Verified archive statusAKANGBE Kasali
Address: 13 Agboyele Street, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Self-taught. Profile: Sometimes referred to as Kasali Akanbi; worked with Susanne Wenger in renovating and re-creating the Oshogbo shrines; also works as a mud sculptor. Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1981. Group Exhibitions "Exhibition of Works bySusanne Wenger and New Sacred Art (Asese) Oshogbo," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1976. "Neue Kunst in Afrika,"Mainz,Germany, June 1980; University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, July-August 1980; Worgl, Austria, September 1980. Noan Gallerie, Vienna, Austria, 1981. Steierisches Volkskundemuseum, Graz, Austria, 1982. "DeGoden ZijnNiet Dood," Provinciehuis, Zwolle, TheNetherlands, February 5-March 5, 1982. "ZeitgenossischeNigerianische Kunst," Bonn,Bocholt, and Monchengladbach, Germany, July-October 1989. "ContemporaryArtsfromWestern Nigeria," Zamana Gallery, London,October20, 1988-January 8, 1989. Commissions Eight carved wooden figures and four carved wooden doors, National Black Theatre, Harlem, New York, USA, 1990. Public Collections Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Sculptures:"Priest With Bell,""Shango," and five untitled.