Yinka Elujoba is a Nigerian writer and art critic living in New York. He writes fiction, narrative-nonfiction and critical essays which have been published in a number of magazines and journals. He contributes regularly to the New York Times arts section. He holds an MFA in Art Criticism and Writing from the School of Visual Arts, New York and an Engineering degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He was awarded the Rabkin Prize in 2021 and the Andy Warhol Art Writers Grant in 2023.