“jack of all trades, mastering some.”
my name is Iyaniwura O.A. Olarewaju. I don’t shorten my name, because it means a lot to me.
by itself, “wura” means gold, and that’s always made a lot of sense.
golden girl, golden brain.
I from Cornell University in May 2020 with a degree in Biological Sciences, cum laude. though I didn’t study the arts past an Intro to Poetry class, it’s in my nature to make the simple complex, and vice versa. that is art to me.
I put together this portfolio because I wanted to bring all my facets together. professional or personal, it’s all purposeful.
this is my world.
iyaniwura the model in a dress designed and made by Cornelius Tulloch, who also shot and edited this image
iyaniwura the graduate, photographed by Faith Earley
iyaniwura the traveler at Nike Art Gallery in Lagos, Nigeria
iyaniwura the traveler in Ghana, somewhere between Accra and Cape Coast
iyaniwura the artist with her first print
iyaniwura the entrepreneur at the 2019 YED Summit
iyaniwura the wordsmith, right before a performance
iyaniwura the scholar at a research conference in Ithaca, NY