olaiya olayemi

is a blk/trans/femme/womxn/artist/educator/and activist who centers womxn of the african diaspora in her performative/literary/cinematic/and sonic works of art that explore love/sex/relationships/family/history/memory and radical joy/pleasure. her work is informed by blk/queer/feminist theories/aesthetics/and politics and african indigenous and diasporic spiritual traditions. she has performed at brooklyn arts exchange, JACK, AAA3A, metaden, the wild project, the langston hughes house, starr bar, mayday space, and dixon place. she holds a bachelor of arts in english/creative writing (with a minor in african/black diaspora studies) from depaul university and a master of fine arts in creative writing from emerson college where she was a recipient of the dean’s fellowship. she is a 2019-2020 performance fellow in queer art’s mentorship program. she is also a fall 2020 brooklyn arts exchange space grantee. her experimental screenplay was recently advanced to second round consideration for the sundance screenwriter’s lab. she currently lives in queens.