OKPALA OBIDI

Artist

Graphic Artist, Painter, Sculptor Address: Department of Art Education, College of Education, PMB 1734, Nsugbe, Onitsha, Anambra State. Birth: November 16, 1954, in Abatete, Idemili Local Government Area, Anambra State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Nigeria, 1984; partidpated in the third printmaking workshop, University of Nigeria, 1987. Profile: Full name, Obidi Mark Michael Okpala; lecturer, fine arts, College of Education, Nsugbe; contributing graphic artist and illustrator, Parific Publishers, Obosi, and Kawuriz & Manilas Publishers, Onitsha; works in wood, concrete, terrazzo and iron for sculptures, and in oil, acrylic and watercolor for paintings. Group Exhibitions "Drawings, Prints & Watercolours: Okike Tenth Anniversary," University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1982. "Echo: UNN Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Nsukka Students' Art 1970-1984," Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 13-23, 1985. "Contemporary Art from Anambra State," Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, March 1985. "Original Prints from the Third Nsukka Workshop," Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, October 29-November 2, 1987; Franco-German Auditorium,…