Njideka Akunyili CrosbyAudioⓘ (amụrụ 1983) bụ onye omenka amụrụ na Naijiria na-aru oru na Los Angeles, California . [1] Nkà Akunyili Crosby "n'esorịta n'ọdịdị omenala n'etiti ebe obibi ya na Amerika na ala nna ya Naijiria, na-emepụta ihe osise na foto nke na-ekpughe ihe ịma aka dị n'ime ụwa abụọ a". [2] Na 2017, Akunyili Crosby nwetara onyinye Genius a ma ama sitere na aka nke John D. na Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation . [3]
A mụrụ Njideka Akunyili na 1983 o wee tolite na Enugu, Nigeria . [4][5] Ọ bụ onye Igbo . Otu n'ime ụmụnne isii, nna Akunyili Crosby, Chike Akunyili, bụ dọkịta na-awa ahụ na nne ya, Dora Akunyili, bụ prọfesọ nke nkà mmụta ọgwụ na Mahadum Najiiria, [6] na onye bụbu onye nduzi nke National Agency for Food and Drug Administration. [7] Njideka kwagara Lagos mgbe ọ dị afọ iri ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Queen's College (QC) Yaba, Lagos . Nne ya meritere lotiri US green card maka ezinụlọ nke nyere Akunyili Crosby na ụmụnne ya aka ịgụ akwụkwọ ná mba ọzọ. [6]
Na 1999, [8] mgbe ọ dị afọ iri isii, ọ hapụrụ ụlọ ya na nwanne ya nwanyị, Ijeoma, kwaga United States . Ọ nọrọ otu oghere afọ agụ akwụkwọ maka SAT ya wee na-agụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme America tupu ọ laghachi Naịjiria ije ozi ife ala na otu afọ. Mgbe ọ fechara ala nna ya, ọ laghachiri Amerịka ka ọ gụọ akwụkwọ na Filadelfia . O weere klas eserese mmanụ mbụ ya na Community College of Philadelphia ebe onye nkuzi ya bụ Jeff Reed gbara ya ume itinye akwụkwọ na Swarthmore College. [9] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Swarthmore College na 2004, ebe ọ gụrụ nkà na bayoloji dị ka Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow. [10] Ọ nọ na mbụ na-enweta ihe achọrọ tupu ọ gụọ gbasara nchuso akara ya na mmụta gbasara ahụike tupu ya ekpebie ịchụso nka. [11] Ọ chụsoghị nka a ruo afọ agadi ya na Swarthmore mgbe ọ chọpụtara na klas nka na-atọ ya ụtọ karịa klaasị Organic Chemistry na Advanced Biology. [9] Ọ nwere mmetụta ngwa ngwa ịkọ ahụmahụ ya dị ka onye Naijiria na mbata site na nka ya. [9]
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Swarthmore na 2004, ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ na Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Nke a bụ ebe ọ nwetara asambodo post-baccalaureate na 2006. [4] O mechara gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ nka nke Mahadum Yale, ebe ọ nwetara nzere Master of Fine Arts . [12][13]
Ọ lụrụ Justin Crosby, onye bụkwa onye na-ese ihe. [1] A mụrụ nwa ha nwoke, Jideora na 2016. Ya na ndị ọzọ na-ese ihe dị ka Wangechi Mutu na Kehinde Wiley emebela enyi ma zụọ ahịa. [1]
Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Yale na 2011, Ahoputara Akunyili Crosby dị ka onye na-ese ihe na ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke a na-akwanyere ùgwù na Harlem, amaara maka ịkwalite na ịkwado ndị na-ese ihe nkiri Africa na-apụta. [14] N'oge obibi a ọ zutere onye ndụmọdụ ya, onye na-ese ihe na New York, Wangechi Mutu . [1] Ọ nọrọ afọ ya n'ụlọ na-anwale ihe osise, eserese ihe osise, na-amụ nka nke oge a, akụkọ ihe mere eme postcolonial na ọmụmụ mbata. [13]
Na 2015, Jamillah James, onye bụbu onye nchịkọta ọrụ Studio Museum na Harlem na n'oge ahụ, onye na-ahụ maka onye nlekọta na Hammer Museum na Los Angeles, haziri ngosi nka mbụ nke Akunyili Crosby na Hammer Museum . [4] N'otu afọ ahụ, James haziri ihe ngosi ọzọ nke ọrụ Akunyili Crosby na Art na Practice na Los Angeles . [13]
Na 2016, Akunyili Crosby ka a kpọrọ aha Financial Times Woman nke afọ." [15] N'otu afọ ahụ, e mere ihe ngosi nke ọrụ Akunyili Crosby na Norton Museum of Art na West Palm Beach, Florida .
