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Yinka Elujoba
File:Yinka Elujoba.jpg
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 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.

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, and art critic.

Elujoba has written two chapbooks, Collective Truth (2016), which is permanently collected at the Smithsonian Institute[5] and Images of the Disconsolate (2017) as part of his work with the Invisible Borders' Trans-African Project[6][7]

In 2018, Elujoba and Innocent Ekejiuba won the Apexart International Exhibition grant, with their exhibition "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation"[8] 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.[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[10][11][12] was described as "explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"[13]

His Essays and Art Criticism has been published on Harper's,[14] Art Review,[15] Saraba Magazine[16] Brooklyn Rail[17] and The New York TImes.[18] where he writes Art Criticism.

In 2020, Elujoba cofounded A Long House with Kechi Nomu and Gbenga Adesina.[19]

Works

  • 2016| Collective Truth [5][6]
  • 2017| Images of the Disconsolate [20][6]
  • 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[23][3]

Awards and Recognition

  • 2021| Rabkin Prize[24] from the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation.[25]
  • 2020| School of Visual Arts Faculty Award for MFA Thesis [26]
  • 2018| Apexart International Exhibition Grant[27] (with Innocent Ekejiuba) for "Re-imaging Futures"[28]

References

  1. ^ https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/yinka-elujoba
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/design/lonnie-holley.html
  3. ^ a b https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php
  4. ^ https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients
  5. ^ a b "Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. ^ a b c "Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  8. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  9. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  10. ^ "Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria". Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  11. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  12. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  13. ^ Editors, T. S. A. (2019-03-19). "Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation | By adeoluwa oluwajoba". The Sole Adventurer. Retrieved 2021-07-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ "David Goldblatt's Way of Seeing". artreview.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  16. ^ Magazine, Saraba. "The Poetry of Places | Saraba Magazine". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  17. ^ "Yinka Elujoba | Contributor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (2020-09-17). "Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History's Cracks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  19. ^ "Masthead". A Long House. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  20. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  24. ^ "AWARDS". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  25. ^ "THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  26. ^ "Award Recipients - SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  27. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  28. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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