olaiya olayemi is a blk/trans/femme/womxn who creates sonic/performative/cinematic/literary works of art that center womxn of the african diaspora. she has performed at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, The Langston Hughes House, Dixon Place, JACK, AAA3A, Starr Bar, and May Day Space. she is a 2019-2020 Queer Art Mentorship Performance Fellow and a Fall 2020 Brooklyn Arts Exchange Space Grantee. she holds a b.a. in english/creative with a minor in black/diaspora studies from depaul university and an m.f.a. in creative writing from emerson college where she was a recipient of the Dean’s Fellowship. she currently lives in queens, new york.