NZEGWU, Nkiru Uwechia

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 [unpublished].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 [unpublished].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 [unpublished]."Overcoming Form/Content Tensions in Appreciating African Art Forms," pp. 5- 12.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 [unpublished].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 [unpublished].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.