ADENAIKE Tayo

Address: Dawn Functions Nigeria, 3A Byron Onyeama Close, PO Box 2890, New Haven, Enugu, Enugu State. Birth: April 27, 1954in Idanre, Ijebu-Imushin, Ogun State. Training: National Art Workshop, Ahmadu BelloUniversity, 1972;BA in fine and applied arts, University of Nigeria, 1979, specializing in painting; MFA, University of Nigeria, 1982; two-month study leave at Schwabisch-Hall, Germany, 1986. Profile: Full name, Augustine Omotayo Adenaike; art teacher, Institute of Management & Technology, Enugu, 1979-1980; art director, Maan & Company, Enugu, 1982-1984; contributed illustrations to several issues of Okike; art editor, Okike, 1983; designed more than thirty book covers for the Fourth Dimension Publishers, Enugu; creative director, Dawn Functions Nigeria, Enugu, from 1984; conducted a workshop at Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1986. Member: AKA Circle of Exhibiting Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Childhood Fears," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1980. "Homage to Uli," Africa Centre, London, 1981. "Distorted Souls," Goethe Institute, Lagos, June 9-25, 1982. "Faces of the Time," National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos, NovemberDecember, 1983. "The Subconscious," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, May 1984. "We Live in the Deep," Goethe Institute, Lagos, February 1986. [traveled to Schwabisch-Hall, Bayreuth, Dusseldorf, Boppard, Goettingen, Freiburg, Staufen, Prien, and Rothenburg, Germany]. "Dialogue," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, November 1986. "Story-Telling," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, March 10-24, 1990. "Fragments: Watercolours and Drawings by Tayo Adenaike," Mbari Art, Washington, DC, September 23, 1990. Group Exhibitions "Painting Exhibition, Gbubemi Amanoritsewor and Tayo Adenaike," Idubor Gallery, Benin City, 1975. "First Steps," University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 27-March 5, 1976. FESTAC'77, Lagos, 1977. "Lagos International Trade Fair," Lagos, November 27-December 11, 1977. "The Nsukka School: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics," Contemporary Arts Gallery, Rivers State Council for Arts & Culture, Port Harcourt, February 1-28, 1979. "Diversity, An Exhibition of Paintings by Tayo Adenaike and Nsikak Essien," British Council, Enugu, 1979. "National Art Institutions Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, January 11-26, 1980. "Contemporary Art from the Eastern States," British Council, Enugu, August 2-15, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. "Afrikanische Kunst Heute," Galerie Exler, Frankfurt, Germany, October 8-November 30, 1980. "People and Streets," Goethe Institute, Lagos, November 3-16, 1982. "Okike Art Exhibition," University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1982. "Nigerianische Kunst Austellung," Nigerian Cultural Centre, Bonn, Germany, March 18-April 1, 1982; Ingleheim and Berlin, Germany, 1982. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos; Federal University of Technology, Owerri; Lugard Hall, Kaduna, September 26-October 1, 1985. "AKA '86," French Cultural Centre, Enugu, April 14-20, 1986; Franco-German Exhibition Hall, Lagos, May 14-31, 1986. "Sinsemillia Art Expo," Lagos Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, September 18-20, 1986. "AKA '87," Hotel Presidential, Enugu, April 23-May25, 1987; National Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, July 2-16, 1987. "AKA '88," Nigerian Union of Journalists Press Center, Enugu, April 28-30, 1988; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, May 16-30, 1988; National Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, June 9-23, 1988. "Art for Art's Sake," Sinsemillia Gallery, Lagos, December 4-22, 1988. 