Yinka Olatunbosun
A self-taught documentary photographer, Etinosa Yvonne, has won the 2019 Access Bank Art X Prize. This result was declared at an exclusive party at Miliki, Victoria Island Lagos, recently after a rigorous screening process by the jury. Of the five finalists, Etinosa emerged as the winner of the cash grant of N1.5m as well as a three-month residency at Gasworks, London in 2020.
In addition, she will get a solo presentation of the winning multi-media art project at West Africa’s Premier International Art Fair, Art X Lagos which will hold from November 1 till 3, 2019 at the Federal Palace Hotel and Casino, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Runners-up namely Ayomitunde Adeleke, Christopher Nelson Obuh, Yadichimma Ukoha-Kalu and Peter Ebahi Okotor will also exhibit their works at this fair that is a crossroad for art connoisseurs, artists galleries, collectors and fresh art audiences.
This year, more entries were received for the coveted Access Bank Art X Prize which has…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
