{"id":7424,"date":"2018-04-06T17:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T21:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=7424"},"modified":"2018-04-06T17:45:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-06T21:45:36","slug":"kambui-olujimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/kambui-olujimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Kambui Olujimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_219\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-7424-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/KambuiOlujimi.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/KambuiOlujimi.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/KambuiOlujimi.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7470 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=696%2C696&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=1068%2C1068&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?resize=420%2C420&amp;ssl=1 420w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_7402.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kambuiolujimi.com\/\">Kambui Olujimi<\/a> was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn and received his MFA from Columbia University in New York City.\u00a0Olujimi\u2019s work challenges established modes of thinking that commonly function as &#8220;inevitabilities.&#8221; This pursuit takes shape through interdisciplinary bodies of work spanning sculpture, installation, photography, writing, video and performance.\u00a0His solo exhibitions include;\u00a0<em>A Life in Pictures,\u00a0<\/em>at MIT List Visual Arts Center,\u00a0<em>Solastalgia<\/em>, at Cue Arts Foundation, and\u00a0<em>Wayward North<\/em>\u00a0at Art in General. His works have premiered nationally at The Sundance Film Festival, Studio Museum in Harlem, Museum of Modern Art,\u00a0Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, and Mass MoCA. Internationally his work has been featured at The Jim Thompson Art Center in Bangkok;\u00a0\u00a0Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid; Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland and Para Site in Hong Kong among others. Olujimi has been awarded residencies from Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,\u00a0Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Civitella\u00a0Ranieri. He has received grants and commissions from numerous institutions including A Blade of Grass, The Jerome Foundation, and MTA Arts &amp; Design for the City of New York.\u00a0\u00a0Newspapers\u00a0and journals such as The New Yorker, Art Forum, Art in America, Brooklyn Rail, The New York Times and Modern Painters have written about Olujimi\u2019s artwork.\u00a0Monographs on his past project include\u00a0<em>Walk the Plank<\/em>\u00a0(2006),\u00a0<em>Winter in America<\/em>\u00a0(in collaboration with Hank Willis Thomas, 2006),\u00a0<em>The Lost Rivers Index<\/em>\u00a0(2007),<em>Wayward North<\/em>\u00a0(2012), and\u00a0<em>Zulu Time\u00a0<\/em>(2017).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7471\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7471 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/03_K-Olujimi.jpg?w=827&amp;ssl=1 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mercy Doesn\u2019t Grow On Trees, 2016 Wood, glass, hair, gold leaf, ratchet straps 150 x 48 x 30 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7472\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7472 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=640%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=696%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?resize=280%2C420&amp;ssl=1 280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/05_K-Olujimi.jpg?w=827&amp;ssl=1 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I Knew You Before You Was Born, 2016 Wood, brass, glass walking canes, foot stool, faux pearls 163 x 84 x 16 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/KambuiOlujimi.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listKambui Olujimi was born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn and received his MFA from Columbia University in New York City.\u00a0Olujimi\u2019s work challenges established modes of thinking that commonly function as &#8220;inevitabilities.&#8221; 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