Victoria-Idongesit Udondian

**Victoria-Idongesit Udondian** (an haife ta a shekarar 1982), wacce aka fi sani da **Victoria Udondian**, ƙwararriyar mai fasaha ce a Najeriya. Tana da ƙwarewa a fannin saka, shigarwa, da kuma zane-zane, aikinta sau da yawa ya ƙunshi jigogi na tarihin Baƙar fata, aiki, da kuma cinikin kayan sawa na hannu na duniya . Ita ƙwararriyar MacDowell ce a shekarar 2019 kuma ƙwararriyar Guggenheim ce a shekarar 2020.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Victoria-Idongesit Udondian a shekarar 1982 a Jihar Akwa Ibom . [1] Bayan ta yi horo a matsayin mai zane da dinki, [2] ta sami digiri na farko a fannin zane-zane daga Jami'ar Uyo a shekarar 2004. [1] Udondian ta tuna cewa a lokacin da take Uyo, ta taɓa shiga bas na dare "kimanin mil 450 zuwa Legas" don samun isasshen fenti mai don karatun jami'a. [3] Ta ambaci mai sassaka ɗan Ghana El Anatsui a matsayin wanda ya yi tasiri a aikinta. [3]

A shekarar 2010, Udondian ta yi tafiya a faɗin Afirka don samar da albarkatun al'adu da tattalin arziki na nahiyar tare da cinikin kayan sawa na hannu na duniya .  Aikinta na masaka *Aso Ikele (1948)* wani ɓangare ne na wasan kwaikwayo na Manchester na 2012 *We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today* ; *AfricanaH* ta ce "yana ɗaukar tarin masaka na Whitworth a matsayin wurin farawa",  yayin da Bob Dickinson na *Art Monthly* ya lura cewa yana ɗauko daga yadda "ciniki ke nuna tarihin dangantakar Afirka ta Yamma da Manchester daga zamanin cinikin bayi zuwa juyin juya halin masana'antu", da kuma taron Pan-African Congress na 1945.  Ta bayyana a bikin Biennale na Venice na 56 a 2015.  A shekarar 2016, ta sami digiri na MFA a fannin Zane da Sabbin Nau'o'i daga Jami'ar Columbia  kuma ta halarci Makarantar Zane da Zane ta Skowhegan .  A shekarar 2017, ta fara aikinta *na Jamhuriyar Yankin da Ba a San Ko Wanene ba* yayin da ta zama 'yar ƙasar Amurka. 

Udondian ta kasance memba ta MacDowell a shekarar 2019.  A shekarar 2020, an ba ta lambar yabo ta Guggenheim Fellowship in Fine Arts.  A shekarar 2022, ta gudanar da baje kolinta na farko a birnin New York a Smack Mellon, *How Can I Be Nobody*, wani shiri da ke amfani da zane mai launin baƙi "don nuna godiya ga rayukan baƙi da launin ruwan kasa da aka rasa don neman yanayi mafi kyau".  Ta haɗu da al'ummomin baƙi da yawa na Brooklyn a matsayin wani ɓangare na bincikenta na *How Can I Be Nobody* .  Tare da haɗin gwiwar ɗan rawa Raven McRae da mai tsara rawa Danion Lewis, ta fara shigar da wasan kwaikwayo *Nsi nam mi ke ndi* a wannan shekarar. 

Aikin Udondian ya bayyana a gasar British Textile Biennial ta 2023.  Ta lashe kyautar 2024 Anonymous Was a Woman Environmental Art Grant saboda aikinta *Okrika Reclaimed* .  Haɗin gwiwa da Gidauniyar Fasaha ta Zamani, *Okrika Reclaimed* ya bayyana a Kantamanto a ranar 12 ga Yuli, 2025.  Udondian ta lura cewa wasu daga cikin ayyukanta, ciki har da *Okrika Reclaimed*, an tsara su ne don yin tambaya game da yanayin tufafin da aka yi amfani da su ta hanyar magance matsalar Afirka da ke ƙaruwa da sharar yadi .  Za ta bayyana a bikin Venice Biennale na 61. 

Ayanna Dozier ta lura cewa jigogi na zane-zanen Udondian galibi sun haɗa da nau'ikan aiki "marasa gani" da kuma ayyukan mata marasa ma'ana, gami da aikin gida, masana'antar hidima, da masana'antar yadi.  Bugu da ƙari, Udondian ya mai da hankali kan alaƙar da ke tsakanin tufafi da asali a matsayin jigo. 

Tun daga shekarar 2022, Udondian tana zaune a Legas da Brooklyn.  Ita kuma farfesa ce mai ziyara a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Jami'a da ke Buffalo, kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin daraktan riƙon ƙwarya na karatun digiri a lokacin zangon karatunsu na kaka na 2025. 

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