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Yinka Elujoba
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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 currently works as an Art Critic for the New York Times.[3] He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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

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.[5]

Career

Elujoba has worked extensively as a writer, editor, and art critic since 2010.[6]

Elujoba has written two chapbooks, Collective Truth (2016), which is permanently collected at the Smithsonian Institute[7] and Images of the Disconsolate (2017) as part of his work with the Invisible Borders' Trans-African Project[8][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.[11]

The Exhibition, which took place from February 9 - March 9, 2019, at the Old Engine Test House, Nigeria Railway Corporation Compound, Ebute-Metta, Lagos[12][13][14] was described as "explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"[15]

His Essays and Art Criticism has been published on Harper's,[16] Art Review,[17] Saraba Magazine[18] Brooklyn Rail[19] and The New York TImes.[20] where he writes Art Criticism.

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

Works

  • 2016| Collective Truth [7][8]
  • 2017| Images of the Disconsolate [21][8]
  • 2017| In History to My Barest Marrows[22] conversation with Emmanuel Iduma for World Literature Today[23]
  • 2019| Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation[24][25]

Awards and Recognition

  • 2021| Rabkin Prize[4] 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

  1. ^ https://www.worldliteraturetoday.org/author/yinka-elujoba
  2. ^ a b "Masthead". A Long House. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/arts/design/lonnie-holley.html
  4. ^ a b "AWARDS". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ^ https://sva.edu/alumni/alumni-society/award-recipients
  6. ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ^ a b "Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  8. ^ a b c "Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  9. ^ "Yinka Elujoba". Invisible Borders. 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  10. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  11. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  12. ^ "Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria". Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  13. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  14. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  15. ^ 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)
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ "David Goldblatt's Way of Seeing". artreview.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  18. ^ Magazine, Saraba. "The Poetry of Places | Saraba Magazine". Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  19. ^ "Yinka Elujoba | Contributor". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 2021-07-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Elujoba, Yinka (2020-09-17). "Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History's Cracks". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  21. ^ "Images of the Disconsolate". Fortunate Traveller. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  22. ^ ""In History to My Barest Marrows": A Conversation Between Yinka Elujoba and Emmanuel Iduma". World Literature Today. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  23. ^ 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.
  24. ^ "apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  25. ^ https://apexart.org/ekejiuba-elujoba.php
  26. ^ "THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION". THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  27. ^ "Award Recipients - SVA". School of Visual Arts | SVA | New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  28. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  29. ^ "apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures". apexart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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