Sunday Olaniyi "Wildest Dream"

A multi-award-winning Sunday Olaniyi is a multimedia artist, designer and art instructor residing in Scranton Pennsylvania United States. Grew up in the ancient city of Oshogbo Nigeria, He has been exploring various techniques and media such as beads mosaic painting, African traditional wood carvings, Aluminum relief and textile designs, mastering both craftsmanship and creative expression in all his works. In his art, he investigates the relationship between space, color, and texture in realism forms as well as semi-abstracted human and animal forms. He studied Fine and Applied Arts at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Osun State Nigeria.
He won the 2023 Bead Arts grand prize Awards in the United States. In 2015, he participated in the “Life in My City Art Festival”. Olaniyi was awarded the Best Entry on his mixed media piece titled “Tough Time Never Last”. He also received the Visionary Excellent Award from the Interdependence Hexagon Project, Pennsylvania, USA.
Sunday Olaniyi has participated in several group and solo exhibitions. 2025 keynote Speaker and teaching artist on Forms and Symbolisms in Traditional Yoruba Sculptures at Norfolk State University Virginia USA. In year 2024 He was invited to demonstrate the Yoruba traditional wood carving at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art (VMFA). and in year 2016 he was invited to give lectures on African art and culture at the University Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
Sunday Olaniyi has been teaching and initiating several artistic workshops within communities, elementary, and high schools, across the globe. He collaborated with The Lyceum school for visual and performing arts. Pennsylvania, USA., Willow Creek Middle School’s art department in Rochester, Minnesota USA., James Clemens High School Madison, Alabama USA.The quality of his craft and the inheritance of his works are both meaningful and highly aesthetic.
He creates drama in the decorative giving his works both depth and beauty, as he expresses his own unique voice as a contemporary African artist.

Learn more about her artwork and exhibitions on our website.