BIOGRAPHY
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| NJIDEKA AKUNYILI | |
| 1983 | Born in Enugu, Nigeria, WAN |
| Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY | |
| Training | |
| 2011 | MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT |
| 2006 | Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2004 | BA (Honors), Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2013 | I Still Face You, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN |
| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
| 2014 | Shakti, Brand New Gallery, Milan, I |
| 2013 | Jump Cut, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY |
| Housewarming, BRIC, Brooklyn, NY | |
| I Always Face You, Even When it Seems Otherwise, (with Simone Leigh), Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK | |
| Domestic Experiences, Foreign Interiors, (with Doron Langberg), Sensei Exchange, New York, NY | |
| New Works, (with Abigail DeVille), Gallery Zidoun, Luxembourg, LU | |
| Bronx Calling: The Second Bronx Biennial, Bronx Museum, NY | |
| Cinematic Visions, Paintings at the Edge of Reality, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK | |
| Exhibition of Works by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY | |
| Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY | |
| 2012 | Primary Sources, The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, NY |
| Waiting For The Queen, Diker Gallery, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY | |
| Group Show, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY | |
| Lost and Found: Belief and Doubt in Contemporary Pictures, Museum of New Art Detroit, Detroit, MI | |
| Configured, curated by Teka Selman, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY | |
| 2011 | The Bearden Project, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY |
| Collage Perspectives, Swarthmore College List Gallery, Swarthmore, PA | |
| Paperwork, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY | |
| Yale MFA Thesis Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT | |
| CAA New York Area MFA Exhibition, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, New York, NY | |
| 2010 | Yale University Class of 2011 Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT |
| 2009 | Yale University 1st Year Graduate Show, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT |
| Residencies and Grants | |
| 2013 | The Space Program at the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation |
| Rosenthal Family Foundation Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters | |
| International Studio and Curatorial Program, sponsored by the Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund of the New York Community Trust | |
| Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant | |
| Bronx Museum Artist in the Marketplace program | |
| 2012 | Acadia Summer Arts Program, Acadia, ME |
| 2011 | Artist-In-Residence, Studio Museum in Harlem |
| Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting, Yale University | |
| 2010 | Gamblin Painting Prize, Yale University |
| 2009 | The Coverley-Smith Prize, Woodmere Art Museum |
| 2003 | Jonathan Altman Art Grant, Swarthmore College |
| Public collections | |
| Yale University Art Gallery | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | |
| The Rubell Family Collection | |
| The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | |
| The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University | |
