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Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Njideka Akunyili Crosby (born 1983) is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Her works on paper combine collage, drawing, painting, printmaking, and photo transfers.〔"(New Museum Triennial Casts a Wary Eye on the Future )" The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.〕 Akunyili Crosby negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating works that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds.〔"(Brooklyn Inspires African Artists )". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.〕 She has created a sophisticated visual language that pays homage to the history of Western painting while also referencing African cultural traditions. Akunyili Crosby depicts deeply personal imagery that transcends the specificity of individual experience and engages in a global dialogue about trenchant social and political issues.〔"(Six Pieces That Stuck Out At The New Museum's Triennial )". Forbes.com. Retrieved on September 23, 2015.〕
A hallmark of her compositions is the use of small photographic images as if they were swatches of fabric. She photocopies pictures from various sources such as wedding albums and magazines and transfers them to paper using acetone solvent. The result is a memory-book textile that evokes the feelings of nostalgia, rootedness, homesickness, and loss, adding the dimension of time to the work and demonstrating the artist’s culture of origin is present in her daily life.〔"(The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Might Not Hold True For Much Longer: Njideka Akunyili )". The Journal of the American Medical Association. Retrieved September 21, 2015.〕〔"(New Museum’s Generational Triennial: Wired for the Future )". The Guardian. Retrieved September 23, 2015.〕
==Early Life and Education==
Akunyili Crosby was born in Enugu, Nigeria in 1983. At age 16 she left home to study in the United States. Her work addresses the move between Enugu, where she grew up, and America, where she now lives. She tries to answer the question of how she can stay connected to the amorphous idea of ‘home’.〔“Njideka Akunyili”. Elephant N°17: Is Finding Pictures More Fun Than Making Them? Retrieved September 21, 2015.〕 Akunyili Crosby creates vibrant paintings that weave together personal and cultural narratives drawn from her experience. She uses an array of materials and techniques in each of her autobiographical works.〔"(Primary Sources )". The New York Times. Retrieved September 23, 2015.〕 Collage and photo transfer provide texture and complexity to the surface of each composition in which photographs from family albums mingle with images from popular Nigerian lifestyle magazines. This varied and inventive use of media serves as a visual metaphor for the intersection of cultures as well as the artist’s own hybrid identity.〔"(The Great Escape )" Artforum.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.〕
She earned a BA from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, and an MFA from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT. She has participated in artist residency programs at the Studio Museum in Harlem,〔“(Artist-in-Residence )”. Studio Museum Harlem. Retrieved September 21, 2015.〕 the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), the Bronx Museum AIM, and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program.
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