Na 2017, Akunyili Crosby meriri onyinye MacArthur Fellowship Genius. [16]
N'afọ 2018, Akunyili Crosby haziri eserese ahụ nke kpuchiri ihe ngosi nka nke Contemporary Art, Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. Ihe osise a na-egosi ụdị mbinye aka ya nke ijikọta eserese na kọlụm, ibipụta akwụkwọ, na ịse ihe iji mepụta ihe nkiri gbagwojuru anya. Ọ bụ onye na-ese ihe nke abụọ mepụtara eserese maka saịtị ahụ n'okpuru atụmatụ ọhụrụ nke ụlọ ngosi nka. [17]
Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2016, ọchịchọ maka ọrụ Akunyili Crosby, nke ọ na-emepụta nwayọọ nwayọọ na-ebuwanye ibu karịa, na-eme ka ọnụ ahịa ya rịa elu n'ahịa ahịa. [18] Ọ ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị na-ese ihe na-egosi na Nathaniel Kahn 's 2018 akwụkwọ akụkọ ọnụahịa nke ihe niile ebe ọ na-atụle ọrụ ya na àgwà ya n'ahịa nka ya. [19] Ọ kwụsịrị na a na-ere ihe osise ya Drown na ọrịre nka nke Sotheby na Nọvemba 2016 maka $900,000. Ihe osise mbụ ya bịara n'ahịa bụ Untitled nke rere $93,000 na Septemba 2016 na Sotheby's New York. [20]
Na Maachị 2017, ọrụ Akunyili Crosby nke akpọrọ The Beautyful Ones (Series #1c), eserese mbụ nke ise nke The Beautyful Ones Series, bụ onye nnakọta onwe ya rere $3 nde na Christie's London. [21][22][23]
Na Mee 2018, Akunyili Crosby debere ndekọ okushon ọhụrụ na ire ihe osise Bush Babies maka ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nde $3.4 na Sotheby's New York. [20]
Mgbe ọ na-aga Queen's College, Akunyili Crosby were kpugheere ọtụtụ omenala ndị Naijiria, British na America nke nyere aka na myirịta dị n'etiti ọrụ ya na ọrụ ndị na-ese ihe nkiri. [24] Ọ na-enweta ahụmahụ onwe ya dịka nwanyị Naijiria bi na America n'ọrụ ya. [13] Echiche a nke ijikọ mmekọrịta chiri anya Africa na eserese Western, ewepụtara ya site n'ọrụ Kerry James Marshall . [1]
Onye na-ese ihe bụ Wangechi Mutu mere ka o jiri ọtụtụ onyonyo mepụta ihe ọzọ. [1] Mutu na-eji ihe onyonyo na-ekwu okwu maka mgbajie ebe ụzọ Akunyili Crosby na-elekwasị anya karịa na syncretism. O tinyela mbufe foto na akwa iji weta akụkụ dị iche iche dị ka ụdị ntutu, ejiji, ihe owuwu na ihe eji eme ihe sitere na omenala abụọ a [25] Mbufe foto na-ebelata ịdị nkọ nke foto nke Akunyili Crosby masịrị ya. N'anya ya, ọ dị ka ihe atụ ka esi efu ozi ka ndị mmadụ na-aga n'etiti oghere omenala. [9]
Ọ bụ onye odee bụ Chinua Achebe na-emetụta ya bụ onye a tụgharịrị uche n'ịgbanwe asụsụ bekee ka ọ dabara na omenala ya site n'ihe osise Akunyili Crosby. [26] Achebe kwuru na mgbe a gbanwere asụsụ bekee, enwere ike iji ya buru ibu nke ahụmahụ ya n'Africa. N'ime ọrụ ya, Akunyili Crosby na-agbawa Bekee ma jiri ya mepụta oghere transcultural, syncretic. [9]
Akunyili Crosby họọrọ aka na ndị na-ese ihe ochie na nke ugbu a Édouard Vuillard na Chris Ofili dị ka ndị mmetụta mmụọ. Mmetụta ndị ọzọ bụ JD Okhai Ojeikere na Malick Sidibé, ndị na-ese foto nke ọma nke Africa. [24] O depụtakwala Kerry James Marshal ka ihe mkpali. [27] Dị ka Akunyiliy Crosby, Marshal na-agbado aka na omenala nka nke Europe. Ọrụ ya, dị ka ó si kwuo, enyela ya obi ike iwere ọdịnala ahụ n'ụzọ nke ya.
