about
Raised in Nigeria and now rooted in Seattle, Nifemi Madarikan is a multidisciplinary visual artist working in photography and film. His practice explores how vulnerability, self-compassion, and intimacy bind our lives together. Nifemi centers the human figure to trace the experiences, relationships, and transitions that shape us.
Exhibited across Seattle and supported by institutions including the Museum of Pop Culture, 4Culture, and NFFTY, Nifemi's work offers a space for pause, for bearing witness to both personal and shared experiences of presence and resilience. Through image-making, he invites viewers into a deeper relationship with themselves and with one another.
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2026 Seattle CityArtist Grant, Seattle, WA
2025 Guest Room: Joshua Chuang & Barney Kulok, Der Greif, Berlin, Germany
2025 At the Garden, Arrived Collective x TASWIRA Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Sunbleached Group Show, The Fishbowl, Seattle, WA
2023 Embracing the Storm Group Show, The Fishbowl, Seattle, WA
2023 4Culture Arts Project: Individuals Grant
2021 Experimental Forest Films New Works Grant
2020 NFFTY Story Starts Here Screenwriting Competition Winner
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2025 ‘Headless into Night’, MoPop Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival
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
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