Kokayi Walker

Kokayi Walker

Ideator|Artist|Designer

Kokayi Walker

Preeminent Improvisational Vocalist, Artist, Producer, GRAMMY-nominated musician, and multi-disciplinary fine artist is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow for Music Composition, Halcyon Arts Fellow, and Nicholson Arts Fellow, who can be heard on over 60 titles spanning: Jazz, Hip Hop, Rock, and R&B. KOKAYI serves as art and creative consultant for Grammy Nominated artist GoldLink, Guillermo Brown (James Corden Show) and theInterledger Foundation assisting in designing their FUTURE | Money arts-centered grants and projects around financial equity in the open payments and web 2/3 spaces.

Future|Money Open Studio

FUTURE|MONEY Was the first open grant opportunity for 2023. The goal was to seek artists of any discipline to reimagine outdated financial systems that currently exclude 1.7 billion people from accessing essential services to make and receive payments. Imagining the Future is often based on our own memories and imaginations of our surroundings. We asked the artists to dive into their imagination …

Future|Money Open Studio Day 2

FUTURE|MONEY Was the first open grant opportunity for 2023. The goal was to seek artists of any discipline to reimagine outdated financial systems that currently exclude 1.7 billion people from accessing essential services to make and receive payments. Imagining the Future is often based on our own memories and imaginations of our surroundings. We asked the artists to dive into their imagination …