On the occasion of the opening of BookBau Festival, Friday 31st, 6pm

we cordially invite you to the next Literatursalon on the central stage.

Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju is a Nigerian-American artist and author based in Berlin. She graduated with distinction from New York University, where she studied studio art and social and cultural analysis. She is also an alumna of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Through painting, writing, performance and installation, she balances intimate experiences of connection, violence, and healing against broader observations on cultural distortion and identity. She has done extensive curatorial and editorial work with SAVVY Contemporary and Archive Books, among others. Earnestly (2022, Archive Books) is her debut collection of writing. She is currently a participant of the BPA// Berlin Program for Artists. Her first institutional solo exhibition BloodLetter is on view at Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover until March 2nd, 2025.