'Treasures of Asele Institute," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 10-23, 1988. "AKA '89," Hotel Presidential, Enugu, April 19-21, 1989; NaHonal Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, June 23-July8, 1989. "VSO Auction for the World," London, May 22, 1989. "Uli: Traditional WallPainting and Modern Art from Nigeria," Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, June 15-July 15, 1989; Goethe Institute, Lagos, January 1025, 1990; Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 12-14, 1990. "AKA '90," Hotel Presidential, Enugu, April 1990; Goethe Institute, Lagos, July 417, 1990. Public Collections AGIP Headquarters, Lagos. Asele Institute, Nimo. University of Lagos, Centre for Cultural Studies, Lagos. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Oil paintings: "Thinker (Our Thoughts Differ)," "Facing the East," "We Called Them Refugees," and "Arrival of the Masquerades." National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Oil paintings: "Giant Strides," 'Theme: Religious," 'Time, How it Flies," and "The Power of Prayer." National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC. Watercolors: 'Through the Broken Wall We Saw the Chameleon Changing Its Colours" and "Beyond the Hills at Sundown." Writings by the Artist "The Influence of Uli Art on Contemporary Nsukka School Painting (Part 1)," NigeriaMagazine(Lagos) no. 143: 38-52, 1982. illus., bibliog. TheOsogbo Experiment Sixteen Years After. BA thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 1979. iv, 67 leaves, bibl. refs. [unpublished]. Joan Miro: Some ofHis Works. Seminar paper delivered to the Department of Fine & Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, May 1982. [unpublished]. The Influence ofUliArt on Contemporary Nsukka School Painting. MFA thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1982. 57 leaves, [35] leaves of plates. Tayo Adenaike. [s.l.: s.n.], 1984. [folder]. Contains curriculum vitae. Awards & Honors Two departmental painting prizes, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1974-1979; Federal Government of Nigeria scholarships, 1974-1979 and 1980-1982. Bibliography First Steps. . . Exhibition Catalogue; Tayo Adenaike and Gbubemi Amanoritsewor; [exhibition held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 27-March5, 1976] / foreword by Obiora Udechukwu. Nsukka: Universityof Nigeria, 1976. [6]pp. illus., port. Childhood Fears: An Exhibition of Paintings; [exhibition held at the Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1980]. Enugu: [s.n., 1980]. 8pp. illus., port. Homage to Uli; [exhibition held at The Africa Centre, London, 1981]. [s.l.: s.n.], 1981. 24pp. illus. Reviewed: Daily Times (Lagos) July 30, 1981, page 21; Africa Now(London) September 1981,pages 80-81; "Ulias an Art Form," Africa (London) September 1981, pages 81-83. Schliwinski, Otto. People and Streets: Prints and Drawings; [exhibition held at the Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1982]. Lagos: Goethe Institute, 1982. [6]pp. illus. Distorted Souls: An Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolours, 9-25 June, 1982, Goethe Institute, Lagos. [Lagos:Goethe Institute, 1982]. 24pp. illus., port. Reviewed: "TayoAdenaike's Distorted Souls," Satellite (Enugu)June 9, 1982, page 9; "Cultures Growing Together," Daily Times (Lagos) June 10, 1982, page 12; "Exhibition of Uli Traditional Art," Daily Times (Lagos)June 17, 1982, page 17. Tayo Adenaike: Faces ofthe Time: Catalogue 1983; [exhibition held at the National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos, November-December 1983]. Lagos:National Council for Arts & Culture, 1983. 20pp. illus. Reviewed: "Faces of our Time," Satellite (Enugu) November 24, 1983, page 11;"Weeping Without Tears," The Guardian (Lagos) December 4, 1983,page B8; "Faces of Protests, Cries and Quarrels," The Guardian (Lagos) December11, 1983, page B6. "Paintings from Two Cultures," Daily Times (Lagos) January 1, 1983, page 7. The Subconscious: Watercolours and Drawings; [exhibition held at the Italian Cultural Institute, 1984]. Lagos: Italian Cultural Institute, 1984. 