A grandchild of twin migrations fleeing the effects of US imperialism in the American South and Puerto Rico, experimental sound artist and activist, olula negre (they/them), is a cellist, improviser, composer, and visual artist whose work is rooted in their Black American and Latine heritage, queerness and their interests in speculative fiction/storytelling, folk music, labor movements, and cosmic workings.
olula is a co-curator of AfriClassical Futures, a quarterly music and conversation series at Elastic Arts in Chicago that features Black diasporic musicians working in, around, or influenced by classical traditions.
olula is one half of ¡Bananaquit! an electro-acoustic duo with bassist Torstein Johansen
Bio as of 2024
