About Me
Ifetayo is a multimedia artist, who has worked in drawing, painting, collage, and more. They are currently based in Toronto to pursue an education in Life Studies, which is an art and science based department at OCAD University.
In 2020 they were commissioned by BLM Toronto for the Abolish the Police poster series as well as BLM Global for their Black Women are Divine poster series in reclamation, of Breanna Taylor. They are the graphic designer for Vancouver-based podcast called BlackChat Vancouver.
In the summer of 2019, they guest-spoke at the Vancouver Art Gallery's Summer Gala about their experience in the gallery's Teen Art Group. In 2018, they interned at the Vancouver Art Gallery as the Public Programs intern. They also premiered their first film at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, titled Steve Niven.
Photo by Kirsten Sawyer
Contact Me
Email - ifealabi@gmail.com
Instagram - @goldzzzie.artchive
Education
2019 - Current
Ontario College of Art and Design University - Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cross Displinary: Life Studies, with a minor in Photography
2015 - 2018
Teen Art Group (Facilitated by the Vancouver Art Gallery and Emily Carr University of Art and Design
2015
Summer Institute for Teens (Facilitated by Emily Carr University of Art and Design) - Drawing Program
Panels
Group Exhibitions
2022
GradEx 107, OCAD University, WHAT WAS LOST AT SEA, collage installation, OCAD University
March 2022
Gallery 1313, OCAD U Promixities, WHAT WAS LOST AT SEA, collage installation
2021
Blockorama 23', gif, Blockorama Toronto
2021
That's So Gay: Eleventeen Exhibition, Time & Memory (Memory & Archive), digital collage
2020
Black Women are Divine Poster Series, digital multimedia collage, Black Lives Matter Global
2020
Defund the Police Poster Series, digital multimedia collage, Black Lives Matter Toronto's Instagram and Facebook
2019
See for Yourself Art Show (as part of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival), Bean Around the World Coffees (Hastings and Cambie, Vancouver, BC
2018
Steve Niven (as part of the Troublemakers 3.0 series), Reel Youth & Love Intersections, VIFF Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, BC
2018
Think Tank for Youth (based on Takashi Murakami’s 100 Arhats, from The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Exhibition), Vancouver Art Gallery in Mr. & Mrs. John S. Davidson and Family Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2017
Think Tank For Youth (based on Vancouver Special Exhibition), Vancouver Art Gallery in Mr. & Mrs. John S. Davidson and Family Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016
Emily Carr Summer Institute for Teens Final Exhibition, Emily Carr University of Art and Design Main Hall in South Building, Vancouver, BC
Work Experience
2019 - 2021
BlackChat the Podcast - Freelance Graphic Designer
- designs podcast iconography
-designs publicity material
July 2018 - August 2018
Vancouver Art Gallery - Public Programming Intern
- Prepared background information for The Curator’s View: Ian Thom Selects Exhibition
- Organized and categorized the book collection
- Supported staff by performing admin tasks to offer patron perspective on proposed programming
Vancouver Art Gallery Summer Gala (2019)
In the summer 2019, Ife was invited to guest-speak at the Vancouver Art Gallery's annual Summer Gala. They spoke on behalf of the Teen Art Group that is facilitated by Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the Vancouver Art Gallery. They were apart of this program for three years and returned as an alum to guest-speak alongside one of Teen Art Group's current members.
BlackChat the Podcast
As of late 2019, Ifetayo has been the graphic designer for the Vancouver based podcast called BlackChat the Podcast. BlackChat is centred around Black healing and joy, and began as family styled gatherings, which turned into planned events and now have led them to this podcast. The podcast discusses many a different topic. The focus is mainly around Black Canadian identity, but that doesn't limit the conversation from political issues that face the community, intersectionality, etc.
The podcast can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, and Anchor! They also have their own website with the same name.
Instagram - @blackchatvancouver
Facebook - BlackChat the Podcast
Spotify - BlackChat the Podcast