20pp. plates. Reviewed: "Italiano's Busy Month," The Democrat Weekly (Kaduna)May 6, 1984, page 6; Toyin Akinosho, "Forays into Subconscious," The Democrat Weekly (Kaduna) May 20, 1984, page 5; "The UliArt Movement," The Democrat Weekly (Kaduna) May 27, 1984, page 9; "Art Review," Nigeria Herald (Ilorin) May 31, 1984. Aig-Imoukhuede, Frank. "A Quiet Revolution in NigerianArt," pp. 1-3. In: Obiora Udechukwu: Selected Sketches 1965-83 and Recent Drawings and Watercolours, Lagos, National Council for Arts & Culture, 1984. "Alabama Gets a Treat of Nigerian Arts," National Concord (Lagos) May19,1984, page 9. Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Symbols of Ancestral Groves: A Monograph ofPrints and Paintings, 1978-1985. Lagos: BruceOnobrakpeya, 1985. See page 33. Pruitt, Sharon Yvette. Perspectives in the Studyof Nigerian Kuntu Art:A Traditionalist Style in Contemporary Visual Expression. PhD dissertation, Ohio State University, 1985. Ann Arbor: University MicrofilmsInternational, 1985.See pages 346-358 for interview. "Two ExhibitionDates forAdenaike," The Guardian Supplement (Lagos) February 2, 1986, page B6. We Live in The Deep; [exhibitionheld at the GoetheInstitute, Lagos,1986]. Lagos: Goethe Institute, 1986. 24pp. illus. Reviewed:"Art ExhibitionBeginson February 22nd," The Guardian (Lagos) February8, 1986, page 10;"TayoAdenaike Stellt in der Stadtbibliothek Aus," Haller Tagblat (Schwabisch-Hall)March 14, 1986,page 17;"Surreaulismus auf Afrikanisch," Haller Tagblat (Schwabisch-Hall) March 19, 1986, page 16;"Journey into the Mind," The African Guardian (Lagos) March 20, 1986, page 43;"TayoAdenaike:An Outsider Livingin the Deep," Daily Times (Lagos)March 21, 1986,page 21;"Zwischen Stammeskunst und Moderne," Nord Bayerischer Kurier (Bayreuth) May 8, 1986. Dialogue: Catalogue: 1986; [exhibition held at the ItalianCultural Institute, Lagos, November 1986]. Lagos: Italian Cultural Institute, 1986. 24pp. illus. Reviewed: "Two of a Kind," Nigerian Tribune (Ibadan) November 18, 1986; "Tayo Adenaike Exhibits Again," The Guardian Supplement (Lagos)November 23, 1986;"As the Clouds Gather," Sunday Sketch (Ibadan)November23,1986, page 5;"Adenaike in Dialogue with the Boards," Guardian Express (Lagos) November 27, 1986, page 5; "Tayo Takes Uli Form to Oil," The Mail on Sunday (Lagos)December 7, 1986; "Exhibition: Fullof Dialogue," Nigerian Tribune (Ibadan) December9, 1986; "Tayo Adenaike and UliTraditional Paintings," Nigerian Chronicle (Calabar) December 13, 1986;"Dialogue Under Distress," The African Guardian (Lagos) December 18, 1986;"Dialogue with Oil Paintings," Daily Times (Lagos) December 20, 1986, page 5. Onobrakpeya, Bruce. Sahelian Masquerades: Artistic Experiments, Nov. 1985-August, 1988Iedited by Safy Quel. Papa Ajao, Mushin, Nigeria: Ovuomaroro Gallery, 1988.132pp. illus. [None by Adenaike]. See page 48. Uli: Traditional Wall Painting and Modern Art from Nigeria; [exhibition held at Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, June 15-July15, 1989; Goethe Institute, Lagos, January 10-25, 1990; Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; February 2-14, 1990]. Lagos:s.n., 1990.63pp. illus. Reviewed: Chinwe Uwatse, "Uli: A Unique Heritage Reborn," The Guardian (Lagos)January 28, 1990, page B7. Story-Telling; [exhibition held at the Italian Cultural Institute, March 10-24, 1990]. Lagos: Italian Cultural Institute, 1990. 32pp. illus., port. Reviewed: The Punch (Lagos) February 28, 1990; Daily Champion (Lagos)March 2, 1990,page 8; Daily Times (Lagos) March 3, 1990,page 11; Guardian Express (Lagos) March 7, 1990; Lagos Life (Lagos)March 8-March14, 1990; The Guardian (Lagos)March 10, 1990, page 12; Lagos Life (Lagos)March 22-March28, 1990; Guardian Financial Weekly (Lagos) March 26, 1990,page 12; Society (Lagos)May 1990. Uwatse, Chinwe. "Stories, Moods and Imaginings," The Guardian (Lagos), June 17, 1990, page B7. Adenaike, Tayo. Fragments: Watercolours and Drawings; [exhibition held at Mbari Art, Washington, DC, September 23, 1990. Washington, DC: Tayo Adenaike, 1990]. [folder], illus.