Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Njideka Akunyili Crosby // (listen) (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1983) nyɛla Nigeria bilichini lihigu nucheeni baŋda ŋun tumdi Los Angeles, California.[1] O nucheeni tuma ŋɔ ni, Akunyili Crosby "nyɛla ŋun daa piligi "cultural terrain" zaŋ n-ti America mini bɛ ni daa dɔɣi tiŋgbani shɛli ni Nigeria.[2] Yuuni 2017, Akunyili Crosby nyɛla ŋun daa deei Genius Grant pini John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation nima sani.[3]

Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim

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Njideka Akunyili nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1983 ka nyɛ ŋun zoogi Enugu, Nigeria.[4][5] O nyɛla Igbo amaa ka leei zoogi Igbo mini Silimiinsili bala yɛlibu shee.[6] O nyɛla ŋun pahi o ba bihi ayobu ni, Akunyili Crosby's ba, Chike Akunyili daa nyɛla "surgeon" ka o ma, Dora Akunyili daa nyɛ baŋda zaŋ n-ti pharmacology n-ti University of Nigeria,[7] ka lahi nyɛ darata kuro zaŋ n-ti National Agency for Food and Drug Administration.[8] Akunyili Crosby nyɛla ŋun daa labi Lagos saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pinaata ni o ti chaŋ secondary school Queen's College (QC) Yaba, Lagos. O ma nyɛla ŋun daa di U.S. green card lottery zaŋ n-ti daŋ ŋɔ ka dizuɣu daa che ka Akunyili Crosby mini o mabihi daa labi United States n-daa ti nya liɣiri sɔŋsim bɔhim ni.[7]

Yuuni 1999,[9] saha shɛli o ni daa nyɛ yuun pinaayobu, o daa yi Nigeria ni o tizopaɣa Ijeoma n-daa chaŋ United States. O daa ku saha pam bɔhim o SAT's ka daa sabiri Americanima taarihi, tabibi n-ti laasaba malibu pɔi ka daa labi Nigeria ni o ti tum n-ti Gɔmnanti yuun yini. Din daa niŋ ka o naai gɔmnanti tum n-ti ŋɔ nyaaŋa o daa labi United States ni o ti m-bo baŋsim Philadelphia. O daa tuui niŋ o tuuli "oil painting class" shikuru yuli booni Community College of Philadelphia ni ka o karimba Jeff Reed daa kpaŋsi o ni o bɔmi soya chaŋ Swarthmore College.[10] O daa naai Swarthmore College yuuni 2004, ni ka o daa bɔhim "art and biology" ka daa nyɛ Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow.[11] [12]

Din daa niŋ ka o daa naai Swarthmore yuuni 2004 nyaaŋa, o daa bɔhim Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Ni ka o daa nya post-baccalaureate certificate yuuni 2006.[4] Di nyaaŋa o daa chaŋ Yale University School of Art n-daa ti deei Master of Fine Arts degree.[13][14][15]

Notable works in public collections

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Awards and recognition

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Books and exhibition catalogues

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  • 2019 Berry, Ian, and Steven Matijcio, Njideka Akunyili Crosby: Predecessors, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College and Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2019.
  • 2016 Brutvan, Cheryl, Njideka Akunyili Crosby: I Refuse to be Invisible, West Palm Beach: Norton Museum of Art, 2016.
  • 2015 Cornell, Lauren, and Helga Christoffersen, ed. Surround Audience: New Museum Triennial 2015. New York: Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc., 2015.
  • 2013 Baptist, Stephanie, ed. Njideka Akunyili & Simone Leigh: I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise. London: Tiwani Contemporary, 2013.
  • 2013 Merjian, Ara H. Vitamin D2, London: Phaidon, 2013.
  • 2013 The Bronx Museum of Arts, Bronx Calling: The Second AIM Biennial. New York: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2013.

Kundivihira

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  1. Solway, Diane (15 August 2017). Nigerian Painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby Tells an Afropolitan Story in America (en).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Njideka Akunyili Crosby Is the 2014 Winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize. The Smithsonian. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  3. MacArthur 'Genius' Paints Nigerian Childhood Alongside Her American Present. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Njideka Akunyili Crosby CV. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  5. Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 28. ISBN 978-0714878775.
  6. Crow, Kelly (September 21, 2018). Art World's Newest Star Makes $3 Million Paintings. Is the Crash Next?.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Nigerian Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby Is Painting the Afropolitan Story in America (15 August 2017). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  8. Akunyili, Dora | Encyclopedia.com.
  9. Njideka Akunyili Crosby on painting cultural collision &m… (en-US).
  10. (2016) "Njideka Akunyili Crosby". BOMB (137): 44–54. ISSN 0743-3204.
  11. Swarthmore MMUF Fellow Njideka Akunyili Crosby Named MacArthur Fellow. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (22 October 2017). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  12. Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  13. Charis, Olivia (22 September 2022). "Yale Art alum showcased at Yale Center of British Art in museum first" (en). Yale Daily News. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2022/09/21/yale-art-alum-showcased-at-yale-center-of-british-art-in-museum-first/.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby '04 Named a Woman of the Year (21 December 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  15. The Complicated Beauty of Njideka Akunyili Crosby (4 May 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  16. The Rest of Her Remains.
  17. 17.0 17.1 Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
  18. I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (28 December 2014).
  19. Janded. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  20. Nwantinti. Studio Museum in Harlem (21 November 2018).
  21. Wedding Portrait. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
  22. "The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born" Might Not Hold True For Much Longer. Duke University.
  23. Predecessors.
  24. Thelma Golden. Smithsonian Institution.
  25. Sunday Morning. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
  26. "The Beautyful Ones" Series #5. Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
  27. Facets: Screen Wall. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
  28. Garden, Thriving. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
  29. Mother and Child. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  30. Portals. Whitney Museum.
  31. See Through. Pérez Art Museum Miami.
  32. Contemporary. Norton Museum of Art.
  33. Wedding Souvenirs. Smithsonian Institution.
  34. Dwell: Aso Ebi. Baltimore Museum of Art.
  35. "The Beautyful Ones" Series #7. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
  36. Remain, Thriving.
  37. Eko Skyscraper. National Gallery of Art.
  38. 38.0 38.1 38.2 Heawood, Sophie (3 October 2016). "The Nigerian artist who is exploding the myth of the authentic African experience". https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/03/nigerian-artist-myth-authentic-african-experience-njideka-akunyili-crosby-harlem-studio-museum. İstifadə tarixi: 13 February 2018.
  39. Njideka Akunyili Crosby (15 September 2016).
  40. Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  41. Who are the FT's Women of 2016? (7 December 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  42. Alumni Awards (23 September 2019).
  43. MacArthur Foundation (en).
  44. Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
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