Jeremiah Ojo

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Twitter: @jolayinkaojo

Jeremiah Olayinka Ojo is an artist, cultural entrepreneur and community advocate with a passion for empowering and connecting African diasporic communities through visual arts, culture, and creative education As the Founder of Creative Milieu, LLC, a creative professional development enterprise, Jeremiah sources, trains and connects creatives through an integrated online-learning and staffing agency for the Creative Economy. Driven by his passion for African diaspora visual literacy, Jeremiah also founded Ilèkùn Wa (Our Doors), an art business advisory firm, facilitating & cultivating opportunities for visual artists of African descent to create, sustain and thrive. Over the last decade, Jeremiah has become a sought after arts and culture management consultant, working internationally in artist professional development, gallery management, and art fair operations. His collaborative work with Black emerging contemporary artists, art institutions, corporations, and collectors has carved a pathway of cultural connectivity throughout the African Diaspora. Jeremiah holds a Bachelors in Public Policy- Nonprofit Management from the Andrew Young School of Policy at Georgia State University and a Masters in Art Business from both Sotheby's Institute of Art & Claremont Graduate University. In 2018 was the inaugural Graduate Research Fellow at the National Council of Arts & Culture in Nigeria, Jeremiah has served on the board of numerous arts organizations including CHOP Art, The Circuit: Black Arts, Prizm Art Fair, AIR Serenbe and currently, he serves on the advisory board of Black Art Futures Fund.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?: Happily married with children and actively engaged in developing my social impact businesses

Which living person do you most admire?: My Mother, Elizabeth Olayemi Ojo

What is your greatest extravagance?: I honor and respect luxurious Cheeses.

What is your current state of mind?: Engaged

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?: "Ferociously curious"

Which talent would you most like to have?: To dance exceptionally well.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?: Building two social impact business, Ilekun Wa & Creative Milieu

If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?: A pre-colonial Nigeria Yoruba tribal Cheif

Where would you most like to live?: The Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY

What is your most treasured possession?: My Bible

What is your favorite occupation?: Educator

What is your most marked characteristic?: Physical: my height or Personality: my wit

What do you most value in your friends?: Empathy

Who are your favorite writers?: Yrsa Daly-Ward, Walter Dean Myers & Fred Moten

Which historical figure do you most identify with?: Clarence Avant

Who are your heroes in real life?: My Parents, Cornell West, Tristian Walker & resource-poor school teachers

What is it that you most dislike?: People who are unkind

What is your motto?: Meet the expectations, of your expectations.