Works
  • Standing Figure II
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Standing Figure II , 2025
  • Standing Figure III
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Standing Figure III , 2025
  • Standing Figure IV
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Standing Figure IV, 2025
  • Arum Vessel
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Arum Vessel, 2024
  • Imploded Vessel I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Imploded Vessel I, 2024
  • Moon Jar I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Moon Jar I, 2024
  • Sarcophagus I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Sarcophagus I, 2024
  • Sarcophagus II
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Sarcophagus II, 2024
  • Sarcophagus III
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Sarcophagus III, 2024
  • Sedimentary Urn
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Sedimentary Urn, 2024
  • Sloped Vessel I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Sloped Vessel I, 2024
  • Standing Figure I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Standing Figure I, 2024
  • Standing Urn I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Standing Urn I, 2024
  • Tall and slender ceramic vessel with wave pattern and glossy surface
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Dream Variations I, 2023
  • Invisible Man
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Invisible Man, 2022
  • Earth toned sculpture in the shape of a head with dark glazed coils and markings.
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Aishetu, 2022
  • Grace
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Grace, 2022
  • Earth toned low relief sculpture in the shape of a head with dark glazed coils and markings.
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Apreye, 2022
  • Black & Blue I
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Black & Blue I, 2022
  • Black & Blue II
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Black & Blue II, 2022
  • Black & Blue III
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Black & Blue III, 2022
  • Big Head
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Big Head, 2021
  • Portrait III
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Portrait III, 2021
  • Vessel IV
    Ebitenyefa Baralaye
    Vessel IV, 2020
Exhibitions
Biography
Ebitenyefa Baralaye is a ceramicist, sculptor, designer, and educator. His work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of objects, text, and symbols interpreted through a diaspora lens and abstracted around the aesthetics of craft and design. He received a BFA in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA in ceramics from the Cranbrook Academy of Art. 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), the International African American Museum and the Korea Ceramic Foundation (Icheon).
 
Baralaye has participated in residencies at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, the Hambidge Center, and the Elizabeth Foundation Studio Program. Baralaye’s work was featured in the "Objects: USA 2020" exhibition and catalog. He is currently an assistant professor in the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan. Baralaye resides and works in Detroit, MI. He is represented by David Klein Gallery.
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