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Address: 21 Onasanya Street, Surulere, Lagos, Lagos State. Birth: May 27, 1952,in Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Studied Yoruba batik technique known as adire for three years; also trained as fashion designer for two years. Profile: Full name, Zaenab Oloyede Adeyemi; daughter of sculptor, Asiru; like her father, creates scenes and tells stories in her tapestries; participates activelyin her father's Aluminum Art Works, Oshogbo; depicts Yorubalife, the dancer, the drummer, the masquerader, the palm wine tapper. Group Exhibitions "ContemporaryAfricanArt," Camden ArtsCentre, London, August-September 1969. 'Ten Artists from Nigeria," Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC, March 21April 9, 1971. "Eighteenth Festival of the Arts," Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, April 18-24, 1971. "Contemporary Tapestries, BrassCastings, and Graphics from Nigeria," The Egg and The Eye, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 1971. "Contemporary Art from Nigeria," African StudiesCenter, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, May 1971. "Contemporary Art of Oshogbo, Nigeria,"ContemporaryArts Gallery, New York University, USA, May 25-June 17, 1971. "Contemporary Art from Africa," GalleryNimba, Seattle, Washington, USA, November 1971. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, USA, May 1972. "Eight Nigerian Artists," African-American Institute, Washington, DC, July 1972. "Africa Creates '72," Union Carbide Gallery, Union Carbide Building, New York, USA; Community Church and Inter-Church Center, New York, USA; BedfordStuyvesant Restoration Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, October 1972-April 1973. "Five Women Artists," Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA, November 13December 1, 1972. "Art in Africa Today," Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA, April 20November 3, 1974. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," RenwickGallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 26October 28, 1974. "Mbari Art," California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA, January 18-February 3, 1984. Public Collections Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois. Mbari Art, Washington, DC. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Pen and ink on textile: "Pleasure Temple" and "Portrait of my Father." Bibliography Kennedy, Jean. "Senabu Oloyede, Kikelomo Oladepo: New Heirs to Talent in Oshogbo," African Arts (Los Angeles) 4 (4): 24-27, summer 1971. illus. (some color). Wahlman, Maude. Contemporary African Arts. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1974. 124pp. illus. See page 16. Wahlman, Maude. "The Contemporary African Arts Festival," [review of an exhibition entitled "Art in Africa Today" held at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA, April 20-November 3, 1974]. Field Museumof Natural History Bulletin (Chicago) 45 (4): 3-8, April 1974.illus. (color). Armstrong, Robert Plant. "Art in Africa Today," [reviewof an exhibitionentitled "Art in Africa Today" held at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, April 20-November3, 1974]. African Arts (LosAngeles)7 (4): 72-74, summer 1974. illus. Highet, Chandana Juliet. "Oshun, The RiverGoddess," African Women (London) 25: 60-62, January-February 1980. Highet, Chandana Juliet. "Daughters of Oshogbo," New African (London) [ca.1984]., port. Momirov, Letitia. "Mbari Art," [review of exhibition held at California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, California, USA, January 18-23, 1984]. African Arts (Los Angeles) 17 (4): 82-83, August 1984.illus. Tolagbe, J. O. &M. S. Burnip. "The Development of Printed Batik Technique and its Applicationfor SmallScale Industry Within Nigeria," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) 55 (3): 17-26, July-September 1987.
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