Address: 33A Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos. Birth: February 10, 1958,in Winneba, Ghana. Training: Apprenticed to Abayomi Barber, painter. Profile: Employed at the Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos, Lagos. Group Exhibitions "National Art Institutions Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, January 11-26, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. "Nigerianische Kunst Ausstellung," Nigerian Cultural Centre, Bonn, Germany, March 18-April 1, 1982;Ingleheim and Berlin, Germany, 1982. "Ausstellung Nigerianische Kunst der Gegenwart," Bonn, Germany, August 9-18, 1982. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Islamabad, Pakistan, 1983. "The Abayomi Barber School," Exhibition Centre, Lagos, December 14-28, 1984. "JAMFEST85," World Youth Festival of Arts, Kingston, Jamaica, 1985. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos; Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Lugard Hall, Kaduna, September 26-October 1, 1985. "Man in Focus," National Theatre, Lagos, December 20, 1985-January 10, 1986. Awards & Honors Third prize, BataShoe Company, National Art Competition, 1984. Public Collections Devcom Merchant Bank, Lagos. Oil painting: "Fruit," 1984. National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos. Oil paintings: "Ritual" and "Aje," 1982. Phillips Oil, Lagos. Oil paintings: "Shekere" and "Ritual Transformation." University of Lagos, Main Auditorium, Lagos. Oil paintings: "The Egg" and "Marriage," 1980. University of Lagos, Centre forCultural Studies, Lagos.Oil paintings: "Self Portrait," 1981, and "Six EminentJurists of the Nigerian Supreme Court." Bibliography Nigerian Crafts Exhibition, JAMFEST 1985, Kingston, Jamaica, [s.l.: s.n.], 1985. [folder], illus. [Partial contents: "Two thousand years of craft tradition" [and] "Contemporary Art in Nigeria," with briefbiographicalnotes on the artists].
Last Update
“Please send your updated CV to: [email protected]” – Editor
© Blerf
All entries available on this Website shall be updated from time to time in order to add, modify or amend the information or contents of an existing entry. Accordingly, no legal proceedings whatsoever shall be entertained by the biographer on account of any information deemed to be inadequate or incomplete.
Recent Comments