The New York Times reports on Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s receipt of a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship

By Jennifer Schuessler 

 

Njideka Akunyili Crosby, 34, a Nigerian-born painter now living in Los Angeles whose work explores transnational identity, studied both biology and art as an undergraduate, and, as the daughter of scientists, had to grow into the idea of art as a potential career. “I think of my studio as a lab sometimes,” she said. “When I’m working out a new idea, I try to be as methodical as I can.”

 

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Portrait photography: Camilo José Vergara, courtesy John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

The New York Times Posted October 11 2017

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