Walé Oyéjidé
Visiting Artist
2019
Collaboration with Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA)
Walé Oyéjidé’s residency included a screening at the Harvard Art Museums and a conversation about his ongoing project After Migration with professor Teju Cole.
Walé Oyéjidé, Esq. is a fashion designer whose work featured prominently in the Marvel Studios’ blockbuster Black Panther. He is a writer, speaker, filmmaker, musician, and lawyer who combats bias with creative storytelling. As the founder of the brand Ikiré Jones, he employs fashion design as a vehicle to celebrate the perspectives of marginalized populations.
Photo: Marko Metzinger. Courtesy of Ikiré Jones.