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Sculptor Address: 2A Waring Road, Ikoyi, Lagos; 64 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012, USA. Birth: February 8, 1944, in Warri, Delta State. Training: BA in fine art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1967; MA, New York University, New York, USA, 1969. Profile: Lecturer in art, Queens College, City University of New York, New York, USA, 1970-1975; part-time lecturer in art, New York University, New York, USA, 1972-1973; prindpal exhibition officer, FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977; freelance artist, Lagos and New York, USA; fabricates totemic sculpture out of plexiglass and makes plastic furniture; authorized by Nigerian Federal Board of Monuments and Antiquities to reproduce selected pieces from the exhibition, "The Treasures of Andent Nigeria," in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Solo Exhibitions Artist's Space Gallery, New York City, 1974. "Billy Omabegho, Exhibition of Sculptures," National Museum, Lagos, January- February 1975. "Art and Design: Sculptures and Furniture," French Cultural Centre, Lagos, November-December 1980. Group Exhibitions Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York, USA, 1971. FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. Commissions Sculpture, stainless steel, "Convergence," State House, Marina, Lagos, 1975. Sculpture, stainless steel, "Ramat," memorial to Murtala Ramat Mohammed, Benin City, 1977. Sculpture, stainless steel, symbol for Lagos International Trade Fair, 1978. Sculpture, brass, "Communication," Nigerian External Telecommunications, Necom House, Lagos, 1979. Sculpture, stainless steel, symbol for Delta Steel, Aladja, Warri, 1981. Sculpture, corten steel, "Modular Man," Ministry of Works, Lagos, 1982. Public Collections Council House, Johnson Wax Company, Racine, Wisconsin, USA. Metal sculpture: "Two People Communicating."
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