Masud Olufani is an Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist, curator and educator.  born in Los Angeles, California and raised in multiple cities including New York, Miami, New Orleans, Dallas, and Atlanta. He has taught at Morehouse College, Spelman College, Emory University, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia State University, and the United States Federal Prison in Atlanta, Georgia. The artist has exhibited his work nationally and internationally. He was a featured artist in the 2024 Dakar Biennale in Senegal. The artist is a 2025 Yaddo Artist in Residence, a 2025-26’ studio fellow at NXTHVN and he will be an artist in residence at Black Rock Senegal in 2026.  He has also completed residencies at The Vermont Studio Center; The Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences; the Galloway School, Midtown Heart of the Arts, and Tallier Portobello Norte in Panama. He is a 2018 Southern Arts Prize State Fellow; and a recipient of a 2015-16’ MOCA GA Working Artist Project Grant. The artist enjoys traveling, exercise, reading and long meandering conversations.