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EBOIGBE,
Felix
Sculptor Address: 3790 Grovedale Place, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45208, USA. Birth: 1944, in Lagos. Training: Studied sculpture under master sculptor, Ben Aye; trained with Ovia Idah in Benin City. Profile: Opened an art studio in Lagos, 1967; artist-in-residence, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, 1970; teacher/lecturer, colleges, high schools, and community institutions in Indiana and at Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA; artist-in-residence, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, from 1983. Solo Exhibitions Wooster College, Wooster, Ohio, USA, 1971. Matrix Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, April 1971. North Shore Art League, North Shore, Illinois, USA, 1972. Chicago Art Community Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1972. Cleo Rogers Memorial County Library, Columbus, Indiana, USA, 1973. Claflin College, Orangeburg, South Carolina, USA, 1974. DeLigny Art Galleries, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 1976. Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, July 3-July 22, 1973. Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA, 1975. Kalamazoo Space Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, October 23-November 3, 1978. University of Houston, Continuing Education Center, Houston, Texas, USA, 1981. Art Link Gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, 1982. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1982. Graphic Glass Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1982. Loft Art Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1984. "Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture," Tangeman University Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, February 6-29, 1984. "Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture," Union Gallery, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, August 22-September 23, 1984. Cincinnati Home and Garden Show, Cincinnati Convention-Exposition Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, March 2-10, 1985. "Juneteenth," The Arts Consortium, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA,June 14-July 24, 1986. "African Arts: Masks to Sculpture," Atrium Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, September 19-November 15, 1986. "Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture," Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1988. Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, January 1990. Group Exhibitions "National Black Expo '72 Show," San Francisco, California, USA, summer 1972. "African Artists in America" African-American Institute, New York, USA, September 20, 1977-January 14, 1978. "African Art, Past and Present," Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, May 3-31, 1982. [and other venues in Ohio]. Children's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 1983. "Ohio African-American Artists Showcase 1986," Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA, 1986. Governor's Residence Art Collection, Columbus, Ohio, USA, 1987-1988. "Africa: An Exhibition," Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA, September 6, 1987-July31, 1988. Midwest Sculpture Invitational, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, Indiana, USA, May 6-June 12, 1988. Miami Valley Arts Council, Miami, Horida, USA, 1990. Public Collections Miami Valley Arts Council, Miami, Horida, USA. Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, USA. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA. Bibliography "Eboigbe Sculpture Now on Exhibit," DailyHerald-Telephone (Bloomington) April 27, 1971. Felix Eboigbe Sculpture; [exhibition held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, USA, July 3-22, 1973]. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1973. [folder]. Eboigbe; [exhibition held at the DeLigny Art Galleries, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, 1976]. Fort Lauderdale: DeLigny Art Galleries, 1976. [folder], illus. African Artists in America; An Exhibition of Work by 20 African Artists Living in America. New York: African-American Institute, 1977. [9]pp. illus. Reviewed: J. Newton Hill, "African Artists in America," African Arts (Los Angeles) 11 (3): 84-85, April 1978. Felix Eboigbe; [exhibition held at the Space Gallery, Knauss Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA, October 23-November 3, 1978]. Kalamazoo: Space Gallery, 1978. [folder], illus. Owen, Suzanne. "Eboigbe Creates Nigerian Sculptures in the United States," Interlink no. 56: 9-14, 1979. illus. (color). Wray, Ron. "Wood Inspires NigerianSculptor," Herald Telegraph (Bloomington) April 23, 1982, page 31. Wood Sculpture Exhibition by Felix Eboigbe; [exhibition held at the Children's Museum, Indianapolis, USA, April 1983]. Indianapolis: Children's Museum, 1983. [folder]. illus. Odita, E. Okechukwu. "Theory and Practice in Contemporary African Art: Modernist or Skokian Aspect," Journal of Multi-Cultural and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education (Columbus, OH) 1 (1): 43-56, fall 1983. illus. Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture; [exhibition held at the Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, University of Cincinnati, USA, February 6-29, 1984]. Cincinnati: Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, 1984. [12]pp. illus. Reviewed: Owen Findsen, "Timeless Quality Marks African Art," Cincinnati Inquirer (Cincinnati) D-20, February 26, 1984, page D-20. Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture; [exhibition held at the Union Gallery, Purdue Memorial Union, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, August 22-September 23, 1984]. West Lafayette: Purdue University Galleries, Department of Creative Arts, 1984. [12]pp. illus. Hegner, Phyllis. "Art: A Benin Hand in Cincinnati," Cincinnati Magazine (Cincinnati) 18 (4): 16, 1985. illus., port. "Home and Garden Show Hosts Noted Sculptor," The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati) February 28, 1985. Ohio African-American Artists Showcase 1986; [exhibition held at Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA, 1986], Wilberforce: Central State University, 1986. [16]pp. illus. (some color). Africa: An Exhibition; [exhibition held at Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, USA, 1987]. Wilberforce: Central State University, 1987. [12]pp. illus. (some color). Felix Eboigbe: Contemporary African Sculpture; [exhibition held in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1988]. Cincinnati: Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, 1988.
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