Folasade Ologundudu
Folasade is a Brooklyn-born writer, curator, and podcast creator currently based in New York, whose practice seeks to uncover ideas related to the universal human condition. She has written art criticism, profiles, interviews, and essays for ArtForum, ARTnews, Cultured Magazine, Frieze, Photograph Magazine, among other publications. Ologundudu is also the founder of Light Work, a creative media platform rooted at the intersection of art, education, and culture. Through her podcast, Everything Is Connected, she holds conversations with artists, curators, and entrepreneurs deeply rooted in visual arts, and community building.
RECENT WORK
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CATALOUGES ESSAYS
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Alteronce Gumby | The Future Abstract, Jeffrey Deitch, Rizzoli
Meaning Matter Memory: Selections from the Studio Museum in Harlem Collection
Derrick Adams | Fresh Paint: The Flag Art Foundation & The Parrish Museum
Basil Kincaid | The Rolling Fields to my House, Galleria Poggiali
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED WITH FOLASADE OLOGUNDUDU
PODCAST TESTIMONIALS
An excellent podcast! Sade is digging into the minds and practice of contemporary artists. A must listen if you are an artist or admirer of art.
I think the podcast is great, very well produced.
Sade is an amazing person and does a great job on this podcast. The way she guides the conversations with well thought out questions suited to each person she interviews is just astonishing.
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LATEST PRESS
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Vogue Magazine
CULTURED Magazine
Juror & Visiting Critic
Folasade brings a deeply informed, culturally grounded perspective to jury panels and critique settings. Her approach is thoughtful, rigorous, and attentive to the social, historical, and aesthetic contexts shaping contemporary artistic practice.
Folasade has participated as a juror and selection committee member for residencies and awards. Through her work as an arts and culture critic she provides insightful, research-informed feedback to emerging and mid-career artists. She evaluates artistic submissions through lenses of cultural history, craft, and conceptual rigor. Her work supports institutions in identifying innovative voices and culturally engaged practices, while facilitating critique sessions that encourage depth, clarity, and evolution in an artist’s work.
BOOKINGS
Speaking, Media, & Partnership Requests
Shot at WSA Podcast Studios
As a writer, curator, and cultural commentator, Folasade brings an articulate, historically grounded, and generous voice to stages around the world. Her talks invite audiences to consider art within larger narratives of identity, memory, and global culture.
Folasade moderates artist conversations at institutions and during art fairs. She has developed programming and panels focused on art, cultural criticism, and narrative storytelling.
If you are hosting conferences, exhibitions, cultural programming, or media features, Folasade will be happy to hear from you. For all speaking, media, and partnership requests please email: hello@lightworkco.com