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Yinka Elujoba
NationalityNigerian
EducationObafemi Awolowo University School of Visual Arts
Occupation(s)Writer, editor, art critic
Notable workCollective Truth, Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation
AwardsRabkin Prize
Websitehttps://www.elujoba.com/

Yinka Elujoba is a Nigerian writer,[1] and editor[2] who[when?] works as an art critic for The New York Times.[3] He lives in Brooklyn, New York.[citation needed]

He was awarded the Rabkin Prize in 2021.[4]

He received the Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant in 2023[5]

Personal life and education

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Elujoba was born and raised in Lagos on 11 March 1991, Nigeria to civil servant parents. He has an Engineering degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and in 2020 received an MFA in Art Writing from the School of Visual Arts, New York.[6]

Career

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Elujoba has worked as a writer, editor, and art critic since 2010.[7]

Elujoba has written two chapbooks, Collective Truth (2016), which is permanently collected at the Smithsonian Institution[8] and Images of the Disconsolate (2017) as part of his work with the Invisible Borders' Trans-African Project.[9]

In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, with their exhibition "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation"[10] selected out of 538 eligible entries from 66 countries, their work was selected by an international panel of over 300 jurors and subsequently also selected by a nomination of over 13,000 public votes, as the best entry to receive the grant.[10]

The exhibition, which took place from February 9 – March 9, 2019, at the Old Engine Test House, Nigeria Railway Corporation Compound, Ebute-Metta, Lagos[11][12][13] was described as "explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"[14]

His essays and art criticism have been published in Harper's Magazine,[15] ArtReview,[16] Saraba Magazine[17] The Brooklyn Rail[18] and The New York Times,[19] where he writes art criticism.

In 2020, Elujoba co-founded A Long House with Kechi Nomu and Gbenga Adesina.[2]

Works

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  • 2016 Collective Truth[8][9]
  • 2017 Images of the Disconsolate[20][9]
  • 2017 In History to My Barest Marrows[21] conversation with Emmanuel Iduma for World Literature Today[22]
  • 2019 Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation[12][10]

Awards and recognition

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  • 2021| Rabkin Prize[4] from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation.[23]
  • 2020| School of Visual Arts Faculty Award for MFA Thesis[24]
  • 2018| Apexart International Exhibition Grant[10] (with Innocent Ekejiuba) for "Re-imaging Futures"[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Yinka Elujoba". World Literature Today. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  2. ^ a b "Masthead". A Long House. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (6 May 2021). "Lonnie Holley's Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation". The New York Times.
  4. ^ a b "AWARDS". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ "Yinka Elujoba - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant". www.artswriters.org. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. ^ "Award Recipients – SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2021-10-10.
  7. ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  8. ^ a b "Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  9. ^ a b c "Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  10. ^ a b c d e "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  11. ^ "Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria". Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  12. ^ a b "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  13. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  14. ^ Oluwajoba, Adeoluwa (2019-03-19). "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation | By adeoluwa oluwajoba". The Sole Adventurer. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  15. ^ Yu, Charles; Jaccarino, Mike; Hamrah, A. S.; Myles, Eileen; Martin, Judith; Laing, Olivia; Elujoba, Yinka; Oyler, Lauren; Hu, Jane. "Yinka Elujoba | Harper's Magazine". harpers.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  16. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (22 April 2021). "David Goldblatt's Way of Seeing". artreview.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  17. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (8 April 2015). "The Poetry of Places | Saraba Magazine". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  18. ^ "Yinka Elujoba | Contributor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  19. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (2020-09-17). "Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History's Cracks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  20. ^ Morgan, Femi (June 26, 2020). "Images of the Disconsolate". Fortunate Traveller. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  21. ^ ""In History to My Barest Marrows": A Conversation Between Yinka Elujoba and Emmanuel Iduma". World Literature Today. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  22. ^ Simon, Daniel (2017). "Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note". World Literature Today. 91 (1): 1–4. doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm.
  23. ^ "THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  24. ^ "Award Recipients – SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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