Art for Survival is an ongoing personal project that lives and Speaks on the traumatic, visionary and love stories about a life of Black Transgender person, a refugee, a 2Spirit who was raised to see the world as a female but he is neither none. Art for survival talks about a journey of laughter, a journey of pain, journey of resilience, a journey of harmony and hope and what it means to live in a world that sees you unworthy of life. Adebayo is primarily an athlete and musician. He took art courses in high school in Uganda but has become more involved in the arts in Edmonton when he attended a workshop in printmaking that Michelle Lavoie was giving at the Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP) in 2016. For Adebayo, 

‘’...art is some kind of medicine I take to heal trauma and stress, both what I experienced in Uganda and what I’ve experienced here in Edmonton. (It’s also a means of) outreach to people who might be facing similar things or problems.’’ 

Adebayo is among the artists in the exhibition Re-Imaging Normal( AFA Travelling Exhibition Re-IMAGING NORMAL AT VISUAL ARTS ALBERTA-CARFAC Project)A compelling little whirl of a show considers changing conceptions of gender and sexual identity. 

He took part in the Resistance Art Project at SNAP where he was interviewed by Ashna Jacob about his art and resilience and activism in the Lgbtiq+ Community in relation to his art making. Adebayo was also panelists atOttawa School of Art (Downtown campus) on a Creative Queers panel/Mixer. He shared his experienceengaging the community through the arts, thoughts,challenges and insights. The topics range from research design to activism for LGBTIQ+ refugees- from

Art for survival birthed WAIT