “Blocks And Bridges” Binds Past, Present, & Future”
New Haven Arts Paper (Oct 4, 2023)[online]
2023 “Photography & Pharmaceuticals In Wábi Gallery’s "FUSION"”
New Haven Arts Paper (Sep 14, 2023) [online]
2023 “Nyberg: Blake Hotel brings two-part exhibition to New Haven”
WTNH NEWS8(Jun 16, 2023) [online]
2023 “Omola Studio Brings Art To The Blake“
New Haven Independent (Jul 27, 2023)
2023 “Exhibition Reshaping New Haven’s Art Scene”
NHTV NEWS 8 (Jun 8, 2023) [online]
2023 “Artists Get Personal In Newhallville Show”
New Haven Independent (Apr 23, 2023) [online]
2022 “Mining Themes From Parable Of The Sower, Artists (Re)focus On The Future”
` New Haven Independent (Jun 28, 2022) [online]
2022 “At CAW, Artists Commune With Octavia Butler”
New Haven Arts Paper (Jun 28, 2022) [online]