Claim profile

Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Nigerian-American visual artist (born 1983)

  • Fame49.6
  • Momentum2.0
  • Wikipedia2.3K
Claim profile
Source-basedFalling
Born 1983 · age 43Nigeria
NigeriaNigeriaArtistsArtist

Verify ownership in 2 minutes. Keeps the profile accurate and discoverable.

Deutsch →

  • Wikipedia
    12 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Age
    43
    Born 1983
  • Known for
    The Price of Everything
    2018
Summary
Updated 2026-08-26

Njideka Akunyili Crosby is a Nigerian-born visual artist working in Los Angeles, California. Through her art, Akunyili Crosby "negotiates the cultural terrain between her adopted home in America and her native Nigeria, creating collage and photo transfer-based paintings that expose the challenges of occupying these two worlds". In 2017, Akunyili Crosby was awarded the prestigious Genius Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Falling
49.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum2.0
Historical11.5
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
Global rank
—
Country rank
—
Category rank
—
Receipts

Sources