Biography
Asiko‑Oluwa Aderin is a Nigerian American artist and second‑year MFA candidate at Norfolk State University, specializing in Relief Printmaking. Her practice investigates Black identity, cultural memory, and resistance through historically grounded narratives inspired by music. Growing up between cultures has formed the foundation of Aderin’s artistic inquiry. Raised geographically outside of both Nigeria and historically Black cultural centers in the United States, she uses music as a connective space to navigate her Nigerian heritage and African American identity, examining the tensions of her hyphenated identity.
Aderin’s work has been exhibited at the Chrysler Museum of Art’s Infinite Editions: Printmaking for Connection and Exchange and at Virginia MOCA’s Where We Meet.
In addition to her studio practice, Aderin teaches workshops and works in international student services, bringing a research‑driven, interdisciplinary, and community‑oriented perspective to her artistic, academic, and professional pursuits.