muralist, painter, sculptor; DOB: December 20. 1935; Hometown: Idumuje, Ugboko; State of Delta: Delta; EDUCATION: Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology. Zaria, 1961; CAREER: Designed Theatre sets. Nigeria France and Mexico, 1962-68; conducted Summer School in Terracotta Art, Extra-Mural Department, University of Ibadan, Oyo state, 1965; Lecturer, Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan; Theatre Design Consultant, Ibadan Cultural Centre, Oyo State Government, 1974. Staged Children ofParadise a play. Festival of Arts and Culture. 1977; established New Culture Magazine, Ibadan, 1978; participant. Rockefeller Foundation Conference, Bellagio, Italy, 1980; Theatre Design Consultant, Onikan cultural Centre, Lagos State Government, 1985; freelance artist and architect, Ibadan; designer/builder, Dominican Monastery, Ibadan; Benedictine Monastery, Ewu, Edo State Cultural Centre, Benin; New Culture Studio, Ibadan and a number of private residences in his town Idumuje Ugboko. Exhicw:ARetrospective. Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos, 1987; ABlend of Old and New. Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos, 1987. Publication: Search for A New African Theatre, Presence Africaine, Third Quarter, Paris, 1970; The Aesthetics of African Art and Culture: Art and the Artist,'The Performing Art, New Culture, Ibadan, 1979; Art in Traditional African Design, Nigeria Magazine, Lagos, 1974; Creativity and Self Reliance, New Culture, Ibadan, 1978; and several others in both local and international journals. h: French Government Scholar, Paris, 1961-62; Fellow, Ascle Institute, Nimo, 1985; off: New Culture Studios, No. 6A/532A, Adeola Crescent, P.M.B. 5162, Oremeji, Ibadan, Oyo State.
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