Ebitenyefa Baralaye (he/him) is a ceramicist, sculptor, designer, and educator. His work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of objects, text, and symbols interpreted through a diasporic lens and abstracted around the aesthetics of craft and design. Baralaye’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, at Friedman Benda Gallery, New York; David Klein Gallery, Detroit; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles; the Museum of the African Diaspora, San Francisco; and the Korea Ceramic Foundation, Icheon. Baralaye has participated in residencies at the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, the Hambidge Center, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program. His work was featured in the Objects: USA 2020 exhibition and catalog. The recipient of a BFA in Ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art, he is currently an Assistant Professor at the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan.

Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Sarcophagus III, 2024, stoneware, slip, 46 x 17 x 17 inches