Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale AITOYEJE,

Biographical record

Surname

AITOYEJE,

First Name

Taiwo

Other Names

Olaniyi Oyewale

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

MAY 3 ,1944

Date of Death

June 16, 2011.

State of Origin

Kogi

Place of Birth

Kabba

Profession

Painter
Sculptor
Textile Artist
Musician

Schools Attended with Dates

Osogbo Art Workshops, Osogbo, 1964.

Previous Appointments

Teacher, Merced College, California, USA, 1972; Lecturer, Haystack Mountain Crafts School, Deer Isle, Maine, USA, 1974; Artist-in-Residence, National Black Theatre, New York, USA;Jurist Nedlaw and Baringa Exhibitions,

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1986; Art Man's Gallery, Osogbo. exh/cw:Third Anniversary Celebration of Mbari Mbayo, Osogbo, 1965; Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1970- 75;1977; The Paintings of Twins Seven Seven. USIS,Ibadan, 1970;Merton D,Simpson Gallery,NewYork, USA, 1972; Modeme Kunst cms Oshogbo, Neue Munchner Galerie, Munich, Germany, \%5; Oshogbo Artists, Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1969; African Paintings at BBC. Bush House, London, 1970; Oeuvres Africaines Nouvelles, Museede I'Homme, Paris, France, 1970; Modeme Mdlerei inAfiika, Museum fur Volker Kunde,Vienna, Austria, .1970-71; Ten Artists from Nigeria, Arts Club of Washington, DC, 1971; Modem African Art, Everson Museum of Art,Syracuse, NewYork, USA, 1973; Iwalewa: Ajrikanische Kunst Heute, Stadtische Galerie, Regensburg, Germany, 1985; Paintings and Drawings, Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, 1990; and several others,

Official Address

Art Man'sGallery, P.O. Box68, Oshogbo, Osun State.

Source

https://materialculture.com/prince-twins-seven-seven-in-memoriam/

Source

https://materialculture.com/prince-twins-seven-seven-in-memoriam/