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Nigerian-Italian illustrator and textile designer

Diana Ejaita is a Nigerian-Italian illustrator and textile designer.

Biography

Ejaita was born in Italy. She studied fine art in France and Germany. As of 2020, she was based in Berlin, Germany, and Lagos, Nigeria.

In 2014, Ejaita started a fashion label, called WearYourMask, inspired by West African traditions and her Italo-Nigerian heritage.

In 2019, Ejaita's work was featured in a group exhibition at Berlin's Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts), called Afro Futures. Fashion – Hair – Design. That same year, she illustrated a Google Doodle commemorating the 119th birthday of Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, a Nigerian educator and women's rights activist. Ejaita has designed four covers for The New Yorker magazine.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Mouly, Françoise (2020-01-13). "Diana Ejaita's "Portrait of History"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2020-01-13. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  2. ^ Sauer, Jennifer (2020-02-05). "Artist Diana Ejaita's Inspired View". CR Fashion Book. Archived from the original on 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  3. Grenier, Elizabeth (2019-08-24). "Innovative designers challenge African fashion stereotypes | DW | 24.08.2019". DW. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. "Google celebrates Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti's 119th birthday with a doodle". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
  5. Mouly, Françoise (2019-05-06). "Diana Ejaita's "Iya Ni Wura (Mother Is Gold)"". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2019-05-06. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
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