Meet the Artist

Wuliyah

Hankey

aka. WUWU, Afro-Caribbean Diaspora and Fine Arts Curating/Artistry

“The overt use of expression is a cornerstone of my current work. Thus allowing a varying audience to conjure emotions that the I am representing. Keen to disrupt today's standards, I aim to decentralise and deinstitutionalize the way the audience receives my art. Using the human senses of sight and scent, I am reclaiming art to be reflective of the human experience and the perspectives of the Caribbean diaspora through emotions portrayed within my work. Reflective of the spolia in which I live in and am, I as an upcoming Toronto artist, utilise mixed media techniques, sight and scent to create artwork with an emphasis on women of colour and their complex socio-cultural roles in society.

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Black excellence and inclusive thought play as the undertones to WUWU's world. A place where multidisciplinary art and curatorial visions represent the the balance of the surreal and natural forms with bright pallets and scents that entice emotion.
OCAD U - Faculty of Art
Drawing and Painting
Major Completed, 2026

Mixed Media Paintings Fine Arts Curation

2026, GradEX 111
Fourth Floor Student Hub OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2026, Music Moves Us
Worth Gallery, Toronto, ON
2026, Afrofuturism
Great Hall OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2026, What Does It Mean To Be Black, Open Door Exhibition
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2025, Worthy Circa 4x4
Worth Gallery, Toronto, ON
2025, Hurricane Melissa Fundraiser
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2025, DOOM MF DOOM Tribute
Worth Gallery, Toronto, ON
2025, Mythology Open Door Exhibition
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2025, Emancipation Art Exhibition
Worth Gallery, Toronto, ON
2025, Growth Exhibition
Houndstooth Bar, Toronto, ON
2025, Almeda Exhibition
McKinsey & Company, Toronto, ON
2025, Afrocurrences
Great Hall OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2024, Worthy Circa 4x4
Worth Gallery, Toronto, ON​
2023, Up to the Sky
Great Hall OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2023, Almeda Exhibition
Stikeman Elliott LLP, Toronto, ON
2022, Come as You Are
Ada Slaight Gallery OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2019, Integrated Arts Showcase
Innisdale Secondary School, Barrie, ON​
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