artist muralist, painter, administrator, b: December 16, 1934; p: Lagos; ed: British Council Art Group; Yaba Technical Institute; Nigeria College ofArts,Science and Technology, Zaria 1960; Cambridge University, England, 1966; Studiedin the United States; Studied Industrial design education in Germany and England, 1979; en Teacher, Sudan Interior Mission School; ArtEducation Officer, Kings College, Ugos,1%1;CommissionerGeneral, Cultural Property(UNESCO), Nigeria, 1974;Ugos State Council for Artsandculture, 1975-79; mem.Ugos State Advisory Board onEducation;Technical Education Committee, 1979;Visual Arts Sub-Committee,FESTAC77; School of Art, Design and Painting, Yaba College ofTechnoIogy, Ugos, until1987; workedinstained glass and cement relief, currently, Proprietorandartist inresidency,YusufGrillo Studios; mm.Zaria ArtSociety, Federal Society ofArtsandHumanities; International Association of Art,UNESCO; International Society forEducation Through Art;International SocietyofPlastics Artists; World crafts Council; Founding mem.Society of Nigerian Artists; cw:Major Exhibitions include Piccadilly Gallery, Undon, 1965; Goethe Institute, Ugos, 1966; 1972 YusufGrillo, UniversityofSouthern California,UsAngeles, USA, 1971; Commonwealth InstituteofArt Gallery, Undon, 1972; Independence Exhibition, 1960; Harmon Foundation, New York, 1961-64; White ChapelGallery, Undon, 1963; Inaugural Exhibition ofthe Society ofNigerianArtists, Exhibition Centre, Ugos, 1964; "Contemporary Nigerian Art",Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, Undon, 1968; Contemporary African Art,Comedian Arts,Centre, Undon, 1%9; "Two-man Show" Howard University, Washing-ton, Dc, 1971; Contemporary Nigerian Prints andPaintings 4th IfeFestival of Arts, Gallery oftheUniversity oflfe Library, Ile-Ife, 1971; Nigerian contemporary Artsymposium, Nsukka, 1976; Institute of African studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1976; National ArtExhibition, National Theatre, Lagos, 1976; 1978; 1980; Society ofNigerian Artists, Goethe Institute, Ugos, 1981; Silver JubileeNationalArt Exhibition, National Theatre, Ugos, 1985;Man in Focus, National Theatre, Ugos, 1985-86; Towards a Greater Nation, Italian Cultural Institute, Ugos, 1987; First Masters Art Exhibition, Continental Merchant BankNigeria, Ugos, 1987; Creative Search 1,Jirad Art Gallery, Ugos, 1988; Reflections: An Art Exhibitionofthe Societyof Nigerian Artists, National Theatre, Ugos, 1988; Furniture and Interior Decoration,TextileDesign andFabrics, Paintings, Sculpture andDrawings, National Museum Ugos, 1989; Images ofthe Nigerian Nation, National Theatre, Ugps, 1990; Commissioned Work: Cement Murals, Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos,Church windows-All SaintsChurch, Yaba, Ugos;HolyTrinityAnglicanChurch Isaga, Mushin; DefenceAcademy Chapel; Archbishop Vining Memorial Church, Ikeja, Ugos; New Estate Baptist Church, Surulere, Ugos; Head of State'sTrophy, DefenceAcademy, Lagos; Murals, Indepen-dence Building,City Hall, Lagos; Murals, World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva Switzerland and WHO African Regional Headquarters Brazzaville,Congo; Painted murals, Shell Club, Lagos; Presbyterian Church, Afikpo; Reliefmurals, Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos;1 Stained Glass, VIPUunge, National Theatre, Ugos; Sculpted pillar. First Bank Headquarters, Marina, Ugos;statue, Blacksmith and dieTrader, Ugos Chamber ofCommerceandIndustry, Victoria Island, Ugos; awards: All AfricaCompetition inpainting, Undon, 1972; Solidra Circle honours award, Ugos,1984; f.Asele Institute, Nimo, 1985; State honoursaward for excellence in Art, Ugos, 1987; Yaba College ofTechnoIogy honour award, 1988; Honorary Fellow Award,byYaba College ofTechnoIogy, 2004; publ: Author, Appreciation of Idubor, African Arts, LosAngeles, 1968; What is contemporary African ArtinAfrican Notes (Special numberonNigerian Antiquities), Ibadan, 1972; ArtEducation:AnInternational Survey, Paris; UNESCO, 1972; NewCulture Lecture Series: DepartmentofArtandPrinting. Yaba School ofTechnoIogy, NewCulture Ibadan, 1979; Dialogue with Y.C. Grillo:PainterandArt Educator, New Culture, Ibadan, 1979;Nigerian and Foreign patronage oftheArts: The Role oftheNigerian Arts; Aperspective and assessment in: Tapping Nigeria's limitless cultural Treasures, National Council for Arts and Culture, 1987; res: Lagos.
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