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Okunola Jeyifous (he/him/his) is a Nigerian-American born in New York City and currently living in Chicago. He is a neurobiologist at DePaul University, and his photographic practice is informed by his training as a research scientist specializing in advanced cellular imaging modalities. He employs a minimalist lens to study the complexities and layered nuances of interactions between and amongst people, objects, and landscapes. 

Okunola has recently been experimenting with, and exploring the potential for, a visual aesthetic that fuses elements of his research focus and methodology with photographic study and digital collage approaches. This is the approach he employed in his most recent exhibition, S is for Soul Sister (hosted at the Arts Incubator in Chicago), in which cheek swabs from subjects were stained, imaged with a microscope, and processed with digital software to produce collages of the individuals along with their own cells. He plans to utilize and extend this framework to create new visual narratives.

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