Graphic Artist, Painter Address: 11 Ahman Pategi Road, off Alkali Road, Kaduna, Kaduna State. Birth: December 21, 1954, in Lagos. Training: Studied in Bruce Onobrakpeya's studio, Lagos, 1974-1976; OND and HND in painting, 1981, Yaba College of Technology. Profile: Full name, Tayo Tekovi Quaye; traveled to the United States, 1979-1985, conducting workshops at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 1979; Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, 1982; Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama, 1985; Howard University, Washington, DC and other universities and art galleries; freelance artist. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Deep Etchings, Lino Prints and Plastocasts," Arkansas Union Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, 1979. "Lithographs, Plastocasts, Deep Etchings and Lino Prints," Fort Smith Art Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA, 1979. "Prints, Plastocasts and Paintings," British Council, Kaduna, 1981. African Arts Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 1982. University of Arkansas, Union Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA, 1983. American Consulate, Kaduna, July 4, 1986. East Orange Library, East Orange, New Jersey, USA, August 1986. Group Exhibitions Gentry Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, 1980. "Deep Etchings," The Galleries, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1980. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1981. Tucson Unified School Districts Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 1982. "Prints," Jerry Gilden Gallery, Pikesville, Maryland, USA, 1983. "Offerings from the Gods," National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. Marrison Fine Arts Building, Alabama A & M University, Normal, Alabama, USA, 1985. Art Exhibition, International Women's Society, Kaduna, 1986. North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 1986. Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, December 1986. "Art That Works," Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, June 1987. Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, December 1987. "Young Artists 1988," Whitney Young Resource Centre, USIS, Lagos, May 7-31, 1988. "Tayo Quaye & Gani Odutokun," Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, June 4-10, 1988. "Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25," National Theatre, Lagos, November 27-December 10, 1989. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," National Theatre, Lagos, September 29- October 13, 1990. Commissions Mural, deep etching, Nigerian Industrial Development Bank, Kaduna, 1984. Calendar designs, Tower Galvanized Products, Kaduna, 1986. Etchings, Hamdala Hotel, Kaduna, 1988. Christmas card design, "Alagbafo," Nigerian International Bank, 1989. Sculpture, fiberglass and bronze lino relief, Gulf Oil Nigeria, 1990. Mural, bronze lino, "Igunmuko," Chartered Bank, Lagos, 1990. Etchings, Northwest Arkansas Bank, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA. Awards & Honors Second prize, Dunlop National Art Contest with linoprint "Aiyeloja," 1977; first prize, printmaker, USIS National Young Artist Competition, Lagos, 1988. Public Collections National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC. Deep etching: "Dancing Masquerade," 1979. State House, Kaduna. Etchings, 1990. Bibliography "Nigerian Artist to Exhibit," The Spectrum (Fayetteville, AR) October 5, 1979, page 2. Home, David. "Quaye Prints 'Preserve' African Ways," Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) [1982?]. Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Symbols of Ancestral Groves: A Monograph of Printsand Paintings, 1978-1985. Lagos: Bruce Onobrakpeya, 1985. 256pp. port. See pages 31-32. Young Artists: 1988; [exhibition held at the Whitney Young Resource Center, USIS, Lagos, May 7-31, 1988]. Lagos: Whitney Young Resource Centre, 1988. 12pp. illus. Tayo Quaye & Gani Odutokun; [exhibition held at Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, June 4-10, 1988. Kaduna: Alliance Francaise, 1988]. [folder], illus.
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