Jelili Atiku

**Jelili Atiku** be multimedia performance artist den sculptor from Lagos, Nigeria. Ein performance plus drawing, photography, installation sculpture, video den live performance make am one of de most recognized performance artists wey komot Nigeria around the world. Dem know ein work as say eget power wey dey "lie for de use of Yoruba symbols den traditions of ein local community"

## Ein Biography
Dem Atiku born for 27 September 1968 insyd Ejigbo, sam town wey dey Lagos State of Nigeria. He get ein Bachelor of Arts degree insyd fine arts from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria insyd 1998 den Master of Arts insyd visual arts from de University of Lagos, Nigeria, insyd 2006.

Insyd 1998, she teach fine arts at de Federal Government College, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. From 2004 go 2005, na he be graduate assistant lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, University of Lagos. From 2011 go 2013 na he be part‐time lecturer of Arts den Industrial Designs Department, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Lagos. Insyd 2018, he cam turn assistant professor at de Department of Africana Studies/Rite den Reason, Brown University insyd Providence, Rhode Island.
## Ein Career
Atiku ein work dey focus for human rights den social justice issues top, wey oftentimes e bring am for conflict insyd plus agents of state. After a performance for ein hometown of Ejigbo for 18 January insyd, dem arrest den charge am go court. De performance, wey ein title be *Aragamago Must Rid Dis Land of Terrorism* motivated sam brutal attack for sam three shoddies wey dey insyd Ejigbo wey na he dey believe say ebe "abomination" wey de king for perform public ritual. Dem eventually clear am of wrongdoing insyd de case after local den foreign artists den organisations mount pressure for ein top.

Insyd 2012, Atiku collaborate plus Helene Aurell (Swedish artist), Nigel Wells (UK/Swedish artist) den PålGunnäs (Norwegian artist) for sam performance he title, “In (ut) Flöde”. He  sana do collaborations plus oda artists like Graham Martin at Scarborough, York (United Kingdom); den TOGYG, sam artists group  wey Bangor Greadigol dey run, wey dey North Wales.

Insyd 2015, he win de prestigious Prince Claus Award.

Insyd 2017, na he be one of de artists wey dey represent Nigeria at de Venice Biennale, insyd Italy.
## Ein Notable exhibitions/performances

Aráfẹ́rakù (2013). Dis exhibition focus for Atiku ein meditation for de loss of sam father he never meet top. De word "Aráfẹ́rakù" insyd Yoruba dey mean " part of me be missing." De performance take place insyd empty space wey dem cover plus wallpaper den sam photograph of Atiku ein poppy. "Alone throughout most of de 44 hours wey dey represent sam hour for each year of ein life, de only person wey be allowed—albeit briefly—to share in the moment is his mother, creating a trilogy that is almost transcendental." Na dis be followed by a public-facing performance wey dey mimic a Yorùbá burial ceremony "blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction as an attempt is made to attain a state of closure through the public depiction of a universal emotion".
## Odas

* 2022 (I am) À Yàmù Yorùbá (Maanifesítò VIII) Dem originally commission den produce by de Prince Claus Fund for ein 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 plus 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 plus Aweni Kudirat Apata, Barbara M. Messner, Gabriella Furno, Omolabake Saula, Simona Carniato den Susanna Pruna at SPIELART Festival, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, München, Germany (Saturday November 2).
* 2019 Olúwowojìwo, performance at de 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; den 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 ein program 2019 dem tag 'Politics of Space' at Giudecca, Venice, Italy (Saturday May 11).
* 2018  Ajagajigi, Give An Eye For Hurricane Michael (Alaragbo XVI), performance plus 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 den 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 plus 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 den Jacob Stanton at George H. Bass Performing Arts Space, Churchill House, den Green Area, Brown University, Providence Rhode Island, US (Saturday October 20).
*2016 Senate, Are You a Rotten Head? (Maanifesito IV) dem enact on Thursday, November 3, 2016, at de Arthouse Foundation ein headquarters on Norman Williams Street, Ikoyi.

## Ein Oda Performances

* 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.
* 2019 E Don Tey Wey We Dey, Performance for 21st Lagos Book den Arts Festival, Freedom Park, Broad Street, Ganiyu Smith Road den Campbell Street, Lagos, Nigeria insyd (Saturday November 9, 2019).
* 2019 Enítere Èjitere (Iponri I), Performance for Institute for African den Diaspora Studies, insyd University of Lagos, Nigeria (Wednesday November 6, 2019).

## Ein Notable awards/grants

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

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