AGBONKONKON, Greg

Address: Agbons Creation Studio, 3 Akugbe Street, Oliha Quarters, PO Box 1028, Benin City, Edo State. Birth: December 6, 1960, in Benin City, Edo State. Training: HND in fine arts, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, 1984, specializing in sculpture. Profile: Full name, Greg Otasowie Agbonkonkon; lecturer, College of Education, Benin City, 1984-1985; full-time sculptor, Agbons Creation Studio, Benin City, from 1986; works in many media, including bronze, marble, terracotta, wood, cast concrete, and fiberglass; the face of his sculpture of Queen Idia was chosen as the officialemblem of FESTAC '77. Solo Exhibitions National Museum, Benin City, 1985. Didi Museum, Lagos, November 1987. "Roses and Thorns," Lagos Polo Club, Lagos,June 1989. Etta Gravely's Place, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 1990. Group Exhibitions Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, 1984. "Exhibition of the Contemporary BeninSchool," National Theatre, Lagos, January 25-February 8, 1985. "Lagos Expo '86 Trade Fair," Ocean View Plaza, Lagos, 1986. "Reflection on the Art and Culture of the Old," Didi Museum, Lagos, November 1987. Commissions Cast…