Английская Википедия:Adejoke Tugbiyele

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Шаблон:Infobox person Adejoke Aderonke Tugbiyele (born 1977) is a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary visual artist and activist.[1][2] She is known primarily as a sculptor, performer, and filmmaker, but has also worked in painting, drawing, and textiles.[3][4] Her work deals with issues of human rights, queer rights and women's rights.[5][1][6] She lives in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.[7]

Biography

Adejoke Aderonke Tugbiyele was born December 4, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York.[8][9] In early childhood, she moved with her family to Lagos, Nigeria. In high school, she returned to New York City to attend the High School of Art and Design.[7] She identifies as queer.[6]

Tugbiyele has a B.S. degree (2002) in architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology;[7] and a M.F.A. degree (2013) from the Rinehart School of Sculpture at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).[8]

Tugbiyele's work has been influenced by artists including El Anatsui, Fela Kuti, Ai Weiwei, Kara Walker, Zanele Muholi, and Rotimi Fani-Kayode.[6]

Tugbiyele has been affiliated with the Nigerian NGO, Initiative for Equal Rights which provides emergency assistance to LGBT Nigerians.[6] She has served as a United States-based representative for Solidarity Alliance for Human Rights, a coalition of Nigerian organizations working for human rights, queer rights and activism, and to fight against HIV/AIDS.[6]

Her work is in various public museum collections, including the Brooklyn Museum,[10] and Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw.[11]

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