folaṣade (they/she)

folaṣade (b. 1992) is a blackqueer neuro/quirky poet, curator, and organizer concerned with the immediate survival and ongoing liberation of people of the global majority. intuitively guided by her ancestors, folaṣade nurtures a reverence for indigeneity and the erotic within her slow moving body. they have self/published three poetry chapbooks, plus their most recent poetry zine titled the river is a memory (Moody, 2025). their first solo-curated exhibition as i lay changing opened in January 2026, adding to her growing body of co-curated exhibitions and film programs.

folaṣade has additionally published writing with Saint Paul Almanac, Blue Earth Review, The Kitchen, Hair+Nails and MN Women’s Press, and has additional essays, poems, and musings on her substack titled folaṣade’s journal. folaṣade is co-curator of Studio AGD and is the programming & zine curator for Queer Voices MN. she further stewards local and virtual mutual aid projects including an initiative called community tithes. folaṣade was born and raised on ohlone + muwekma lands, currently living on anishinaabe lands with her cat parsley.