Olaronke is an interdisciplinary artist who works primarily in collage, paper making, printmaking, book arts and animation. She is also a Set Decorator/Dresser for Film & TV and the Creator/Director of The Free Black Women’s Library, a social art project that features a collection of five thousand books written by Black women and Black non-binary folks, as well as free public programming, and a virtual Reading Club.

Her work prioritizes the liberation, safety and care of Black women (and Black people in general) and through it she expands and creates radical and loving narratives that explore the beauty and complications of Black life. She is guided by the principles of Black Feminist politics and African Diasporic Traditions, and possesses a deep love of nature, hand crafting and space making.

Olaronke has been honored to receive multiple notable artist fellowships and residencies from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Women’s Studio Workshop, BRIC Arts, Baldwin For The Arts, The Robert Blackburn Printmaking Shop, Culture Push and The Laundromat Project. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Hyperallergic, Teen Vogue, Oprah magazine and BUST magazine. A proud mom, union member, cultural worker, busy body, book fairy, plant fiend and dance machine, she lives and thrives in her favorite place on earth. Follow her work @thefreeblackwomenslibrary via Instagram and/or visit her Reading Room, her literary hub and creative community space located in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn.