Njideka akunyili crosby net worth

The Transcultural Art and Life of Njideka Akunyili Crosby

By Shira Wolfe

Nigerian-born Njideka Akunyili Crosby is only 34 years old, and has already passed some incredible art world milestones.

Not only that, but in recent years, the price for her work has gone up dramatically, from around $100.000 to $3 million.

This timeline sums up some big moments in the artist’s career:
2011: Njideka Akunyili Crosby is awarded the Studio Museum Harlem residency the year she graduates from her MFA at Yale
2014: She wins the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Contemporary Artist Prize
2015: She wins the Studio Museum Harlem’s Wein Prize and the New Museum’s Next Generation Prize
2016: Her first solo show in Europe, at the Victoria Miro in London.

Her work is so popular that the gallery only sells her work to public institutions like Tate Modern and Metropolitan Museum of Art
2016: Whitney Museum of American Art acquires