Figurative Painter and daughter of late Dora Akunyili, Njideka Akunyili Crosby is among the 24 winners of the 2017 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.

Typically awarded to around 20 American artists, academics, writers, and scientists each year, the grant is given to “talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction,” according to the foundation.

Each will receive a $625,000 award from the foundation "as an investment in their potential," paid out over five years with no strings attached.

34-year-old Los Angeles-based Akunyili Crosby was praised by the foundation for her large-scale works that “express the hybridity characteristics of transnational experience through choices of subject matter, materials, and techniques.”

Crosby’s solo exhibition at the Tang Museum in upstate New York opens this week (October 14–December 31); the Baltimore Museum will present a suite of new paintings on October 25.
The American, Berlin-based artist Paglen—who has launched a disc of images into space and investigated top-secret CIA programs—was lauded for “documenting the hidden operations of covert government projects and examining the ways that human rights are threatened in an era of mass surveillance.”

Chicago-based, New York-born Bey, a major figure in the history of African-American photography, was described as “a photographer and educator whose portraits of people, many from marginalized communities, compel viewers to consider the reality of the subjects’ own social presence and histories.”

Other fellows this year include journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, mathematician Emmanuel Candès, opera director Yuval Sharon, gender bending performer Taylor Mac, and immigration reform advocate Cristina Jiménez Moreta.Numerous artists have been awarded MacArthur grants since the “Genius” program was initiated in 1981, including Bill Viola, David Hammons, Vija Celmins, Kerry James Marshall , Kara Walker, Mark Bradford, and Carrie Mae Weems.


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Congratulobiaaaa

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Una well done oh

Make I go sweep compound b4 my landlord go increase my rent again

Brb

Female artists are damn sexy. Wish I could find one to get hitched to.


Men, in this times $625k is a damn lot of money o. I might need to go back to my creative calling.


So now what is Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, an IPOB yoot(ess) or an American

God bless the igbo race!


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We know no Biafra

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Okay

Geniuses are always made in great efforts

Brains begat brains while dummies begat dummies



Stepping into the shoes of her mother.

The Great Dora Akunyili

BRAIN

Hmmn.

It runs in her bloodline.

It runs in the blood, With little effort.

BuhariNaWah:
God bless the igbo race!

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We know Biafra

Biafrans doing exploits

Igbo women...brain and beauty are like 5 and 6. Now you know why their bride price is expensive? Not for every men to marry because you are marrying quality!

Nice one, congratulation dear

Njidrka has always been very intelligent ..so are all the other daughters of late Dora... All her kids are great achievers ... That woman was damn fine mother

What will she do with all these money?

Congratulations dear.

Nne gi muru gi

congrats to her... where's that my fine art notebook again self

Nice

I am not surprised. Her mother's blood runs in her veins.

Congrats to her,

Run away from Nigerian Military vaccination. Your little ones in your state are on the run right now.

Be like say she no won be nigerian


Everybody just dey ja reject this country

congrats to everyone out there achieving lots for themselves, its never easy. My ex once said i can never make it, i defied the odds and now wizkid is my friend on twitter.

once again congrats to us.
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Wow, beautiful woman! More blessings to her o her awards will continue to multiply

All efforts of your late mother not in vain. She will be happy. Dora, among the few of great patriotic Nigerians.