Mequitta ahuja

Mequitta Ahuju bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1976 nyɛla American bipoɣbilagun bɛ pentibu yaɣili  din bɛ African -American mini South Asian amaa ka O bɛhigu Shɛi lee nyɛ BaltimoreMaryland. 

Ahuja daa nam binshanŋa ka di wuhiri o manŋ bɛihigu ka laŋm myth mini legend nti pahi ninsalinima nahangbana

## O Piligu ni O Shikuru

Mequitta Ahuja nyɛla bini doɣi so  Grand Rapids, Michinga. O baa daa nyɛla India doo ka O ma mi nyɛ African - American ban daa nyɛ ban yina New Delhi mini Cincinnati. Ahuja daa zoola gbanŋ pɛla tinŋgbani ka daa di bi niŋ nigbana ni  African - American tinŋgban ni bi kaya . O ni zoo tinŋ shɛli maa mali nu timbu ni O ni tumdi tum shɛlima. .

Ahuja daa dɛigi O BA shahara gbanŋ  Hampshire College din bɛ Amherst Massachusetts  yuuni 1998,  O daa la dɛi O MFA shahara gbanŋ Illinios university din bɛ Chicago yuuni 2003.

## O Tuma
Holland Cotter daa yɛliya ni Ahuja tuma maa malila African - American mini  East Indian nahangban, ni Ahuja anfooni nima gbanla zaɣa manŋa. Ahuja tuma daa yipolo n wuhiri waligimsi zaŋ chanŋ paɣa ni doo polo, kala wuhiri banŋsim di yina O sana. O ni daa yan niŋ O pɛitin maa,  Ahuja daa dolila zalisi dibaa ata dini n- nyɛ tumbu, anfooni yaabu  ni anfooni maa zanŋ niŋ gbaŋni. Ahuja daa piidi o tuma ma ni ninŋsinima kamani nɛiyara, di kom ni di zaa ka mali niya ni o ni yan tum tumshɛli ma.  O ni gbagi o maŋ ni O niŋsima anfooni din yan wuhi shahara. O pa yaa o niŋsima  n soŋ  ka di pa wuhi O  nahi gbana maa zaa. Ahuja  daa buŋsiri O pɛitibu maa zanŋ jandi Paɣatali. O zanŋ  li gbahamdi  o maŋ ni paɣaba  ka Lani  zanŋli tiri African - American mini South Asian  di nyɛ O daataliga kpɛni. O daa yɛliya ni O tuma maa mali nu ni O tinŋgbani O ni chanŋ tooni. Yuuni 2007 Ahuja daa pahi zanŋwuhi solo shɛli bini daa bolo Global  Feminism din daa niŋ Brooklyn Museum of art lani.Yuuni 2009 O pɛitin tum shɛli O ni daa boli "*Dream Region*"  din daa wuhiri O bɛhigu daa nyɛla bini zanŋ shɛli n kundu shɛli bini boli War Baby/Love Child nyaga gbanŋ, di daa laɣila Asian mini American nahigbana.

Ahuja tuma taachi daa gbanŋla Ancient tum shɛl bini bol myth mini legend  ka di nahin gbanŋ lee nyɛ Persian manuscript Mughal miniature pɛitin. O niya daa nyɛmi ni o manŋmanŋa mali bɛi ka O zanŋ O ninsalsi zali di zaani. O daa yɛlya ni bi tuma ma nyɛla  di zaani ninsalima zaashɛi min bi kaya  nti pahi bi ni tehiri sham

O tuma maa puuni " Auto cartography I ni Rhyme Sequence : Wiggle  waggle " di pɛitibu maa nyɛla kaya balibu nti pahi autobiographical .

Di daa niŋ talahi Ahuja zuɣu ni O bohim myths, folklore  nti pahi ancient tuma din yaan wuhi O nin yaan zalisham. O daa laɣim O kaya  ni nashara kaya di yaan soŋ ka O yiŋ salima din wuhiri O nin nyɛ shali.

O nin daa laɣimdi anashara taɣada mini south Asian taɣada maa Ahuja tuma daa jɛbdila authorship din wuhiri I manŋama bɛhigu

Ahuja daa bol O tuma automythography din kpanŋsiri paɣatali din nyɛ Audre Lordes biomytography la.

Ahuja buɣisi autoythography kamani  maŋ buɣisibu ni kaya.

Ahuja daa pɛitira O tuma 

Ahuja daa lan mali nɛiya ni O   mɛri O tuma zaani zashɛ shɛli O ni pɛitin din yan chɛ ka di yi di kɔi.  O daa yɛliya ni o tɛha puuni tinŋgba gba nyɛla Kali. Din zuɣu O ni daa yaan mɛi anfooni O bori ni O ni di bɛ tingbani din  yan mali nahigban ni anfooni maa.

