Goje hangs at the heart of civic leadership - Charlotte Mayor’s office.
Dimeji’s painting is now prominently featured in the Charlotte’s new Mayor’s office, selected to hang in Mayor Harrington’s direct line of sight.
Influenced by Henry Ossawa Tanner’s Banjo Lesson, Goje is an intimate portrait of a father and son learning to play the Goje, an ancient West African stringed instrument regarded by some as one of the banjo’s earliest ancestors. The painting is a meditation on parental love, cultural inheritance, and the act of passing knowledge from one generation to the next. Thanks to our partners ArtPop and the City of Charlotte for making art accessible.
Learn more about Goje here. (Purchase the original here)
Originally posted on August 5, 2026
Dimeji has been selected as part of ArtPop 2026 cohort
Dimeji has been selected by ArtPop as one of the 24 talented local artists juried into their 2026 Artist Cohort! Throughout this year, artworks by the artists will be showcased on billboards and digital displays throughout the Charlotte region, in Time Square, the Netherlands and beyond. This billboard advertising campaign is made possible through in-kind donations by ArtPop’s media partners, and is valued at over $8.5 million. Be on the lookout - billboard installations will begin soon and continue throughout the year!
Find out about ArtPop and Dimeji’s participation
Originally posted on April 28, 2026
Common Boundaries: Reflecting on Identity, Connection & Belonging
Runs from August 21 to October 24 2024
Dimeji has been invited for a solo art exhibition titled Common Boundaries at the Arthur Butcher Gallery at Concord University in West Virginia. This captivating exhibition both celebrates Dimeji’s artistic journey as an alum but also delves deeper into the complexities of identity, belonging and human connection. Common Boundaries will challenge viewers to confront their own perceptions of home and identity, questioning the barriers that seperate and the bonds that unite. In a world marked by division, it will remind us of the human desire for connection. The dates are being finalized but the show will run
Originally posted on July 10, 2024
Originally posted on December 14, 2021
Open Air. An artist conversation with Carla Lopez and Dimeji Onafuwa
Open Air is a monthly series of virtual studio visits and intimate conversations with Black contemporary artists across the United States. Join the conversation with curator Dexter Wimberly as he interviews painters Carla Aaron-Lopez and Dimeji Onafuwa, both featured artists in the Gantt's current exhibition Visual Vanguard: An Exhibition of Black Carolina Artists. We will discuss how their style reflects their artistic journeys, how themes of Blackness are expressed in their work, and more.
Originally published in the Charlotte Post on October 8, 2020
Collaborative art exhibit taps into ‘The Soul of Brooklyn.’
The show runs Oct. 9-Dec. 31 at 229 S. Brevard St. in the heart of what was once a thriving Black neighborhood in Uptown known as Brooklyn. The location, which includes the historic Grace AME Zion Church as well as two other buildings, is now known as the Intersection by the Brooklyn Collective, an advocacy group striving to promote inclusivity and upward mobility.
They collaborated with Uptown-based SOZO Gallery to produce the show, which is curated by Jordan Robinson and SOZO Gallery owner Hannah Blanton. Featured artists include Beverly Smith, Percy King and Dimeji Onafuwa. Music will be provided for the Oct. 9 opening by Blumenthal Performing Arts, and registration is required in order to adhere to physical distance.