Address: Centre forCulturalStudies, Universityof Lagos, Lagos. Birth: 1951, in Iludun-Ekiti, Ondo State. Training: Apprenticed to BamideleAreogun, a Yoruba master sculptor, 1966-1971. Profile:Fullname, SimeonSunday Agbetuyi;works at Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos; trains his own apprentices. Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Lagos, December 11-24, 1974. "Exhibition ofTraditionalCarvings," NationalTheatre, May6-19, 1983. Group Exhibitions "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos,October 2-9, 1976. FESTAC'77, Lagos, 1977. "Exhibitionof Worksby Contemporary NigerianArtists," NationalTheatre, Lagos, September4-9, 1977. "Exhibitionof Nigerian Traditionaland Contemporary Art," Lagos, 1978 "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October7, 1978. Indian-Triennial Art Exhibition, New Delhi, India, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October1, 1980. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Dakar, Senegal, November 25December 7, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos,September 26-October5, 1983. "SilverJubileeNational Art Exhibition,"NationalTheatre, Lagos,September 26October 1, 1985. "Art by Metamorphosis: Selectionsof African Art from the Spelman College Collection," Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, November 3-December18, 1988. Public Collections Federal Ministry of Information, Lagos. Wood,iroko, sculptures: "Olokun," "Sacrifice," and "Horseman." National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Wood sculptures: "Horseman," "Yoruba Chief on Horseback," "Babalawo & Worshipper," and "Esu Flutist." Spelman College, Atlanta, USA. Wood sculpture: "Esu." Bibliography Exhibition ofTraditional Carvings by Simeon S. Agbetuyi; [heldatthe NationalTheatre, Lagos, May 6-9, 1983] / sponsored by the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. [Lagos: s.n., 1983]. [3]pp. illus. Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) 148:65, 1984.[illus. only].
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