Verified archive statusOLANIYI, Yemisi
Textile Artist Address: PO Box 68, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Birth: 1956, in Irundatedo-Isonlu, Kogi State. Training: Trained with her husband, Twins Seven-Seven, Oshogbo. Profile: A former wife of Twins Seven-Seven; conducts batik demonstrations with her exhibitions; produces highly colored, hand printed fabrics and wall hangings. Solo Exhibitions "Artists Without Egos," Gallery 69, The Bronx, New York, July 1990. Group Exhibitions National Museum, Kaduna, 1979. Luda Gallery, New York, USA, 1985. "Oshogbo Art," Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London July 4-29, 1985; Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 12-31, 1985. "Fine Art from the Twins SevenSevenGallery, Oshogbo," Grinnel Gallery, New York, USA, August 25-September 15, 1986. Andemola Gallery, New York, USA, 1986. Gallery 69, The Bronx, New York, USA, 1988. Langston Hughes Community Library&Cultural Center, New York, USA, 1988. Julia Hotton Gallery, New York, USA, 1989. National Center of Afro-American Artists Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1989.