OWODUNNI Adebisi

Biographical record

Surname

Adebisi

First Name

OWODUNNI

Gender

N/A

Date of Birth

January 19, 1946,

Place of Birth

Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.

Profession

Artist

Schools Attended with Dates

Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, USA, 1973, specializing in sculpture; Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 1974-1975; BA in liberal arts, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1976; MFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, 1979, specializing in sculpture. Profile: Curator, African arts, Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, 1977; consultant, African textiles, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA, 1978; artist-in-residence, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and Virginia Statewide Commission of the Arts &Humanities, Richmond, USA, 1978-1981; guest artist, Afro-American Festival, International House, Philadelphia, USA; lectured and presented workshops on African arts in Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, DC, Richmond, Virginia and Philadelphia, USA; lecturer/head of department, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, 1982-1983; head, Department of Engineering &Creative Arts, Ibadan Polytechnic, satellite campus at Eruwa, 1983-1986; senior lecturer, sculpture, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, from 1986.

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Member: Society of Nigerian Artists

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, February 1-March 15, 1979. Lyons Building, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, February 16-March 24, 1979. MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, April 25-May 8, 1979. Branches of the Arts Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA, July 1979. Meredith Art Gallery, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, USA, October 1979. Public Broadcasting Service, WEVE-TV, Richmond, Virginia, USA, December 22, W}-December 22, 1980. Central Fidelity Bank, Richmond, Virginia, USA, August 1980. Meredith Art Gallery, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, USA, December 2-23, 1980. Arts Gallery, White Hall, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, January 26-February 20, 1981. Group Exhibitions "Black and Gifted Artists," Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1971. Antioch Graduate School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, May 1977. Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, March 12-22, 1979. United States Department of Education, Washington, DC, October 1980. La Petite Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA, February 15-March 25, 1982. "Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40," Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," National Theatre, Lagos, October 13-November 29, 1990. Commissions Sculpture, bronze bust, President Ibrahim Babangida, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, 1988.

Outstanding Achievements

Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1979; Award of Excellence in Visual Arts, Branches of the Arts Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA, 1980.

Official Address

Department of Fine Arts, Yaba College of Technology, PMB 2011, Yaba, Lagos.