Textile Artist Address: c/o Susanne Wenger, PO Box43, Oshogbo, Oshun State. Birth: 1951, in Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Learned Yoruba batik technique known as adire from apprenticeships. Profile: Worked with her father, Jinadu Oladepo, and Twins Seven Seven. Group Exhibitions "Contemporary African Art," Camden Arts Centre, London, August-September 1969. 'Ten Artists from Nigeria," Arts Club of Washington, Washington, DC, March 21- April 9, 1971. 18th Festival of the Arts, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, April 18-24, 1971. "Contemporary Tapestries, Brass Castings and Graphics from Nigeria," The Egg and The Eye, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 1971. "Contemporary Art from Nigeria," African Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA, May 1971. "Contemporary Art of Oshogbo, Nigeria," Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York University, USA, May 25-June 17, 1971. "Contemporary African Art," Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, October 1971. "Contemporary Art from Africa," Gallery Nimba, Seattle, Washington, USA, November 1971. "Eight Nigerian Artists," African American Institute, Washington, DC, July 1972. "Africa Creates 72," Union Carbide Gallery, Union Carbide Building, New York, USA; Community Church and Inter-Church Center, New York, USA; Bedford- Stuyvesant Restoration Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA, October 1972-April 1973. "Five Women Artists," Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA, November 13- December 1, 1972. "Contemporary Nigerian Fabrics and Prints," Ile-Ife Museum, Ile-Ife Black Humanitarian Center, Philadelphia, USA, January 1974. "Nigerian Batiks," Tribal Arts Gallery Two, New York, USA, March-April 1974. "African Art," Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, USA, February 1975. "Visions of Africa," Afro-American Cultural Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 12-23, 1975. African Heritage, Nairobi, Kenya, January 1982. "De Goden Zijn Niet Dood," Provindehuis, Zwolle, The Netherlands, February 5-March 5, 1982. "Modern Art From Nigeria and Papua New Guinea form the Mbari West Collection," Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA, November 6-December 10, 1983. "Contemporary Arts from Western Nigeria," Zamana Gallery, London, October 27, 1988-January 8, 1989. Public Collections Mbari Art, Washington, DC.
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