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Born 1983 Enugu, Nigeria. Known for: Figure drawing, painting collage and photo transfer images of Nigerian culture.
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and... Read full biography
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges... Read full biography
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised... Read full biography
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised in Enugu, Nigeria. She is of Igbo descent. One of six siblings, Akunyili Crosby's father was a surgeon and her mother was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria. She moved to Lagos when she was ten years old to attend the secondary... Read full biography
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Akunyili Crosby's art "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Njideka Akunyili was born in 1983 and raised in Enugu, Nigeria. She is of Igbo descent. One of six siblings, Akunyili Crosby's father was a surgeon and her mother was a professor of pharmacology at the University of Nigeria. She moved to Lagos when she was ten years old to attend the secondary school Queen's College (QC) Yaba, Lagos. Her mother won the U.S. green card lottery for the family enabling Akunyili Crosby and her siblings to s... Read full biography
Njideka Akunyili Crosby - Artist Info
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Keywords (11)
Art Method
- •Photo Collage/Photo Montage
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Harlem, New York City
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
- •Yale University School of Fine Art and Architecture, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Added Description
- •Married to an Artist
- •Studio Museum Harlem, Artist in Residence
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Black, African-American and/or Caribbean
Exhibition of Museum
- •Studio Museum, Harlem
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art