Yinka Elujoba
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| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | Obafemi Awolowo University School of Visual Arts |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Journalist, 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 Journalist who currently works as Art Critic for the New York Times.[2] He lives in Brooklyn, New York. In 2018, he won the Apexart International Exhibition grant[3] as one-half of a curatorial team with Innocent Ekejiuba. He was awarded the Rabkin Prize in 2021. He is also a faculty member and the School of Visual Arts, New York, USA.
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.[4]
Career
Elujoba has worked extensively as a writer, editor, journalist and art critic.
Elujoba has written two chapbooks, Images of the Disconsolate and Collective Truth, which is permanently collected at the Smithsonian Institute.[5]
In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, 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 overall to receive the
His Essays and Art Criticism has been published on Harper's,[6] Art Review,[7] Saraba Magazine[8] Brooklyn Rail[9] and The New York TImes.[10] where he writes Art Criticism.
In 2020, Elujoba cofounded A Long House with Kechi Nomu and Gbenga Adesina.[11]
References
- ^ https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/yinka-elujoba
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/design/lonnie-holley.html
- ^ https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php
- ^ https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients
- ^ "Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: 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.
- ^ "Masthead". A Long House. Retrieved 2021-07-18.