AKINTUNDE, Gbade

Address: Oyo State Council for Culture, Cultural Centre, Craft Village, PMB 5665, Mokola Hill, Ibadan, Oyo State. Birth: August, 1949, in Iragberi near Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Apprenticed to Lamidi Fakeye for two years; experimental workshop, Institute of African Studies, Ile-Ife, 1969; certificate in art and design, Ahmadu Bello University, 1979. Profile: Tutorial assistant, Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1972-1977; freelance artist 1978-1983; cultural officer in charge of woodcarving unit, Cultural Centre Craft Village, Ibadan, from 1983; gave demonstrations in Canadian secondary schools in Edmonton, Toronto, Burlington and Hamilton, 1986. Solo Exhibitions "Prints and Wood Carving," International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, 1987. Group Exhibitions "Exhibition of Prints and Wood Carvings," USIS, Kaduna, Kano and the State Library, Jos, 1971. "Visions of Africa," Afro-American Cultural Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA, May 12-23, 1975. "Exhibition of Prints," French Cultural Centre, Ibadan, 1984. "Art for VIPs," British Caledonian VIP Lounge, Gatwick Airport, London, October 1-31, 1985. Commissions Wood…