About

Iyekudo is a visual artist known for evocative, meditative paintings that explore the interplay between light, pigment, and the natural world. Her practice is built on a foundation of fine art and art history in New York City, blended with professional experience in mural restoration and studies in meditation. Her work is held in international collections and has been recognized with honors such as the Pan Pastel Award. Iyekudo holds a BFA in Painting and Art History, a foundation furthered by advanced graduate research in perceptual psychology. Her interdisciplinary approach is shaped by these academic studies alongside professional assistantships and specialized coursework at the Brooklyn Museum, blending rigorous historical inquiry with contemporary studio practice.

Many of Iyekudo’s subjects are familiar and timeless. By embracing subjects like landscape and animals, the artist joins in the act of looking deeply into subjects that hold our attention across time. Each canvas is connection to special living spaces and things that come through the artist’s vision. The paintings are often a celebration of life, living things, and nature. Her series of duet paintings reflect these themes and play with the concept of the subject of collaboration. For example, the Duet with Snow series are paintings where the artist pours paint on canvases, and the canvases are left outside under falling snow. The snowfall on the canvas merges with the poured paint and become a collaboration between the artist and the storm. It also joins heaven and earth.

Many of Iyekudo’s paintings are developed with minimal compositions in a sketch or directly on the canvas. Palettes modulate between observed colors and internal observations throughout the process of painting. Over the years, the artist has been applying paint in increasingly loose and fluid layers. Movements of thought and observation lead to handling of the medium with lightness and animation. Pigments flow and form into subjects that maintain the movement of thought and material. In recent years, Iyekudo has been working with metallic and gold pigments and embraced their visually rich, translucent, and changeable qualities. They cannot be fixed into one single appearance. Recent paintings with metallic pigment shift and move in a way similar to the reality outside the canvas that is also animated and changing. The translucent qualities of the material allow the viewer to see the brushstrokes that form the final image, bringing reflection and layered depth to the viewing experience.