Toledo, Ohio’s Yusuf Lateef is a visual artist working collaboratively to create positive and vibrant murals for neighborhoods in the midwest and abroad. As an artist, Lateef looks at everyday experiences as transformative while working to imagine the physicality of an “undefended space/life” through community engagement as art practice.
A co-founder of the Toledo Black Artist Coalition, Lateef is a visual artist and educator who’s worked with the Toledo School for the Arts, the UT’s School of Visual and Performing Arts, Radiant City Arts, and Youth Arts Alliance.
“Art making is actively witnessing the growth of an idea and finding ways to use what is in proximity to help it along. As I make objects, the question of where do these things belong come to mind. When I see an empty space, a hunger to want to occupy it with something comes over me. The empty corners come alive with potential. The bare wall takes on its aesthetic and finds a place in my art experience. The quiet light that bounces unhindered along the floor invites us in like an open door to a lit room. The artist is an ambassador of potential, consistently moving the “zero.””
For more information on Yusuf Lateef and his work, visit his Website and Instagram! Also, visit our Beyond the Pail Page to learn more about the Beyond the Pail exhibition and its artists!
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