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AJIBOYE, Josy

Address: Daily Times, PMB21340, Ikeja, Lagos. Birth: In Erinmope Ekiti, Kwara State. Training: Studied commercial art, illustration and painting at Yaba College of Technology. Profile: Worked at African Challenge Publications and other Sudan Interior Mission Publications until 1968;cartoonist, Sunday Post, Lagos; editorialillustrator, Morning Post, Lagos; group art editor, Daily Times, Lagos, from 1971; illustratedmany educational books and novels. Solo Exhibitions Gong Gallery, Lagos, 1977. French Cultural Centre, Lagos, 1979. University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1981. "Exhibition of Paintingsand DrawingsbyJosyAjiboye," NationalMuseum, Lagos, October 16-October 31, 1981. "Exhibitionof Paintings and Drawings byJosyAjiboye,"National Museum, Lagos, May 24-June 7, 1983. National Museum, BeninCity, August 25,1983. [traveled to Jos]. "People and Places," National Museum, Lagos, August 28, 1987. Group Exhibitions "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1978. "Exhibitionof Nigerian Contemporary Art," Dakar, Senegal, November 25December 7, 1980. "Society of Nigerian Artists," Goethe Institute, Lagos, February 1981. "Ausstellung Nigerianische Kunst der Gegenwart," Bonn, Germany, August 9-18, 1982. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre,…

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Lagos, September 26October 1, 1985. "Man in Focus," National Theatre, Lagos, December 20, 1985-January 10, 1986. Public Collections Didi Museum, Lagos. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Oil paintings: "The Mask and the Ivory," "Fulani Shepherd Boy with Calf," and "Fulani Shepherd Boy with Flute." Bibliography Omoruyi, Aghama. "Mr. Josy Ajiboye Art Exhibition," Benin Series: A New Dimension in Benin Studies (Benin City), second edition: 69-70, [1983]. Adepegba, C. A. "Roots in Traditions: Contemporary Arts with Obvious Traits of Traditional Forms," Abinibi (Lagos) 2 (3):9-12, July-September 1987. illus. Akinosho, Toyin. "Josy Ajiboye: Beyond the Easy Art," The Guardian (Lagos) August 1987. port.

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