Anisa Olufemi M. (she/they) is a curator and writer dedicated to amplifying the work of underrepresented emerging artists—within and without arts institutions.

Pulling at common threads between mother lands and chocolate cities, Anisa’s contributions as a cultural worker seek to illuminate, amend, and reimagine Black life pre- and post-emancipation. Their independent curatorial projects are often underpinned by critical fabulation that ponders such mother lands, and the possibilities of what they theorize as The Black Pastoral.

Looking to the South and the Caribbean, Anisa’s research is seeded by ancestral and contemporary Black cultural productions—in particular, those that center pleasure, caretaking, and faith. They are a co-recipient of Washington Project for the Arts' Wherewithal Research Grant (2023) and 3Arts' Ignite Fund (2022) for the development of The Gospel Truth: Sonic Architectures of Chicago House and Go-Go Music.

To date, Anisa has mounted exhibitions in galleries, museums, and alternative art spaces in Washington, DC and Chicago, and presented research at various institutions including the Cincinnati Art Museum and the University of Oregon. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School Of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Anisa lives and works in Washington, D.C. They currently serve as the Director of Programs and Curator at Hamiltonian Artists.