OJOMO, Tayo

Painter Address: 2159 Elkins Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19144, USA. Birth: August 5, 1944, in Owo, Ondo State. Training: Diploma in fine art, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, 1967; BS in environmental design, Philadelphia College of Art, 1974; BAin architecture, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1980; spent a year at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia and a semester at Cooper Union, New York, USA. Profile: Full name, Ibitayo Ademola Ojomo; architectural delineator, Lagos Executive Development Board, Lagos, 1967-1970; store planner/ interior architect, John Wanamaker Stores, Philadelphia, 1974-1977; architect, Ueland and Junker Architects, Brown Sullivan Arfaa Architects, H 2L2 Architects and Planners, John Di-Bennedeto Architects, all in Philadelphia, 1978-1981; lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, from 1982; artistically influenced by Yusuf Grillo; paints in pastel shades; an exponent of Onaism. Group Exhibitions Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture, 40th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Woodmere Art Gallery, Philadelphia, USA, April 12-May11, 1980. "Expressions '80: A Festival of Black and Hispanic Arts,"…