Graphic Artist Address: Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Oshun State. Birth: March 8, 1942, in Ola, Ejigbo Local Government Area, Oyo State. Training: BA in fine arts, Ahmadu Bello University, 1969, specializing in graphics; MA in art education, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA, 1974; PhD in art education, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, 1981. Profile: Full name, Jacob Olayioye Olapade; art teacher, St. Andrew's College, Oyo, 1969; art teacher, Ejigbo Baptist High School, Oyo State, 1970-1976; lecturer, Department of Fine Arts, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, from 1976; head of department, 1989; art adviser, Ife Art Teachers' Association; designed numerous book covers, logos and crests for schools, churches and universities; published articles on art education. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Posters, Prints and Drawings," St. Andrew's College, Oyo, August 10-15, 1969. "Twenty Prints," Baptist High School, Ejigbo, December 10-15, 1969. "An Exhibition of Paintings," African Center, Baker School, Richmond, Virginia, USA, May 12-14, 1974. "Exhibition of Posters, Book Covers and Prints," Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Oshogbo, April 4-10, 1978. "Exhibition of Prints and Drawings," Chambers Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, September 1-7, 1981. Group Exhibitions Porcelain Works, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA, September 10-15, 1981. "Posters, Book Covers and Prints, Ten Years of Ife Art School," University of Ife, Ile-Ife, January 10-20, 1985. "1989 Exhibition of Contemporary Ife Art," Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, February 20-25, 1989. "Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25," National Theatre, Lagos, November 27-December 10, 1989. Writings by the Artist History of Araree, the Goddess of Ola. BA thesis, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1969. [unpublished]. The State of Art Education in Nigerian Schools. MA thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 1974. [unpublished]. The Relationship Between University Students' Orientation to Art Criticism and Their Critical Evaluation of Works of Art. PhD dissertation, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1981. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1981. Fine Arts-Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Examination Aids. Ibadan, University Press, 1984. "The Autonomy of Works of Art vis-a-vis The Autonomy of Aesthetic Experience," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) 53 (4): 43-49, October-December 1985. illus., bibliog. "Ife Traditional Festivals: A Dialectical Hermeneutics," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) 55 (3): 42-48, 1987. "Sodometry: Its Implications in Art Evaluation," Kurio Africana; Journal of Artand Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (1): 91-103, 1989. bibl. refs. "Art and Craft in The Nucleus," Kurio Africana; Journal of Art and Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (2): 14-24, 1989. bibl. refs. Bibliography
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