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| nationality = [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]] |
| nationality = [[Nigerian people|Nigerian]] |
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| education = [[Obafemi Awolowo University]] [[School of Visual Arts]] |
| education = [[Obafemi Awolowo University]] [[School of Visual Arts]] |
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| occupation = [[Writer]], |
| occupation = [[Writer]], Editor, [[art critic]] |
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| notable_works = Collective Truth, Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation |
| notable_works = Collective Truth, Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation |
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| awards = Rabkin Prize |
| awards = Rabkin Prize |
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| website = https://www.elujoba.com/ |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Elujoba has worked extensively as a writer, editor, and art critic since 2010.<ref |
Elujoba has worked extensively as a writer, editor, and art critic since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-19|title=Yinka Elujoba|url=https://invisible-borders.com/artist/yinka-elujoba/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Invisible Borders}}</ref> |
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Elujoba has written two chapbooks, ''Collective Truth (2016)'', which is permanently collected at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian Institute]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba|url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_1111317|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Smithsonian Institution|language=en}}</ref> and ''Images of the Disconsolate (2017)'' as part of his work with the [[Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation|Invisible Borders]]' Trans-African Project<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store|url=https://store.invisible-borders.com/product-category/chapbooks/|access-date=2021-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref |
Elujoba has written two chapbooks, ''Collective Truth (2016)'', which is permanently collected at the [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian Institute]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba|url=https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_1111317|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Smithsonian Institution|language=en}}</ref> and ''Images of the Disconsolate (2017)'' as part of his work with the [[Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation|Invisible Borders]]' Trans-African Project<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store|url=https://store.invisible-borders.com/product-category/chapbooks/|access-date=2021-07-18|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-19|title=Yinka Elujoba|url=https://invisible-borders.com/artist/yinka-elujoba/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Invisible Borders}}</ref> |
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In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, with their exhibition "''Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation"''<ref |
In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, with their exhibition "''Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation"''<ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures|url=https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures|url=https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref> |
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The Exhibition, which took place from February 9 |
The Exhibition, which took place from February 9 - March 9, 2019, at the Old Engine Test House, Nigeria Railway Corporation Compound, Ebute-Metta, Lagos<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lagos+Railway+Station/@6.4864987,3.3726915,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x103b8c805eccc3fb:0xc83a2d874470d3a9!8m2!3d6.4843335!4d3.3810908|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy|url=https://apexart.org/events/riflegacy.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images|url=https://apexart.org/events/riffuture.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref> was described as ''"explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Editors|first=T. S. A.|date=2019-03-19|title=Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation {{!}} By adeoluwa oluwajoba|url=https://thesoleadventurer.com/re-imaging-futures-a-trans-nigerian-conversation-by-adeoluwa-oluwajoba/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=The Sole Adventurer|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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His Essays and Art Criticism has been published on Harper's,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yu|first=Charles|last2=Jaccarino|first2=Mike|last3=Hamrah|first3=A. S.|last4=Myles|first4=Eileen|last5=Martin|first5=Judith|last6=Laing|first6=Olivia|last7=Elujoba|first7=Yinka|last8=Oyler|first8=Lauren|last9=Hu|first9=Jane|title=Yinka Elujoba {{!}} Harper's Magazine|url=https://harpers.org/author/yinkaelujoba/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=harpers.org|language=en}}</ref> Art Review,<ref>{{Cite web|title=David Goldblatt’s Way of Seeing|url=https://artreview.com/david-goldblatt-way-of-seeing/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=artreview.com|language=en}}</ref> [[Saraba Magazine]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Saraba|title=The Poetry of Places {{!}} Saraba Magazine|url=https://www.sarabamag.com/the-poetry-of-places-by-yinka-elujoba/|access-date=2021-07-18|language=en-GB}}</ref> Brooklyn Rail<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yinka Elujoba {{!}} Contributor|url=https://brooklynrail.org/contributor/Yinka-Elujba|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-18|website=The Brooklyn Rail|language=en-US}}</ref> and [[The New York Times|The New York TImes]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Elujoba|first=Yinka|date=2020-09-17|title=Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History’s Cracks|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/arts/design/jacob-lawrence-metropolitan-museum.html|access-date=2021-07-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> where he writes Art Criticism. |
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In 2020, Elujoba cofounded A Long House with Kechi [[Kechi Nomu|Nomu]] and Gbenga Adesina.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Masthead|url=https://alonghouse.com/masthead/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=A Long House|language=en-US}}</ref> |
In 2020, Elujoba cofounded A Long House with Kechi [[Kechi Nomu|Nomu]] and Gbenga Adesina.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Masthead|url=https://alonghouse.com/masthead/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=A Long House|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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* 2017 – ''Images of the Disconsolate''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Images of the Disconsolate|url=https://www.fortunatetraveller.com/tag/images-of-the-disconsolate/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Fortunate Traveller|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