O daa yaliya ni o tɛha puuni ni bi ban pɛitira ni tooi pii kaya ni taɣada shɛli bini bora bi tuma ni.

Yuuni  2008, Ahuja daa yina ni tum shɛli O ni daa pii yuli nboli Tree IV laa n ti taɣi African American  zabri n labisi " space of infinite creative posibilities bɛ generative posibilities.

Ahuja daa dihi tabli ni African American zabiri nyɛla din mali timsi ti bɛihigu mini tu kaya puuni.O daa la pahi ni African American zabiri wuhiri gbanŋ sabila taɣada ka lahi wuhiri bi vɛilim ka yihiriba ka chɛri Erocentric n kpɛhiri Afrocentric vɛlim ni.

Sahaŋun O ni daa tam yɛlkpanŋ dibaayi shɛli zuɣu n daa nyɛ  O maŋ zanŋzali ni maŋ libgimsi

Ahuja tuma daa nyɛla bini zanŋ shɛli n wuhi solo  United States tingban zaa, n ti pahi  Paris, Brussels, Berlin, India, Dubai nti pahi Milan. 

Yuuni 2010 Ahuja daa nyɛla bini zanŋ so n pa pohim zuɣu ka sokam yuuda  silimi gɔli February ARTnews pibu lani.

La yuuma maa zanŋ chanŋ, O daa nyɛla  ŋun diɛgi kpanŋma pina pam, kaŋmani, Tiffany Foundation Award yuuni 2011 mini Joan Mitchell Grant  2009. Yuuni 2018 O daa la di   Guggenhiem Fellowship  kpanŋma pini di daa yi John Simon  Guggenheim Memorial Foundation , ban daa sonŋdi  artist ka bi yalgiri bi tuma.

