MASUD OLUFANI

Masud Mahungbay Olufani is an Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, and The Savannah College of Art and Design where he earned an M.F.A. in sculpture in 2013.  Masud has exhibited his work in group and solo shows nationally and internationally. He is a featured artist in the 2024 Dakar Biennial in Senegal, West Africa. He is a 2023-24’ Midtown Alliance Artist in Residence in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the 2021-22’ inaugural Visual Arts Fellow at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. The artist has completed residencies at The Vermont Studio Center; The Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences; and Creative Currents in Portobello, Panama. He is a 2017 Southern Arts Prize State Fellow; a recipient of a 2015 and 2018 Idea Capital Grant; a Southwest Airlines Art and Social Engagement grant; and a  recipient of 2015-16’ MOCA GA Working Artist Project Grant.

As a writer, Masud has published articles for Burnaway; Baha'i Teachings; and is a featured contributor for the Jacob Lawrence Struggle Series catalog, produced to coincide with a major exhibition of the Struggle Series paintings.  His untitled memoir is currently in development.