Yinka Elujoba Explained

Yinka Elujoba
Nationality:Nigerian
Education:Obafemi Awolowo University School of Visual Arts
Occupation:Writer, editor, art critic
Notable Works: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 who works as an art critic for The New York Times.[2] He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

He was awarded the Rabkin Prize in 2021.

He received the Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant in 2023[3]

Personal life and education

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.[4]

Career

Elujoba has worked as a writer, editor, and art critic since 2010.[5]

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

The exhibition, which took place from February 9 – March 9, 2019, at the Old Engine Test House, Nigeria Railway Corporation Compound, Ebute-Metta, Lagos[9] [10] [11] was described as "explor(ing) the concept of Nigeria as a cartographic construct by colonial forces and its implications in contemporary Nigeria"[12]

His essays and art criticism have been published in Harper's Magazine,[13] ArtReview,[14] Saraba Magazine[15] The Brooklyn Rail[16] and The New York Times,[17] where he writes art criticism.

In 2020, Elujoba co-founded A Long House with Kechi Nomu and Gbenga Adesina.[18]

Works

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yinka Elujoba. 2021-10-10. World Literature Today. en.
  2. News: Lonnie Holley's Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation. The New York Times. 6 May 2021. Elujoba. Yinka.
  3. Web site: Yinka Elujoba - Grantees - Arts Writers Grant . 2024-03-23 . www.artswriters.org.
  4. Web site: Award Recipients – SVA. 2021-10-10. School of Visual Arts SVA New York City. en.
  5. Web site: 2016-04-19. Yinka Elujoba. 2021-07-18. Invisible Borders.
  6. Web site: Collective truth / Yinka Elujoba. 2021-07-18. Smithsonian Institution. en.
  7. Web site: Chapbooks – Invisible Borders Store. 2021-07-18. en-US.
  8. Web site: apexart Exhibition: Re-Imaging Futures. 2021-07-18. apexart.org.
  9. Web site: Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. 2021-07-18. Lagos Railway Station · Cooper Street, Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria. en.
  10. Web site: apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Legacy. 2021-07-18. apexart.org. 2021-07-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20210718120809/https://apexart.org/events/riflegacy.php. dead.
  11. Web site: apexart :: Public Program :: Re-Imaging Futures: Future Images. 2021-07-18. apexart.org.
  12. Web site: Oluwajoba. Adeoluwa. 2019-03-19. Re-imaging Futures: A Trans-Nigerian Conversation By adeoluwa oluwajoba. 2021-07-18. The Sole Adventurer. en-US.
  13. Web site: Yu. Charles. Jaccarino. Mike. Hamrah. A. S.. Myles. Eileen. Martin. Judith. Laing. Olivia. Elujoba. Yinka. Oyler. Lauren. Hu. Jane. Yinka Elujoba Harper's Magazine. 2021-07-18. harpers.org. en.
  14. Web site: Elujoba. Yinka. 22 April 2021. David Goldblatt's Way of Seeing. 2021-07-18. artreview.com. en.
  15. Web site: Elujoba. Yinka. 8 April 2015. The Poetry of Places Saraba Magazine. 2021-07-18. en-GB.
  16. Web site: Yinka Elujoba Contributor. 2021-07-18. The Brooklyn Rail. en-US.
  17. News: Elujoba. Yinka. 2020-09-17. Jacob Lawrence, Peering Through History's Cracks. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-07-18. 0362-4331.
  18. Web site: Masthead. 2021-07-18. A Long House. en-US.
  19. Web site: Morgan. Femi. June 26, 2020. Images of the Disconsolate. 2021-07-18. Fortunate Traveller. en-GB.
  20. Web site: 2016-11-09. "In History to My Barest Marrows": A Conversation Between Yinka Elujoba and Emmanuel Iduma. 2021-07-18. World Literature Today. en.
  21. Simon. Daniel. 2017. Table of Contents, Masthead, and Editor's Note. World Literature Today. 91. 1. 1–4. 10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm. 10.7588/worllitetoda.91.1.fm. 0196-3570.
  22. Web site: AWARDS. 2021-07-18. THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. en-US.
  23. Web site: THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. 2021-07-18. THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION. en-US.
  24. Web site: Award Recipients – SVA. 2021-07-18. School of Visual Arts SVA New York City. en.

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