about me

Nifemi Madarikan (he/him) is a Seattle-based visual artist from Lagos, Nigeria who uses photography and film to explore how interpersonal relationships transform and challenge us. Nifemi cares about nurturing agency, resilience, and compassion in his communities.

Outside his artistic practice, Nifemi also solves creative problems as a Product Manager currently working at Microsoft.

contact

nifemimadarikanart@gmail.com

selections

2024 Sunbleached Group Show, The Fishbowl, Seattle, WA

2023 Embracing the Storm Group Show, The Fishbowl, Seattle, WA

screenings

2020 ‘Headless into Night’, National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY)

2020 ‘Headless into Night’, Seattle Black Film Festival

2020 ‘Headless into Night’, Northwest Film Forum Local Sightings Film Festival

awards and grants

2023 4Culture Arts Project: Individuals Grant

2021 Experimental Forest Films New Works Grant

2020 NFFTY Story Starts Here Screenwriting Competition Winner

press

LANGSTON’s Newly Rebranded Seattle Black Film Festival Moves Online to Celebrate Black Cinematic Brilliance

Couch-A-Thon Takes Seattle Film Festivals Online and Benefits Artists’ Relief Funds

Talent On Tap – Experimental Forest Films Initiates the New Works Grant

Local Sightings 2020 – FEM-POW!