Address: Oshogbo Afro Art & Research Centre, PO Box1183, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Birth: January 1, 1941, in Ila-Orangun, Oyo State. Training: Oshogbo art workshops, 1966-1968;experimental workshops, Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, University of Ife, 1969-1972. Profile: Full name, James Ishola Adedayo; specialist in printmaking; also works in film etching, metal embossing, candle prints, plaster prints, and batik; established the Oshogbo Afro Art & Research Centre, Oshogbo, a centerfor artists to work, exhibit and research. Solo Exhibitions Paa-Ya-Paa Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya 1972. Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1972. National Art Centre, Budapest, Hungary, 1973. University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1973. Trenchard Hall Art Gallery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1974. Bookshop, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1975. Whitney Young Resource Centre, USIS, Lagos, March 1977. Group Exhibitions Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1970. British Council, Kaduna, 1971. USIS, Kaduna, 1972. USIS, Ibadan, 1972. Ikoyi Art Centre, Lagos, 1973. Maxwell Art Centre, London, 1974. "Tradition and Change in Yoruba Art," E. B.Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, USA, March 9-April 14, 1974. Benin Art Centre, Benin City, 1975. Nigerian Cultural Association, Lagos, 1975. Trenchard Hall Art Gallery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1975. Staff Club, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1976. British Council, Ibadan, 1976. French Cultural Center, Lome, Togo, June 1988. "Artby Metamorphosis: Selections of African Art from the Spelman College Collection," Departmentof Art, Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 3-December 18, 1988. "Treasures of Asele Institute," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 10-23, 1988. French Cultural Center, Cotonou, Benin, February 1989. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Batik:"Eyo Masqueraders." Obafemi Awolowo University, Departmentof Sociology, Ile-Ife. Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. University of Calabar, Calabar. University Hospital, Ibadan. University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana. University of Ibadan, Department of Library Studies, Ibadan. University of Ibadan, Departmentof Theatre Arts, Ibadan. University of Ibadan, Department of Zoology, Ibadan. University of Ibadan, Institute of African Studies, Ibadan. University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri.
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