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ADAMSON Kenny

Address: 7 Majaro Street, Onike-Yaba, Lagos. Birth: October 24, 1951 in Lagos, Lagos State. Training: OND and HND, Yaba College of Technology, 1977. Profile: Chief cartoonist, Punch, Lagos, 1972-1979; chief cartoonist, Vanguard and Sunday Vanguard, Lagos, 1983-1988; freelance artist working independently on commissions. Solo Exhibitions "Give a Little, Take a Little," Didi Museum, Lagos, March 1-10, 1990. Group Exhibitions "Kenny Adamson and Adamu Ajunam," Didi Museum, Lagos, March 1983. French Embassy, Lagos, 1983. "Art for VIPs," British Caledonian VIP Lounge, Gatwick Airport, London, October 1-31, 1985. Commissions VIPLounge and Arrivaland Departure Lounges, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, 1979-1981. Mural, "Portrait of Time," Didi Museum, Lagos, 1983. "The Canal," Vanguard Media, Lagos, 1985. "Echo Across Waves," Communications Headquarters, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1987. External wall relief, Didi Museum, Lagos, 1989. Wood sculpture, Commerce Bank, Lagos, 1989-1990. Bibliography Emi, Roderick Ado. The Newspaper Cartoonsof Kenny Adams. BA thesis, Universityof Ife, Ile-Ife, 1980. [unpublished]. "Art for VIP's" [review of an exhibition of the…

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Didi Museum collection, Lagos, held at the BritishCaledonian VIP Lounge, Gatwick Airport, London, October 1-31, 1985. West Africa (London) no. 3556: 2237, October 21, 1985. Give a Little Takea Little; [exhibition held at the Didi Museum, Lagos, March 1-10, 1990] / introduction by Muyiwa Adetiba. [Lagos: Didi Museum, 1990]. 19pp. illus. (some color). Reviewed: Michael Oji, "Kenny Adamson's Growing Perception of Life," Vanguard (Lagos) March 22, 1990, page 9; Chinwe Uwatse, "Making Waves in Art," The Guardian (Lagos)April 1, 1990, page B8.

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