Sculptor Address: National Commission for Museums & Monuments, PMB 12556, Onikan, Lagos. Birth: September 18, 1947, in Ilesha, Ogun State. Training: Apprenticed to his elder brother, Akin Komolafe, 1969- 1972; Certificate in art and design, Ahmadu Bello University, 1977. Profile: Full name, Isaac Olugbemiga Komolafe; head, wood carving section, Nigerian National Museum, Lagos, from 1977; maintains his own studio in Lagos where he trains apprentices. Solo Exhibitions British Consulate, Kaduna, 1975. Alliance Francaise, Kaduna, 1976. USIS, Kaduna, 1977. Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Center for Art and Culture, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1985, 1986, 1987. Ivory by Densua's Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1987. St. Albans Family Life Center, St. Albans, New York, USA, 1988, 1989, June 3-July 22, 1990. "The Living Exhibition," Skylight Gallery, Bedford-Stuyvesant Center for Art and Culture, Brooklyn, New York, USA, August 12-September 8, 1990. Group Exhibitions University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1973. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1974. Caribbean Cultural Center, New York, USA, 1984. 843 Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1986, 1987, 1989. Sixth Annual Caribbean-American Art Exhibition, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, New York, USA, August 4-August 30, 1986. Second Annual Afro-American Fine Arts Festival, United Methodist Church, Montclair, New Jersey, USA, 1986. 268 Kwali First World Import Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, 1987. New York City Mayor's Office, Manhattan, New York, USA, 1988. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA, 1988. Ninth Annual Caribbean-American Art Exhibition, Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, New York, USA, November 5-December 1, 1989. Queens Festival '90, Flushing Arts Council, Queens, New York, USA, June 16-17, 1990. Awards & Honors Second prize, Second Annual Afro-American Fine Arts Festival, Montclair, New Jersey, USA, 1986; best-of-show, Sixth Annual Caribbean-American Art Exhibition, 1986; second place, sculpture, Fulton Art Fair Committee, New York, USA, 1989; first prize, sculpture, Fulton Art Fair Committee, New York, USA, 1990. Public Collections Ahmadu Bello University, Department of Fine Arts, Zaria. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, USA. Wood panel: "The Coronation of Oba." Mitsubishi Company, Japan. National Assembly, Lagos. National Museum, Lagos. National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos.
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