Oluwakemi Oritsejafor

SOLA Market

Oluwakemi Oritsejafor is a Nigerian-Liberian-American, multi-hyphenate artist, professional, and entrepreneur. In 2022, Kemi founded SOLA Market, whose mission is to make art and a creative life more accessible, sustainable, and equitable by building a circular, second-hand marketplace for materials, tools, equipment, and all means of art production. Her work has crossed industries but especially her practice as a generational maker and self-taught artist. Oluwakemi is inspired by a digital inclusive future driven by generative community development and care-based commerce. Kemi has been a part of the teams of Andela, Hipcamp, Co–Star, and B Lab US & Canada working in capacities across business development, operations, strategy, and innovation.