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Austine OMEKE

Graphic Artist, Painter

Graphic Artist, Painter Address: 6 Sylvia Crescent, Anthony Village, Box 6454, Ikeja, Lagos. Birth: August 24, 1964, in Boji Boji Agbor, Delta State. Training: OND, Auchi Polytechnic, 1983; studied painting and sculpture, Koko Studio, Lagos, 1983;HND in graphic art, Yaba College of Technology, 1987; toured Nigeria studying forms and designs of Igbo-Ukwu, Benin and Ife arts, 1988. Profile: Full name, Austine Ikechukwu Omeke; graphic and studio designer, Nigerian Television Authority, Abeokuta, 1981; consulting artist, Best Print Nigeria, Lagos, 1983; studio artist, Koko Studio, Lagos, 1983-1984; illustrator, Paico Publishers, Calabar, 1987; art instructor, Goretti Secondary Commerdal School, Ikot-Ekpene, 1987; freelance artist, from 1988. Member: Nigerian Sodety of Education through Art; Sodety of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Images of Time," Kaduna Polo Club, Kaduna, December 1989. Group Exhibitions Young Masters Art Trust, Lagos, 1989. "Art for Life," National Museum, Lagos, April 19-30, 1990. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," National Theatre, Lagos, September 29- October 13, 1990. Commissions Mural, mosaic, Crusaders House, Yaba,…

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Lagos, 1984. Mural, mosaic, Chief Onyejianya Palace, Nnewi, 1985. Painting, oil on board, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, 1990. Awards & Honors First and second prizes, drawing and painting, Ika Local Government and Bendel State Government, 1979.

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Surname
OMEKE
First Name
Austine
Gender
Male
Profession
Graphic Artist
Painter
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