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
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]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
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- The Rest of Her Remains (2010), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut[16]
- Efulefu: The Lost One (2011), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.[17]
- I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise (2012), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia[18]
- Janded (2012), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[19]
- Nkem (2012), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.[17]
- Nwantinti (2012), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York[20]
- Wedding Portrait (2012), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[21]
- "The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born” Might Not Hold True For Much Longer (2013), Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina[22]
- Predecessors (2013), Tate, London[23]
- Thelma Golden (2013), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.[24]
- Sunday Morning (Predecessors #3) (2014), Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town[25]
- "The Beautyful Ones" Series #5 (2016), Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York[26]
- Facets: Screen Wall (2016), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston[27]
- Garden, Thriving (2016), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles[28]
- Mother and Child (2016), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[29]
- Portals (2016), Whitney Museum, New York[30]
- See Through (2016), Pérez Art Museum Miami[31]
- Super Blue Omo (2016), Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida[32]
- Wedding Souvenirs (2016), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.[33]
- Dwell: Aso Ebi (2017), Baltimore Museum of Art[34]
- “The Beautyful Ones” Series #7 (2018), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston[35]
- Remain, Thriving (2018), Tate, London[36]
- Eko Skyscraper (2019), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[37]
Awards and recognition
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 2014, Smithsonian American Art Museum's James Dickey Contemporary Art Prize[2]
- 2015 Next Generation prize at the New Museum of Contemporary Art[38]
- 2015 The Studio Museum in Harlem's Wein Artist Prize.[39]
- 2015 Foreign Policy's Leading 100 Global Thinkers of 2015[40]
- 2015 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize at the Studio Museum in Harlem[38]
- 2016 Prix Canson[38]
- 2016 Financial Times Women of the Year award[41]
- 2016 Shortlisted for the 2017 Future Generation Art Prize[14]
- 2016 Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts[42]
- 2017 MacArthur Fellows Program[43]
- 2019 Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Swarthmore College[4]
- 2020 Honoree of the Great Immigrants Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York[44]
Books and exhibition catalogues
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- 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
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Solway, Diane (15 August 2017). Nigerian Painter Njideka Akunyili Crosby Tells an Afropolitan Story in America (en).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ MacArthur 'Genius' Paints Nigerian Childhood Alongside Her American Present. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Njideka Akunyili Crosby CV. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Great women artists. Phaidon Press. 2019. p. 28. ISBN 978-0714878775.
- ↑ Crow, Kelly (September 21, 2018). Art World's Newest Star Makes $3 Million Paintings. Is the Crash Next?.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Nigerian Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby Is Painting the Afropolitan Story in America (15 August 2017). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Akunyili, Dora | Encyclopedia.com.
- ↑ Njideka Akunyili Crosby on painting cultural collision &m… (en-US).
- ↑ (2016) "Njideka Akunyili Crosby". BOMB (137): 44–54. ISSN 0743-3204.
- ↑ Swarthmore MMUF Fellow Njideka Akunyili Crosby Named MacArthur Fellow. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (22 October 2017). Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ↑ Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ 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/.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby '04 Named a Woman of the Year (21 December 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ The Complicated Beauty of Njideka Akunyili Crosby (4 May 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ The Rest of Her Remains.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
- ↑ I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (28 December 2014).
- ↑ Janded. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- ↑ Nwantinti. Studio Museum in Harlem (21 November 2018).
- ↑ Wedding Portrait. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- ↑ "The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born" Might Not Hold True For Much Longer. Duke University.
- ↑ Predecessors.
- ↑ Thelma Golden. Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ Sunday Morning. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
- ↑ "The Beautyful Ones" Series #5. Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
- ↑ Facets: Screen Wall. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
- ↑ Garden, Thriving. Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
- ↑ Mother and Child. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ↑ Portals. Whitney Museum.
- ↑ See Through. Pérez Art Museum Miami.
- ↑ Contemporary. Norton Museum of Art.
- ↑ Wedding Souvenirs. Smithsonian Institution.
- ↑ Dwell: Aso Ebi. Baltimore Museum of Art.
- ↑ "The Beautyful Ones" Series #7. Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
- ↑ Remain, Thriving.
- ↑ Eko Skyscraper. National Gallery of Art.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Njideka Akunyili Crosby (15 September 2016).
- ↑ Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Who are the FT's Women of 2016? (7 December 2016). Retrieved 14 February 2018.
- ↑ Alumni Awards (23 September 2019).
- ↑ MacArthur Foundation (en).
- ↑ Njideka Akunyili Crosby.
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