OSEVWE David

Mosaicist, Muralist, Textile Artist Address: Artist Kooperative of Nigeria, Ibadan-Gbogan Road, PO Box 936, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Birth: February 9, 1948, in Ilashe via Ilesha, Oshun State. Training: Trained with Jimoh Buraimoh; attended Oshogbo art workshops, Oshogbo, with Georgina Beier; actor and assistant stage lighting operator, Duro Ladipo Theatre, Oshogbo; also studied with Bruce Onobrakpeya, and at Hammer Hill, Telluride, Colorado, USA. Profile: Full name, David James Osevwe; traveled to the United States in 1981, 1989 and 1990; visited Denmark, Sweden and Berlin with twelve other Nigerian artists, 1986; founder of Artists Kooperative of Nigeria, Oshogbo. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Lagos, September 17-25, 1975. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1982. Group Exhibitions World Arts Exhibition, Capri, Italy, 1967. FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. 'Twenty Years of Oshogbo Art," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. Oyo State Arts Festival, Oyo, 1982. "De Goden Zijn Niet Dood," Provinciehuis, Zwolle, The Netherlands, Feburary…