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Ayo AJAYI
Address: National Teachers' Institute, PMB 2191, Kaduna, Kaduna State. BirUttJune 22, 1936, in Ose-Ekiti, Ondo State. Training: Diploma in fine arts, College of Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1963;cartoon and print production training, the Daily Mirror Office, London, 1968; participatedin "DistanceLearningWorkshop" on media production for mathematics, Ministry of Education Headquarters, Warsaw, Poland, 1977;education media production management course, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA, 1981. Profile: Full name, Patrick Ayo Ajayi; art editor, Spear Magazine, Lagos, 1963;production officer, Daily Times, Lagos, 1963-1964; art director, Adaid and Partners, Lagos 1963-1964; cartoonist and art critic, Daily Times, Lagos, 1964-1968; part-time lecturer, Yaba College of Technology,Lagos, 1968-1974; art editor, Daily Times, Lagos, 19691973; lecturer in journalism, Times Training Centre, Daily Times, Lagos, 1972and 1973; conducted numerous workshops in Nigeria and the United States, 1972-1982; design art supervisor, NBC/TV, Lagos, 1974-1976;represented Nigeria at the Eighth International Congress of the International Associationof Art, Baghdad, Iraq, 1976; delegate, FESTAC '77, 1976; acting head", Department ofFacilities, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna State, 1978-1983; coordinator, quality control and printing, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, 1983-1990; head, Department of Graphic Arts &Illustrations, National Teachers' Institute, Kaduna, from 1990; illustrated numerous publications, including pamphlets, textbooks, and works of fiction. Member: Nigerian Union of Journalists; founding member, Societyof Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Exhibition Centre, Marina, Lagos, January 24-29, 1964. National Museum, Lagos, April 4-10, 1967. USIS, Lagos, December 13-17, 1976. BlackAmerican Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA,November 16-22, 1981. Group Exhibitions "Inaugural Exhibition of the Society of Nigerian Artists," Exhibition Centre, Lagos, January 16-22, 1964. Commonwealth Arts Festival, Cardiff, Wales, 1965. Eighth Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1965. Glephyst Traveling Exhibition, Canada, 1965. "First World Festival of Negro Arts," Dakar, Senegal, 1966. "Touring Exhibition of Ten Nigerian Artists," Societyof Nigerian Artists, London, Moscow, and Warsaw, 1968. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, June 20-July 21, 1968. "Contemporary Nigerian Artists," Independence Building, Lagos, October 1, 1968. Second Indian Triennial, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, 1971. "Contemporary Nigerian Prints and Paintings," Fourth Ife Festival of the Arts, Gallery of the University of Ife Library, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, December 1115, 1971. "Nigerian Traditional and Contemporary Art," Edinburgh, Scotland, June 1974. [traveled to other cities in the UK]. "Nigerian Art in the 70's," University of Ife, Ile-Ife, March 16-April20, 1976. "Nigerian Contemporary Art Symposium, Nsukka 1976," Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 22-25, 1976. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, October 2-9, 1976. " FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. "Contemporary Nigerian Artists," National Theatre, Lagos, September 4-9, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1977. "Exhibition of Nigerian Traditional and Contemporary Art," Lagos, 1978. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Dakar, Senegal, November 25December 7, 1980. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 26October 1, 1985. Commissions Two murals, National Theatre, Lagos. Writings by the Artist Tortoise Adventures, a children's story, published weekly by the Daily Times (Lagos) July 1972-August 1973. illus. Public Collections Lagos University Library, University of Lagos, Lagos. Oil on board: "The Family," "The Warrior," and "Molo Player." Formerly in the collection of the Federal Society of Arts & Humanities, Lagos. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Oil paintings: "Mai Gogei," "Sango and Oshun," "African Mother," "The Family," "The Musicians," and "Conversation." University of Ibadan, Institute of African Studies, Ibadan. Painting: "Rara." Bibliography "Our Authors and Performing Artists-II," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 89: 133-140, June 1966. Allagoa, Lawrence. "Exhibition Centre's New Home," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 93: 114-126, June 1967. illus. Contemporary Nigerian Art: An Exhibition Assembled by the Society of Nigerian Artists; [held at the Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, June 10-July21, 1968]. London: Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, 1968. [15]pp.
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