Jimoh Olatunji BURAIMOH,

Graphic artist, Painter, Mosaicist

graphic artist, mosaicist, painter; b: 1943; p: Osogbo, so: Osun; ed: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1974. cr: Light Technician, Duro Ladipo's National Theatre, 1964; West African Contingents at the Commonwealth Festival, London, 1965; toured Australia, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands with Duro Ladipo's group; worked with the Institute of African Studies, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1968-72; represented Nigeria at the First All-African Trade Fair, Nairobi, Kenya; Artist-in-Residence, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1974; lectured and conducted demonstrations at the Haystack Mountain Crafts School, Deer Isle, Maine, USA, 1974; opened African Heritage Gallery, Osogbo, 1975; the first of several artists to make bead paintings; mem. Associazione Internazionale Mosaicisti Contemporane, Italy, cw: Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1967; Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, 1968; Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1970; 1973, 1975, 1977; Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, 1979; Bead Paintings, Drawings and Deep Etching, Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1982; National Museum, Lagos, 1984; USIS, Ibadan, 1984; Howard University, Washington DC, 1985; Beadworks Drawings and Deep Etchings, Italian Cultural Institute,…