page_title: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
hierarchical_section_title: Njideka Akunyili Crosby
caption_attribution_description: English: |Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Here in 2014 during interview with the Bronx Museum Teen Council
context_page_description: Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
context_section_description: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
caption: Njideka Akunyili 2014
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