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Sculptor Address: Department of Fine & Applied Arts, Institute of Management &Technology, Enugu, Enugu State. Birth: In Ogugu, Awgu Local Government Area, Enugu State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Nigeria, 1971; MFA in sculpture, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Group Exhibitions "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. "20th Nigerian Independence Anniversary Exhibition of Art, Crafts and Antiquities," Enugu, September 1980. "Omenka Artists Maiden Exhibition," Nigerian Union of Journalists Press Centre, Enugu, December 19-21, 1989. Awards & Honors First prize, silver medals, Festival of the Arts, Enugu. Bibliography See references: 22, 268, 285, 303. Information not verified by the artist. Odaranile 311 216 Fela ODARANILE Painter Address: 17 Odaranile Street, Olu Orogbo, Idi Obi, PO Box 1121, Enuwa, Ile-Ife, Oshun State. Birth: 1949, in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Training: Attended Oshogbo art workshops, Oshogbo; attended Ahmadu Bello University; studied monoprint technique with Professor S. Irein Wangboje at Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, Ile-Ife, and worked at the Ogun Timehin Workshop, Ile-Ife, with Tijani Mayakiri, Rufus Ogundele and others. Profile: Specializes in "drawing from the back," and paints on cloth. Solo Exhibitions National Museum, Lagos, March 1974. Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, November 1974. "Exhibition of Oil Painting and Drawing From the Back by Fela Odaranile," National Museum, Lagos, October 28-November 4, 1977. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1981. "An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings from the Back," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, May 1986. Group Exhibitions National Museum, Lagos, 1972. National Museum, Lagos, 1975. Society of Nigerian Artists, Old Niger House, Marina, Lagos, August 1976. FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. "Exhibition of Graphics," University of Lagos Women's Society, Lagos, 1978. "Neue Kunst in Afrika," Mainz, Germany, June 1980; Bayreuth, Germany, July- August 1980; Worgl, Austria, September 1980. "Afrikanische Kunst Heute," Galerie Exler, Frankfurt, Germany, October 8-November 30, 1980. "Twenty Years of Oshogbo Art," Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1981. "Ausstellung Nigerianische Kunst der Gegenwart," Bonn, Germany, August 9-18, 1982. French Cultural Centre, Lagos, 1984. "Oshogbo Art," Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London July 4-29, 1985; Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 12-31, 1985. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos; Federal University of Technology, Owerri, September 26-October 1, 1985. "Ife Group of Artists," Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, May 1987. "Art from the African Diaspora: Becoming Visible," Aljira, Newark, New Jersey, USA, February 12-March 13, 1988. "Ife Group of Artists," Goethe Institute, Lagos, May 1988. "Art for Art's Sake," Sinsemillia Gallery, Lagos, December 4-22, 1988. Africa Centre, London, January 1989. Wannon Galleries, Moutajup, Australia, 1989. "Artists of Africa," Tudor Hall, Montreal, Canada, November 29-December 9, 1989. [traveled to Ottawa and Knowlton, Canada, 1989-1990]. "1990 Exhibition of Contemporary Yoruba Art," School of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, April 24-29, 1990. Public Collections Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Monoprint: "Egg Collector." Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Drawings from the back: "Orisa Nla," "Orisala," and 'The Leopard"; oil paintings: "Iya Osun [1]" and "Iya Osun [2]." 312 Odeka National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Bibliography Oyelola, Pat. "Painting Exhibition to Remember," Daily Times (Lagos) July 13, 1978, page 20. Oyelola, Pat. "Fela Odaranile," New Culture (Ibadan) 1 (4): 23, March 1979. illus. Bender, Wolfgang. "African Art Today," [review of an exhibition held at Galerie Exler, Frankfurt, October 1980]. African Arts (Los Angeles) 15 (2): 74, February 1982. An Exhibition of Drawings and Paintings from the Back; [exhibition held at the Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, May 1986]. Lagos: Italian Cultural Institute, 1986. 16pp. illus., port. Broszinksy-Schwage, Edith. Kultur in Schwarzafrika. Cologne: Pahl-Rugenstein, 1988. [illus. (color) only, page 306]. Art for Art's Sake: Sinsemillia Gallery Opening Exhibition, 4-22 Dec. 1988. Lagos: Sinsemillia Gallery, 1988. 8pp. illus. [None by Odaranile]. Ezughah, Dili & Toyin Ogunsakin. "The Ife Group: A Question of Mind-Boggling Replications," The Guardian (Lagos) May 14, 1988. Artists of Africa; [exhibition held in cooperation with Carleton University and the Canadian Association of African Studies, Tudor Hall, Montreal, Canada, November 29-December9, 1989. Ottawa: CUSO, 1989]. 18pp. Reviewed: Ann Duncan, 'Third World Will Benefit from African Art Exhibit," The Gazette (Montreal), November 29, 1989.
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