Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) be Nigerian-born visual artist wey dey work insyd Los Angeles, California. Thru ein art, Akunyili Crosby 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."Njideka Akunyili Crosby Is the 2014 Winner of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize". Smithsonian Newsdesk. The Smithsonian. Retrieved 14 February 2018. Insyd 2017, na dem award Akunyili Crosby de prestigious Genius Grant wey komot de John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Early life den education
Na dem born Njideka Akunyili insyd 1983 wey dem raise am insyd Enugu, Nigeria."Njideka Akunyili Crosby CV". Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Retrieved 14 February 2018. She be of Igbo descent wey she grow up bilingual insyd Igbo den English.Crow, Kelly (September 21, 2018). "Art World's Newest Star Makes $3 Million Paintings. Is the Crash Next?". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 22, 2023. One of six siblings, na Akunyili Crosby ein poppie, Chike Akunyili, be surgeon wey na ein mommie, Dora Akunyili, be professor of pharmacology at de University of Nigeria, den de former director of de National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. Akunyili Crosby move go Lagos wen na she be thirteen years old make she attend de secondary school Queen's College (QC) Yaba, Lagos. Na ein mommie win de U.S. green card lottery give de family, wey enable Akunyili Crosby den ein siblings make dem move to de United States wey dem get financial aid make dem study der.

 Ein life matter 
Akunyili Crosby marry Justin Crosby, wey sanso be artist. Na she form friendships den trade work plus other artists such as Wangechi Mutu den Kehinde Wiley.

 Exhibitions 
Akunyili Crosby stage a large number of solo exhibitions at museums den galleries insyd de United States den internationally. Ein notable solo shows dey include I Still Face You (2013), Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis; Hammer Projects: Njideka Akunyili Crosby (2015-2016), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Predecessors (2017), wey dey originate at de Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Njideka Akunyili Crosby I Counterparts (2018-2019), wey dey originate at de Baltimore Museum of Art; den Njideka Akunyili Crosby: “The Beautyful Ones” (2018), National Portrait Gallery, London.

She sanso participate insyd numerous group exhibitions, wey dey include The Grand Balcony (2016), La Biennale de Montreal; A Good Neighbour (2017), Istanbul Biennial; Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp (2017), Prospect New Orleans; den May You Live in Interesting Times (2019), 58th Venice Biennale.

 Notable works insyd public collections 
The Rest of Her Remains (2010), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Efulefu: The Lost One (2011), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.
I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise (2012), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Janded (2012), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Nkem (2012), Rubell Museum, Miami/Washington, D.C.
Nwantinti (2012), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
Wedding Portrait (2012), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
"The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born” Might Not Hold True For Much Longer (2013), Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, North Carolina
Predecessors (2013), Tate, London
Thelma Golden (2013), National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Sunday Morning (Predecessors #3) (2014), Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town
"The Beautyful Ones" Series #5 (2016), Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York
Facets: Screen Wall (2016), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Garden, Thriving (2016), Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Mother and Child (2016), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Portals (2016), Whitney Museum, New York
See Through (2016), Pérez Art Museum Miami
Super Blue Omo (2016), Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
Wedding Souvenirs (2016), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Dwell: Aso Ebi (2017), Baltimore Museum of Art
“The Beautyful Ones” Series #7 (2018), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Remain, Thriving (2018), Tate, London
Eko Skyscraper (2019), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

 Books den exhibition catalogues 

 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.

 References 

 External links 

 Official website
Category:1983 births
Category:Human
Category:Nigerian people
Category:21st-century Nigerian artists
Category:People wey komot Enugu
Category:Nigerian women artists
Category:21st-century women artists
Category:MacArthur Fellows
Category:Swarthmore College alumni
Category:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni
Category:Yale School of Art alumni
Category:American collage artists
Category:American women collage artists
Category:American people of Igbo descent