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* 2019 – ''Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation''<ref name="auto"/><ref name=":0" /> |
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* 2017| Images of the Disconsolate <ref>{{Cite web|title=Images of the Disconsolate|url=https://www.fortunatetraveller.com/tag/images-of-the-disconsolate/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=Fortunate Traveller|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> |
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⚫ | * 2017| In History to My Barest Marrows<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-11-09|title=“In History to My Barest Marrows”: A Conversation Between Yinka Elujoba and Emmanuel Iduma|url=https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/interviews/history-my-barest-marrows-conversation-between-yinka-elujoba-and-emmanuel-iduma|access-date=2021-07-18|website=World Literature Today|language=en}}</ref> conversation with [[Emmanuel Iduma]] for World Literature Today<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Simon|first=Daniel|date=2017|title=Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm|journal=World Literature Today|volume=91|issue=1|pages=1–4|doi=10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm|issn=0196-3570}}</ref> |
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* 2019| ''Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation''<ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy|url=https://apexart.org/events/riflegacy.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
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* 2018 – Apexart International Exhibition Grant<ref name="auto2"/> (with Innocent Ekejiuba) for "Re-imaging Futures"<ref name="auto2"/> |
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* 2021| Rabkin Prize<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=AWARDS|url=https://www.rabkinfoundation.org/awards|access-date=2021-07-18|website=THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION|language=en-US}}</ref> from the ''Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION|url=https://www.rabkinfoundation.org/|access-date=2021-07-18|website=THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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⚫ | * 2020| [[School of Visual Arts]] Faculty Award for MFA Thesis <ref>{{Cite web|title=Award Recipients - SVA|url=https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients,%20https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients|access-date=2021-07-18|website=School of Visual Arts {{!}} SVA {{!}} New York City|language=en}}</ref> |
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* 2018| Apexart International Exhibition Grant<ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures|url=https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref> (with Innocent Ekejiuba) for "Re-imaging Futures"<ref>{{Cite web|title=apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures|url=https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php|access-date=2021-07-18|website=apexart.org}}</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
Revision as of 21:41, 18 July 2021
Yinka Elujoba | |
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Nationality | Nigerian |
Education | Obafemi Awolowo University School of Visual Arts |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Editor, art critic |
Notable work | Collective Truth, Re-Imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation |
Awards | Rabkin Prize |
Website | https://www.elujoba.com/ |
Yinka Elujoba is a Nigerian Writer [1], and Editor[2] who currently works as Art Critic for the New York Times.[3] He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
In 2018, he won the Apexart International Exhibition Grant[4] as one-half of a curatorial team with Innocent Ekejiuba.
He was awarded the Rabkin Prize in 2021.[5]
Personal Life and Education
Elujoba was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria to civil servant parents. He has an Engineering degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, and an MFA in Art Writing & Criticism from the School of Visual Arts, New York.[6]
Career
Elujoba has worked extensively 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 Institute[8] and Images of the Disconsolate (2017) as part of his work with the Invisible Borders' Trans-African Project[9][10]
In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, with their exhibition "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation"[11] 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.[12]
The Exhibition, which took place from February 9 - March 9, 2019, at the Old Engine Test House, Nigeria Railway Corporation Compound, Ebute-Metta, Lagos[13][14][15] was described as "explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"[16]
His Essays and Art Criticism has been published on Harper's,[17] Art Review,[18] Saraba Magazine[19] Brooklyn Rail[20] and The New York TImes.[21] where he writes Art Criticism.
In 2020, Elujoba cofounded A Long House with Kechi Nomu and Gbenga Adesina.[2]
Works
- 2016| Collective Truth [8][9]
- 2017| Images of the Disconsolate [22][9]
- 2017| In History to My Barest Marrows[23] conversation with Emmanuel Iduma for World Literature Today[24]
- 2019| Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation[25][4]
Awards and Recognition
- 2021| Rabkin Prize[5] from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation.[26]
- 2020| School of Visual Arts Faculty Award for MFA Thesis [27]
- 2018| Apexart International Exhibition Grant[28] (with Innocent Ekejiuba) for "Re-imaging Futures"[29]
References
- ^ https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/yinka-elujoba
- ^ a b "Masthead". A Long House. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/design/lonnie-holley.html
- ^ a b https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php
- ^ a b "AWARDS". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients
- ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ a b "Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ a b c "Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria". Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Editors, T. S. A. (2019-03-19). "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation | By adeoluwa oluwajoba". The Sole Adventurer. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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has generic name (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ "David Goldblatt's Way of Seeing". artreview.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ Magazine, Saraba. "The Poetry of Places | Saraba Magazine". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Yinka Elujoba | Contributor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Elujoba, Yinka (2020-09-17). "Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History's Cracks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Images of the Disconsolate". Fortunate Traveller. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ ""In History to My Barest Marrows": A Conversation Between Yinka Elujoba and Emmanuel Iduma". World Literature Today. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "Award Recipients - SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.