Folayemi Wilson

Folayemi (Fo) Wilson (IL) uses constructed space and furniture forms to create experiences that reposition historical objects and/or aesthetics in a contemporary context and offer audiences new ways of interacting with history. She is a founding principal of BlkHaUS Studios, a Chicago-based, socially-focused design studio.

Wilson earned an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago. A grantee of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Propeller Fund, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, she was honored in 2015 as a 3Arts awardee.

Wilson has been awarded residencies and fellowships at ACRE, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Purchase College, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry program. Her design work is included in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.