Masud Olufani is an Atlanta based multidisciplinary artist. He is a graduate of Morehouse College, and The Savannah College of Art and Design where he earned an M.F.A. in sculpture in 2013. Masud has exhibited his work in group and solo shows nationally and internationally. He is the 2021-22’ inaugural Visual Arts Fellow at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. The artist has completed residencies at The Vermont Studio Center; The Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences; and Creative Currents in Portobello, Panama. He is a 2017 Southern Arts Prize State Fellow; a recipient of a 2015 and 2018 Idea Capital Grant; a Southwest Airlines Art and Social Engagement grant; and a recipient of 2015-16’ MOCA GA Working Artist Project Grant. He is the creative director of Blocked: A Global Healing Project, an multimedia performance created to memorialize spaces marked by the trauma of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
As a writer, Masud has published articles for Burnaway; Baha'i Teachings; and is a featured contributor for the Jacob Lawrence Struggle Series catalog, produced to coincide with a major exhibition of the Struggle Series paintings. His untitled memoir is currently in development.
https://www.masud-olufani.com/
| Award | Artist | Title |
| First Place | Koyu Shiau | The Shawshank Redemption |
| Second Place | Elisa Elliott | Nature is My Anchor |
| Sourced Content Winner | Koyu Shiau | Phantom of the Opera |
| Third Place | Aileen Liu | Shared Space |
| Librarian's Choice | Stephanie Lalmuanpuii | From Mayanmar to Atlanta |
| Viewer's Choice | Stephanie Lalmuanpuii | The Spring Revolution in Me |
Congratulations to the 2023 winners!
