Graphic Artist, Painter, Sculptor Address: Headland Studios, 9 Oremeji Street, Isolo, PO Box 4395, Oshodi, Lagos. Birth: December 28, 1945, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Training: Mbari Art Centre, Enugu, 1963-1966; apprenticed to Uche Okeke; Eastern Nigeria art teachers' workshop, Enugu, 1964; African Designs Development Centre, Ibadan, 1970-1972. Profile: Full name, Uzochukwu Ndubisi; freelance artist/illustrator, Port Harcourt, 1966-1970; Demas Nwoko's New Culture Studios lo^oi970"??.7?'' f!"eelance artist/theatrical set designer, Nsukka, 1973-1976; published poetry in Omaba, Nsukka poetry monthly art editor/illustrator/cartoonist, Newbreed Magazine, Lagos 1977-1978- art editor, Pulse Magazine, Lagos, 1979; visualizer/illustrator, Rosabel' Advertising Agency, Lagos, 1980-1983; illustrator/consultant, Patike Communications, 1984-1986; director/creative services, Headland Studios, from 1987; illustrated Vignettes of Nigeria by Roger L. Landrum, Igbo Folktales, and books of poetry; freelance artist/ illustrator, Lagos. Solo Exhibitions "Drawings and Paintings," British Council, Enugu, 1966. "Drawings and Paintings," British Council, Port Harcourt 1966 "Drawings and Paintings," Trenchard Hall Gallery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, "Drawings and Paintings," Institute of African Studies, University of Nieeria Nsukka, 1974. & Group Exhibitions Mbari Art Exhibition, Mbari Centre, Enugu, 1967. "Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra," Bonn, Cologne, and Trier, Germany 1969 Odunke Art Exhibition, Old Niger House, Lagos, July 1973; British Council, Ibadan October 1973. Odunke Art Exhibition, University ofNigeria, Nsukka, November 11-23 1974 "Nigerian Contemporary Art Symposium, Nsukka 1976," Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 22-25, 1976 FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. "FESTAC 77 Side Show, Nka Festival," Sports Commission Hall, Enugu, January, "East Zonal Exhibition: Society of Nigerian Artists," Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 25-28, 1978. "The Nsukka School: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics," Contemporary Arts Gallery, Rivers State Council for Arts &Culture,' Port Harcourt, February 1-28, 1979. ^Werbung fur Biafra," Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1985. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Laeos, September 26- October 1, 1985. "Treasures of Asele Institute," Italian Cultural Institute, Laeos, December 10-23 1988. Commissions Portrait, "Frank Langer," Port Harcourt Club for Arts & Culture, Port Harcourt. Sculpture, manzania wood pillars, Dominican Monastery, Ibadan. Awards & Honors First pYAZ£ certificates and silver medal for drawing, design and painting, Eastern Nigeria Festival of the Arts, Enugu, 1974. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos.
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