Jelili Atiku

**Jelili Atiku** nyɛla ŋun mali nuuni tuunbaŋsim bɔbigu ka mɛri binyɛra, o nyɛla Lagos, Nigeria nira. O duraanyira ka mɛri binyɛra ka lahi yaari anfooninima.

## Maŋmaŋa yɛltɔŋa
Atiku nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi so 27 September 1968, Ejigbo,  Lagos State, Nigeria fɔŋ shɛli. O deei la o Bachelor of Arts degree din nyɛ "fine art" dinis shikuru yuli booni Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, yuuni 1998 ka lahi mali "Master of Arts in visual arts" shɛhira gbaŋ shɛli o ni dee University of Lagos, Nigeria, yuuni 2006.

Yuuni 1998, o daa wuhila "fine arts" shikuru yuli booni Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. Bini din gbaai yuuni 2004 zaŋ chaŋ yuuni 2005, o daa nyɛla  karimba ŋun tabiri sɔŋdi, Department of Visual Arts, University of Lagos. Bini din gbaai yuuni 2011 zaŋ chaŋ yuunj 2013 o daa nyɛla ŋun chirigiri wuhiri Arts and Industrial Designs Department, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos. Yuuni 2018, o daa leei profeesa ŋun tabiri sɔŋdi Department of Africana Studies/Rite and Reason, Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

## Tumanima shɛŋa

* 2022 (I am) À Yàmù Yorùbá (Maanifesítò VIII) Originally commissioned and produced by the Prince Claus Fund for its 25th Anniversary Festival: 25 Years 25 Hours.
* 2020 Nobody Is Born Wise, durational performance (14 Hours) at India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla Industrial Estate, New Delhi, India (Friday 31 January – Sunday February 2). 
* 2020 The Night Has Ears, performance with 64 persons at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany (Saturday January 18). 
* 2019 Enítere Èjitere (Iponri I), Performance at Paris Square, Haifa, Israel (Sunday, December 29, 2019).
* 2019 E Don Tey Wey We Dey, Performance at 21st Lagos Book and Arts Festival, Freedom Park, Broad Street, Ganiyu Smith Road and Campbell Street, Lagos, Nigeria (Saturday November 9, 2019). 
* 2019 Enítere Èjitere (Iponri I), Performance at Institute for African and Diaspora Studies, University of Lagos, Nigeria (Wednesday November 6, 2019). 
* 2019 Ọlọ́mọyọyọ, performance with Aweni Kudirat Apata, Barbara M. Messner, Gabriella Furno, Omolabake Saula, Simona Carniato and Susanna Pruna at SPIELART Festival, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, München, Germany (Saturday November 2).
* 2019 Olúwowojìwo, performance at the Private view of Lagos Photo Festival, African Artists' Foundation, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria (Saturday October 26, 2019).
* 2019 E Don Tey Wey We Dey, BOZAR, Palais des Beaux-Arts / Centre for Fine Arts; and A Performance Affair (APA), Vanderborght Building, Brussels, Belgium (Friday September 6). 
* 2019 My Eyes Are Larger Than My Mouth, performance as part of Arts & Globalization Platform's program 2019 tagged 'Politics of Space' at Giudecca, Venice, Italy (Saturday May 11). 
* 2018  Ajagajigi, Give An Eye For Hurricane Michael (Alaragbo XVI), performance with Craig Bratten, Max Carter, Elanor Jones, Annelise Rennhack, Chelsea Serzen, Jackson Williams, Trinity Kai, Eden Leal, Courtney McClain, Deena Owens, Cory Perry at Atrium, 1 E Center St and Fayetteville Square (East St. between Central St. and Mountain St.), Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, US, (Wednesday November 14).
* 2018 Red Flag (In The Red Series #10), performance with Mohammed Lawal, Toby Omomia, Moshood Lawal, Maryam Lawal, Karen Allen Baxter, Kathleen Moyer, Sylvia Ann Soares, Susanna Pruna, Shreeyash Gotmare, Lisa Biggs, Angella Nash Wade, Khalif Andre and Jacob Stanton at George H. Bass Performing Arts Space, Churchill House, and Green Area, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, US (Saturday October 20).
*2016 Senate, Are You a Rotten Head? (Maanifesito IV) enacted on Thursday, November 3, 2016, at the Arthouse Foundation's headquarters on Norman Williams Street, Ikoyi

## Pina din yi polo

* 2018 Artist Protection Fund Award, Institute of International Education, New York, US.
* 2016  The Ota Club Quintessential Gold Award, Ogun State, Nigeria.
* 2016 Lagos Watch Media Consult - Ambassador of Peace and Security Award, 
* Lagos, Nigeria.
* 2015  Distinguished Master Artist Award, Society of Nigerian Artists (Lagos Chapter), 
* Lagos, Nigeria.
* 2015  Prince Claus Award, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
* 2015  African Artists' Foundation Award, Lagos, Nigeria. 
* 2015 Abiodun Adebayo Welfare Foundation Award of Excellence (for Youth Development), Lagos, Nigeria.
* 2012  Art Moves Africa (AMA) Mobility Grant to Harare, Zimbabwe. 
* 2012  Prince Claus Fund Flight Grant to Berlin, Germany. 
* 1998  National Youth Service Corps State Chairmanship Award, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 
* 1998  FGC Award – for Best Serving Corps Member, Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 
* 1998  Cyprian Ihejiahi Award – for Best Final Year Student in Sculpture, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. 
 
## Kundivihira