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CHUKUEGGU
Chinedu
Textile Artist Address: Mbari Art Centre, PO Box42, Kwogwu, Aboh Mbaise, Imo State. Birth: July 27, 1958, in Umuamadi Nguru, Aboh Mbaise, Imo State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Ife, 1983; MA in visual arts, University of Ibadan, 1989. Profile: Full name, Chinedu Christian Chukueggu; son of sculptor Dulu Chief S. A. O. Chukueggu and brother of sculptor Chief Silver O. A. Chukueggu, sculptors; lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, Advanced Teachers College, Bauchi 1983-1984; assistant lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, Niger State College of Education, Minna, 1984-1987; lecturer/head, Niger State College of Education, Minna, from 1987. Member: International Society of Education Through Art; Nigerian Society of Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Art and Artists," College of Education, Minna, 1986. "Visual Touch," Niger State Council for Arts & Culture, Minna, 1987. Group Exhibitions British Council, Enugu, September 1973. East Central State Art Council Exhibitions, Enugu, October 1974 and 1975. University of Ife Students' Exhibitions, Ile-Ife, 1981, 1982 and 1983. "The Ife Art School, 1974-1984," National Theatre, Lagos, April 27-May 19, 1984; Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, June 1-15, 1984; Concorde Hotel, Owerri, August 20-25, 1984. Awards & Honors First prize, East Central State Zonal Art sculpture competition, Enugu, 1973; second prize, East Central State Art Council competition, Enugu, 1974; East Central State Scholarship Award in fine arts for SecondarySchool Education, Enugu, 1973-1978. Writings by the Artist Continuity andChange in Mbari Art in Mbaise, Imo State. BA thesis, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1983. [unpublished]. Church Architecture in Owerri Division 1900-1970. MA thesis, University of ibadan, Ibadan, 1989. [unpublished]. Textile/Dress Technology in Africa: The Case of Akwete. Paper presented at the International Conference on fifty years of archaeology in Nigeria, November 1989. [unpublished]. Public Collections Enugu State Art Council Gallery, Enugu. Wood sculptures. Obafemi Awolowo University, Department of Fine Arts, Ile-Ife. Textiles and sculpture, 1983.
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