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ADEYEMI
Bisi
Address: 20 Araromi Street, PO Box1101, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Informally apprenticed to her step-mother in Oshogbo; later attended workshops in Oshogbo; mentored and tutored by Twins Seven-Seven, Jimoh Buraimoh, and Susanne Wenger. Profile: Full name, Olabisi Ajike Adeyemi; formerly known as Olabisi Olaniyi; guest lecturer in textiles, University of Benin, Benin City, 1984-1985; lectured and gave batik demonstrations in galleries, art institutions and academies in Austria, England, Germany, Switzerland and various cities in the United States, 1980-1988. Solo Exhibitions Miya Gallery, Washington, DC, August 1-30, 1980. National Museum, Benin City, 1981. Black Gallery Owners, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1982. National Museum, Jos, 1982. National Museum, Lagos, 1983. BlackRenaissance Gallery, Washington, DC, 1984. Arts in South Dekalb, Dekalb, Georgia, USA,1984. Oakland Community School, Southampton, New York, USA, 1984. Boston Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1985. Shell Petroleum, Port Harcourt, 1985. Brockman Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA, 1986. Ikoyi Club, Lagos, 1986. University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1987. BlackWomen's Health Project, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1987. Costain West Africa, Ede, 1987. Group Exhibitons Whitney Young Resource Centre, USIS, Lagos, 1980. "Mbari Art," University of the Districtof Columbia, Washington, DC, August 1980. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1981. "Oshogbo Artists from Nigeria," National Center of Afro-American Artists, Boston, USA, July 11-August 1982. Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1984. Nigerian Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1984. Gallery 843, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1988. National BlackArts Festival, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1988 Public Collections Chase Manhattan Bank, Lagos. Steel Rolling Mill, Oshogbo. National Museum, Benin City. National Museum, Lagos. National Museum, Jos. University of Benin, Benin City. University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA. Bibliography Olabisi Ajike Olaniyi; batik demonstration, August 2-3, 1980, National Museum of AfricanArt, SmithsonianInstitution. Washington, DC:The Museum, 1980. [mailer], port.
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