Ọ na-eji foto ndị o sere na onwe ya na Naijiria yana foto ezinụlọ na ibe akwụkwọ akụkọ Naijiria na-ewu ewu. [24] Foto ndị a "bụ n'ígwé na ọrụ ya site na collage na acetone-transfer prints, na-ekepụta ihe oyiyi n'oge niile eserese ya". [28] Ihe ndị bụ isi ya gụnyere collage, ịnyefe foto, agba acrylic, unyi, akwa na pensụl nwere agba. Tinyere mmetụta Naijiria siri ike, a na-enwetakwa ụdị ya site na omenala pop, ahụmahụ onwe onye, na agụmakwụkwọ ogbara ọhụrụ ndị isi ocha. [29] Mgbe ọ na-eke, ọ na-eche maka ndị Ogige ya abụọ bu: American na Nigerian. [9] Otú ọ dị, a pụghị ịkewa ọrụ ya dị ka ndị America ma ọ bụ Naijiria, kama ọrụ ahụ bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ndụ nke dabeere na "àgwà nke na-adabaghị na igbe." [28]
Ụmụ nwanyị na anọ n'ọnọdụ ikikere n'ọtụtụ ọrụ ya. O kwenyere na ụlọ ọrụ nwanyị ekwesighi inwe n'ahụ ajụjụ ma ọ bụ onye òtù kwụsịrị ike na ya. Akunyili Crosby chọkwara ịmepụta ihe oyiyi nke alụmdi na nwunye dị n'etiti agbụrụ nke ọ na-ahụtụbeghị na-etolite na Naijiria. Di ya bụ onye ọcha si Texas, nke ọ na-agbakwunye na ụfọdụ ọrụ ya. [8]
2013: Bronx calling: The Second Bronx Biennial " na Bronx Museum. [2]
2014: Sound Vision, Nasher Museum of Art na Mahadum Duke na Durham, NC. [2]
2014: Draped down, The Studio Mesuem in Harlem, New York City
2015: Hammer Projects: Njideka Akunyili Crosby, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2015: Eserese na Myirịta ndị ọzọ sitere na SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art [30]
2016: Before now After (Mama, Mummy, Mamma), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City[31]
2016: Njideka Akunyili Crosby: I Refuse to be Invisible, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida - Akụkụ nke Norton Museum of Art's RAW Series.
2017: Njideka Akunyili Crosby/ Predecessors, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; [32] Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum na Art Gallery na Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York [33]
2017: Front Room: Njideka Akunyili Crosby/Counterparts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Md [34]
2017: Side by Side Dual Portraits of Artists, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
"Ndị fọdụrụ nke ya fọdụrụ" (2010) na-ejikọta ịse, eserese, nyere xerox , na collage na akwụkwọ. N'ime mpempe akwụkwọ a, Crosby mepụtara uwe site na papier collé (ụdị collage nke na-eji akwụkwọ a na-emepụta ihe nke na-etinye n'elu ala dị larịị). Mpempe akwụkwọ a na-egosiputa Crosby nke dị na n'elu akwa n'ime ụlọ efu nke ụkpụrụ metụtara ihe nketa ya gbara ya gburugburu. Aha ahọpụtara nke ọrụ nka a na-arụtụ aka na ọdịiche dị na ndụ ya na United States na ndụ ya na-ntolite ya na Nigeria .
"Thriving and Potential Displaced (again and again…)” (2021) ka enyere ọrụ maka ihe ngosi Met, Before Yesterday we could Fly. [37]