Oreoluwa Akinyode

2025 selected works

the door/the portal to the self portrait of the vessel the shadow, image on fabric printed on 11x17 kozo paper, 2025.

before i knew my name/she called onto me, 24”x 36” baryta print, 2025.

a layered ancestral touch, 8.5” x 11” inkjet print on thick natural kozo paper, 2025.

gesture to enter, 2025.

gratitude passing through, 8”x10” palladium print, 2025.

a gift from the ocean comes in threes, 24” x 30” baryta print mounted onto
aluminum panel 2025.

her gift from god is resilient, 11x17 print on kozo paper, 2025.

my story begun before i was born, 20”x 20” baryta print mounted onto
aluminum panel, 2025.

where the river and ocean meet, 20”x 20” baryta print mounted onto
aluminum panel, 2025.

restraint/a test of faith, 20” x 20” baryta print mounted on aluminum panel, 2025.

her gift from god is resilient, 11”x17” print on kozo paper, self-portrait, 2025.

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Oreoluwa Akinyode is a griot telling stories through the language of sound, moving, and still images, conjuring tender prayers of urgency that ask one to recall one’s history. Inherited from the artisans who came before them in their ancestral and photographic lineage, Oreoluwa utilizes analog and digital processes to exalt indigenous African spiritual traditions and tell stories drenched in destiny, history, emotion, and passion.

Oreoluwa is a Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Intern, Baltimore Museum of Art Intern, 2025 Resisting Narratives of Erasure Film Fellow, 2024 Fresh Black Films Audience Award Filmmaker, and 2023 Gotham EDU Film And Media Career Development fellow.