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Sculptor Address: c/o Susanne Wenger, PO Box 43, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Birth: 1936, in Oshogbo. Training: Trained as a master carpenter, worked with Susanne Wenger in Oshogbo. Profile: Creates stone figures for the Oshogbo Shrines. Group Exhibitions "Contemporary African Art," Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, March 13-May 4, 1969. [traveled in the USA from 1969-1973 to: Studio Museum in Harlem and New YorkUniversity, New York; University of Missouri, Columbia; Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland; West Virginia State College, Institute; North East Missouri State College, Kirskville; Rio Hondo College, Whittier, California; Compton Community College, Compton, California; Citrus College, Azusa, California; Mira Costa College, Oceanside, California, and Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, California]. "Contemporary African Art," Camden Arts Centre, London, August-September 1969. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 25- September 1, 1974. "Exhibition of Works by Susanne Wenger," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1976. "Moderne Kunst in Afrika," Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1980. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October1, 1980. "New Sacred Art of Oshogbo," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1982. "De Goden Zijn Niet Dood," Provinciehuis, Zwolle, The Netherlands, February 5-March 5, 1982. "SilverJubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September26- October 1, 1985. "Art from the African Diaspora: Becoming Visible," Aljira, Newark, NewJersey, USA, February 12-March 13, 1988. "Contemporary Arts from Western Nigeria," Zamana Gallery, London, October17, 1988-January 8, 1989. "Zeitgenossische Nigerianische Kunst," Bonn, Bocholt, and Monchengladbach, Germany, July-October 1989. "Contemporary Art from Western Nigeria," Africa Centre, London, June 19-July 13, 1990. Commissions Carved doors, Oshogbo shrines, Oshogbo. Carved pillars and doors, National Black Theatre, Harlem, New York, USA, 1990. Public Collections Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Sculptures: "Sitter" and eight untitled. Mbari Art, Washington, DC. Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Gouache and beads on board: "Good Deed of Everyman," 1965. Bibliography Wenger, Susanne. The Timeless Mindof the Sacred. Ibadan: Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, 1977. 54pp. illus. [None by Gbadamosi]. Wenger, Susanne & Gert Chesi. A Life with the Gods in their Yoruba Homeland. Worgl, Austria: Perlinger, 1983. 235pp. illus. (some color). Highet, Juliet. Contemporary Art from Western Nigeria; [exhibition held at the Africa Center, London, June 19-July 13, 1990]. [folder], illus.
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