Njideka Akunyili Crosby

**Njideka Akunyili Crosby**  (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1983) nyɛla Nigeria bilichini lihigu nucheeni baŋda ŋun tumdi Los Angeles, California. 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. Yuuni 2017, Akunyili Crosby nyɛla ŋun daa deei  Genius Grant pini John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation nima sani.
 
## Piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Njideka Akunyili nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so yuuni 1983 ka nyɛ ŋun zoogi Enugu, Nigeria. O nyɛla Igbo amaa ka leei zoogi Igbo mini Silimiinsili bala yɛlibu shee. 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, ka lahi nyɛ darata kuro zaŋ n-ti National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. 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.

Yuuni 1999, 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. O daa naai Swarthmore College yuuni 2004, ni ka o daa bɔhim "art and biology" ka daa  nyɛ Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. 

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. Di nyaaŋa o daa chaŋ Yale University School of Art n-daa ti deei Master of Fine Arts degree.

## Notable works in 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.

## Awards and recognition
*2014, Smithsonian American Art Museum's James Dickey Contemporary Art Prize
*2015 Next Generation prize at the New Museum of Contemporary Art
*2015 The Studio Museum in Harlem's Wein Artist Prize.
*2015 Foreign Policy's Leading 100 Global Thinkers of 2015 
*2015 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize at the Studio Museum in Harlem
*2016 Prix Canson
*2016 *Financial Times* Women of the Year award
*2016 Shortlisted for the 2017 Future Generation Art Prize
*2016 Distinguished Alumni Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
*2017 MacArthur Fellows Program
*2019 Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Swarthmore College
*2020 Honoree of the Great Immigrants Award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York

## Books and 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.

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## External links

* Official website