## Exhibition
Ahuja piligu O tuma ni, O daa ninŋ zanŋ Myths mini Memory O ni daa boli O tum shali Dancing on the Hide of Shere Khad n wuhi solo, MCA Chicago's UBS 12 ×12: New Artist/New Work daa tim O nua silimi gɔli November  2005 yuuni. O tum shɛli O ni daa zanŋ wuhi solo maa daa jɛndila ninsalinima nahangbana. Yuuni 2008 Ahuja daa yoogi zanŋ wuhi solo shɛli I ni daa boli "Solo Exhibition", Flowback din daa niŋ  Lawndale Art Center Houston yinŋa la. Flowback nyɛla din wuhiri bihigu din bɛ gbanŋ sabila paɣaba mini bi zabiri sunsuni. O daa yi pɛiti gbanŋ sabili paɣa anfooni a yɛn nyɛlazabiri maa ka di waa bɛ O nyɛanga. O tum shɛli  din yuli daa nyɛ  Loop la,  paɣaba ayi n daa bɛ lala anfooni maa ni ka bi zabiri daa nyɛ bini pam shɛli n laɣim taba daa nyɛla din pahi O ni zanŋ tum shɛga wuhi salo maa. Ahuja daa pa sana Solo Exhibition  yuuni 2008 mani. O daa ninŋ Solo exhibition  BravinLee Program  New York tinŋgbani bini daa pi yuli bol shɛli Encounters, in the Spring yuuni 2007 la. Yuuni 2009, O daa zanŋ  tum palli  shɛli O ni daa pi yuli nboli Automythography n kan BravinLee Program ni. Ahuja daa nyɛla bini zanŋ so zali kpalinkpa zaashɛi lala sahama yuuni 2009  Outwin Boochever  Portrait Competition din daa ninŋ Smithsonian National  Portrait  Gallery  Washington, DC tingbani.O daa zanŋ O tum shɛli O ni boli  Rapunzel la zali, di daa anfooni maa daa nyɛla  gbanŋ sabili paɣa zuɣu din mali zab golimagolima di waa bɛ O nyɛaŋa ka bori pili pirigili dibaayi zuɣu. Alikalimi shɛli bini boli Wax Chalk maa kabi daa zanŋ yaa anfooni maa n pa gbanŋ maa zuɣu 2008 maa lala yuuni maa ka I daa ninŋ O Flowback Solo Exhibition maa. Ahuja ni daa ninŋ zanŋ wuhi salo shɛli O ni daa boli Automythography I nyɛaga, O daa lahi ninŋ zanŋ wuhi salo ka boli dimi Automythography II Arthouse at  The Jones Center,  Austin,  TX tinŋgbani. Lala dɛima maa daa pila silimi gɔli October 24 yuuni 2009 n ti kpa silimi gɔli January  2 yuuni 2010 puuni. Di daa bi ninŋ dabaayi ka Ahuja daa nyɛ yuli Europe  Galerie Nathalie  Obadia, nti pahi Paris mini France  O  zanŋ wuhi salo di daa piligi  silimi gɔli April 2010 yuuni. Ahuja daa nyɛa bini zanŋ so ninŋ  Studio shɛli bini bol  Musuem  Harlem  din bɛ New York  city maa. Lala b ɛinibu ŋu daa  mali buchi ni zanŋ wuhi salo din daa piligi silimi gɔli   July hal ni October maa. Ahuja daa nyɛla ŋun yina kamani buɣili lana .Ahuja tuma daa nyɛla bini laɣimdi n mali wuhiri salo Yuuni  2011 halini 2012 yuuni, buyi zuɣu kadi daa yirina  Galerie Nathalie Obadiah, Brussels tinŋ puuni. Di daa piligimi ni Armory  dɛima yuuni 2011. Yuuni November  2012 hali ni yuuni di paya zanŋ wuhi salo  shɛli bin daa boli Drawing on the Edge din daa ninŋ  Smithsonian National  Portrait Gallery , Washington, DC,  tinŋgban. Ahuja daa nyɛla  ŋun pahi salo shab ban mali nu timbu di ni. 2013 yuuni  Ahuja daa ninŋ zanŋ wuhi salo  Thierry  Goldbery  New York, NY tinŋgbanni. Yuuni 2014, Ahuja daa nyɛla Crystal  Bridges Museum Of American Art nim ni  pii so  pahi Emerging  Artist  United States boba ni yaŋa ni bi tim nu ni States of Art zanŋ wuhi  salo bi daa bolila  Discovering American Art Now. Daliri din daa tahi lala zanŋ wuhi salo ŋun daa nyɛla  Yuuni  2013 maa  museum's curatorial nim ni daa chanŋ gili  American  Art n ninŋ vɛihigu. Bi daa chanŋ kana ninvuɣu 1000  tuma shɛi ka bohi ba bohisi ka daa gahim 100 taɣa  maa zaa ni bi yina n zanŋ bi tuma ma n wuhi salo kpalinkpa maa dali. Bi daa pirigi dɛima ti tuma zuɣuri kama,Minneapolls Institute of Art, Minneapolls MN  yuuni 2016 mini  Telfair museums Jepson Center lala yuuni ma yaɣa. Minneapolls Instutute of Art daa zaŋa Ahuja pahi bi zanŋ wuhi salo shɛli ni yaɣa bi ni daa bol shɛli  Marks of Genuis, bi daa gahimla tum shɛŋa di yi di ku kamani bini kɔbga 100 anfooni nima. O ni daa tɛhara ni so zɛ O, ka bori sosjɛŋa ni O kpe ka tum ni niriba maa O daa nyɛla  ŋun sabi gbanŋ n ti  soundheim Artscape Prize yuuni 2015 ka daa   nyɛ bi ni daa pi so pahi kpalinkpa ni bɛ tuhi laɣiri din daa yisi $ 25,000  ni zanŋ salo shɛli din daa yan ninŋ Baltimore Museum  of Art din bɛ Maryland.Hali O ni daa bi di pini maa zaa yoli, O ni daa pahi lala zanŋ wuhi salo maa ni di daa nyɛla ti o Zo pala kala yoogi soya pam n ti O. O ni la pahi kpalinkpa niriba ban yan zaani Soundheim pina di daa ninŋ yuuni 2017, O daa lahi dɛigi Guggenheim  Fellowship  2018 yuuni. Ahuja daa pahi zanŋ wuhi salo nim pamni zanŋ gbai yuuni 2015 hali ni  2016, shahara nima  zanŋ wuhi salo din daa ninŋ Tiwani Contemporary in London, England,  Baltimore Museum of Art in Maryland,  Grand Rapid Art Museum in  Michigan  n ti pahi Silber Gallery at  Goucher  College in Towson MD. Tiwani Contemporary zanŋ wuhi salo maa yuli din daa boodi shɛli Mythopoeia daa laɣimla artist ni anahi duniya zaa ni bi ti kpanŋsi  Myth-making  in art di yaa chɛ ka ti kpanŋsi ti tinŋgbani mini ti kaya. Lala zanŋ wuhi salo mani Ahuja daa nyɛla ŋun yihi bini palli din daa nyɛ O manŋmanŋ nahagbanŋ ka boli "The Journeyman', din daa mali O manŋ nahagbana "automythography" Ahuja daa nyɛ ŋun pahi yuuni  2016 Show Champagne Life di bɛ  Saatchi  Gallery London, England . Yuuni 2017, Ahuja tum daa nyɛla din pahi zanŋ wuhi salo ni pam ni, shaŋa n nyɛ  Lucid Dreams mini Distant  Vision din bɛ Asia tingbanni di bɛ  New York. State of Art : Discovering  American Art  Now  at Dixon  Gallery and Gardens  in Memphis ,  Tennessee daa tim nua Ahuja tum ni yuuni 2017 nti pahi Shifting. African - American  Paɣaba ban daa bɛ  tuma ŋun ni ya shɛli bini daa mala University of Maryland's David C Driskell Center. 

## .Kunduvihiraŋ