Address: State University of New York at Binghamton, PO Box6000, Binghamton, New York, 13902-6000, USA. Training: BA, University of Ife, 1976, specializing in painting; MA in philosophy of art, University of Ife, 1984; PhD in aesthetics and philosophy of art, University of Ottawa, Canada, 1988. Profile: Full name:Nkiru Uwechia Nzegwu; graphic artist, NYSC, Ministry of Information, Ondo State, 1976-1977; producer, Voice of Nigeria, Lagos, 1981-1983; graphic artist, Quatropy Advertising Agency, 1981-1984; teaching assistant/assistant lecturer, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1982-1984; assisted Ben Enwonwu in his studio at the University of Ife, 1982-1984; research assistant, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, 1984-1988; research fellow, National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, 1989; assisted with the Smithsonian World film project, Nigerian Arts: Kindred Spirits, 1989; guest curator and curator for exhibitions, Lagos and Ottawa, Canada, 1989-1990; researcher, Edpra Consulting, Ottawa, Canada, 1990;art consultant, African Canadian Council, Ottawa, Canada, 1990; assistant professor, philosophy and art history, State University of New Yorkat Binghamton, New York, USA, 1990. Solo Exhibitions Earthly Treasures Gallery, Ottawa, Canada, August 1990. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada, October 1990. Group Exhibitions University Hall, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1976. University Hall, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1978. National Art Institutions Exhibition, Exhibition Hall, National Theatre, Lagos, January 11-26, 1980. "Pushing the Limits of Vision: Select Paintings and Drawings," Lagos, September 6-9, 1989. Women Artists, University ofOttawa,Ottawa, Canada, March 1990. "Reflections from Africa," Onira Arts Africa,Ottawa, Canada, April 5-20, 1990. Writings by the Artist Contemporary Arts in Nigeria: A Search for Direction with Special Reference to Painting. BA thesis,University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1976. [unpublished]. Understanding African Aesthetics: The Limits of Relativism. MA thesis, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1984. [unpublished]. "Are Western Aesthetic Theories Relevantfor the Understanding of AfricanArt?" pp. 173-177. In: The Reasons of Art, edited by Peter J. McCormich, Ottawa, University of Ottawa Press, 1985. Encounters in Art Appreciation. PhD dissertation, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, 1988. [unpublished]."Overcoming Form/Content Tensions in Appreciating African Art Forms," pp. 5- 12. In: Heroic Figures, Kingston, Canada, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1988. "Kolade Oshinowoat Rural Reflection," pp. 3-9. In: Rural Reflections: An Exhibition of Paintings by Kolade Oshinowo, Lagos, Italian Cultural Institute, 1989. Perceiving Sexuality: The Modern Igbo Woman's Encounter. Paper presented at the University ofOttawa, Ottawa, March 1990. [unpublished]. Conceptual Doubletalk: Africanists on Safari. Paper presented at State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, March 1990. [unpublished]. Awards and Honors Faculty prize, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1976; Smithsonian postdoctoral fellowship, Washington, DC, 1989; scholarships from Nigerian Government and the Universityof Ottawa, Canada. Public Collections African Canadian Council, Ottawa, Canada. Oil paintings: "Herdsmen at Sundown"and "Isale Eko," 1990; gouache: "Catnapping" and "lyeOba," 1974; conte crayon: "Africa Looks at the Carib," 1988, and"In the Sanctuary," 1990.
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