Kambui Olujimi nació y creció en Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Recibió su MFA de la Universidad de Columbia y asistió a la Escuela Skowhegan de Pintura y Escultura. Su obra desafía los modos de pensamiento establecidos que comúnmente funcionan como “inevitabilidades”. Al excavar el lenguaje y la estética de las convenciones sociales, históricas y culturales, las saca del mundo de lo implícito. Una vez que se les da gravedad, peso y forma, se vuelve posible revelar sus incongruencias y su naturaleza ilusoria. Esta búsqueda toma forma a través de cuerpos de trabajo interdisciplinarios que abarcan escultura, instalación, fotografía, escritura, video y performance. Sus obras se han estrenado a nivel nacional e internacional en el Festival de Cine de Sundance, el Museo de Arte Moderno, LACMA, la Bienal de Sharjah 15, la 14ª Bienal Dak’Art y el Kunstmuseum Basel, entre otros. Olujimi ha recibido becas, residencias y apoyos de la Mellon Foundation, la Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, MacDowell y Yaddo. Su trabajo ha aparecido en The New Yorker, The New York Times, Art in America, Vogue y CNN. La obra de Olujimi forma parte de las colecciones permanentes de numerosos museos y colecciones públicas, incluidos el Whitney Museum of American Art, el Brooklyn Museum, el Cleveland Museum of Art y el Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA. El verano pasado, Olujimi presentó su exposición individual North Star en el San Jose Museum of Art y Gregory R. Miller & co. publicó una monografía titulada North Star.
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Kambui Olujimi was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. He received his MFA from Columbia University and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. His work challenges established modes of thinking that
commonly function as “inevitabilities.” By excavating the language and aesthetics of social, historical, and cultural conventions, he brings them out of the world of the implicit. Once given gravity, weight, and shape it becomes possible to reveal their incongruities and their illusory nature. This pursuit takes shape through interdisciplinary bodies of work spanning sculpture, installation, photography,
writing, video and performance. His works have premiered nationally and internationally at Sundance Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, LACMA, Sharjah Biennial 15, the 14th Dak’Art Biennale, and Kunstmuseum Basel, among
others. Olujimi has been awarded grants, fellowships and residencies from Mellon Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, MacDowell, and Yaddo. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Art in America, Vogue and CNN. Olujimi’s work is in the permanent collections of
numerous museums and public collections including The Whitney Museum of American Art, Brooklyn Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA. This past summer Olujimi completed his
solo exhibition North Star at the San Jose Museum of Art and Gregory R. Miller &
co. published a hardcover monograph entitled North Star.
