Stella Fakiyesi
Stella Fakiyesi (born c. 1971) is a Nigerian creative photographer, cinematographer and painter. Fakiyesi's works in photography and visual art have been featured in many international exhibitions.
Also recorded as Stella O McCollum · Stella Fakiyesi McCollum
Stella Fakiyesi
- Name
- Stella Fakiyesi
- Born
- c. 1971
- Birthplace
- Nigeria
- Education
- OCAD University
- Occupation
- Artist, photographer
- Known for
- Photography
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Stella Fakiyesi (born c. 1971) is a Nigerian creative photographer, cinematographer and painter. Fakiyesi's works in photography and visual art have been featured in many international exhibitions.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Stella Fakiyesi. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q28860694 · wikipedia · Stella Fakiyesi
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Stella Fakiyesi • Birth Name — Stella Fakiyesi • Born — c. 1971 • Birthplace — Nigeria • Education — OCAD University • Occupation — Artist, photographer • Organization — SOF Art House • Known for — Photography • Website — stellafakiyesi.com
Biography
Biography
Fakiyesi was born in Nigeria. She studied photography at Ontario College of Art & Design University from 1993 to 1997. After her graduation in 1997, Fakiyesi started working on her solo career practice in Toronto, Canada. She founded and operated the SOF Art House, a gallery and co-work space for photographers in Toronto from 1999 to 2005.
Selected exhibitions
Selected exhibitions
• 2019 Reflections of Love | Harbourfront Centre • 2018 - 2019 Everything Remains | Art Gallery of Sudbury • 2018 Everything Remains | Raw McMichael Gallery. • 2016 Position As Desired | Exploring African Canadian Identity Art Gallery of Windsor. • 2012 Position As Desired | Canadian Museum of Immigration Halifax, Nova Scotia. • 2010 - 2011 Position As Desired | Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Toronto, Canada. • 2005 Amiala | Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Canada. • 1998- 2000 History of African Photography from 1840 to Present group show | Paris, São Paulo, Mexico City, Washington, D.C., Cape Town, South Africa. • 1999 Portrait Afrika group show | Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin.
Identity
Identity
Stella Fakiyesi is recorded with the occupation cinematographer. Recorded as photographer and cinematographer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1971
Stella Fakiyesi was born in 1971.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Toronto and Hampstead
Residences
Nigeria.
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q28860694: Stella Fakiyesi
General reference · Wikidata
reference work
- “Stella Fakiyesi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Position As Desired/Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. Nigerian Voice.
- 2.Opinion Five great exhibitions to check out at the Contact Photography Festival. thestar.com. 2018-04-25.
- 3.Whitesands School. www.whitesands.org.ng.
- 4.Revue Noire 97 Publication. celafi25-portf2.
- 5.Kleinburg : la demeure spirituelle du Groupe des Sept. l-express.ca. 2018-08-24.
- 6.Stella Fakiyesi. NSHHA.
- 7.Harbourfront Centre - Events. www.harbourfrontcentre.com.
- 8..Everything Remains Raw – Art Gallery Of Sudbury. artgalleryofsudbury.myshopify.com.
- 9.Everything Remains Raw. Wall Street International. 2017-11-17.
- 10.…Everything Remains Raw: Photographing Toronto's Hip Hop Culture from Analogue to Digital. Canadian Art.
- 11.Art Gallery of Windsor. agw.ca.
- 12.Projects, Wedge Curatorial. Position as Desired: Exploring African Canadian Identity: Photographs from the Wedge Collection. 2011-02-28. 978-0-9783370-1-8.
- 13.ᐅ Stella Fakiyesi. www.artnews.de.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
authority record
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Photography
11,392 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Stefano MissioPhotographer
- Stefen ChowPhotographer
- Steff GruberPhotographer
- Stella F. SimonPhotographer
- Stella JohnsonPhotographer
- Stella SneadPhotographer
- Stella SteynPhotographer
- Stephan BalkenholPhotographer
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Stella Fakiyesi?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.