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 bead 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.  

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 the year 2024, He was invited to demonstrate the Yoruba traditional wood carving at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art (VMFA). and in the year 2016， he was invited to give lectures on African art and culture at the University of Campinas in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  

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 unique voice as a contemporary African artist.

“My background is rooted in recycled art, where I transformed discarded materials from my environment into treasured creations. I used to pick cookie bags, bottle covers, and junk some years ago and cut them into pieces to create artwork. After exploring recycled art I began to experiment with tree bark from a log of wood. This journey led me to discover bead mosaic as a medium to tell my stories on how you can start from nothing to something meaningful. I see my works as a power of imagination that encourages viewers to tap into their true selves, transcending existing boundaries.” - Sunday Olaniyi.