Address: Department of Industrial Design, School of Art, Design & Printing, Yaba College of Technology, PMB 2011, Yaba, Lagos. Birth: October 31, 1941, in Ilesha, Oshun State. Training: Diploma in painting, London College of Art, London, 1963; studied art, Yaba College of Technology, 1961-1964; BA in industrial ceramics, Higher School of Applied & Fine Art, Istanbul, Turkey, 1969. Profile: Full name, Olugboyega Henry Abiola; apprenticeships, Furst Adolf Ceramics Works, Bucherburg, Germany, 1966; Yildiz Porcelain Factory, Istanbul, Turkey, 1967; Canakkale Ceramics, Turkey, 1967; Industrial Research Institute of Natural Resources, Ankara, Turkey, 1968; Eczacibasi Ceramics Factory, Istanbul, Turkey, 1969; ceramic laboratory technologist, Keramag Works Ceramics, Germany, 1969; modeler and designer, Richware Pottery, Lagos, 1970-1971; part-time lecturer, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, 1971-1972; production coordinator, ceramics section, Fertesco Industries, Lagos, 1974-1976; lecturer/head, Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, from 1976; wrote a textbook on ceramics, 1978. Member: International Artists' Association; International Society for Education Through Art; Nigerian Institute of Ceramics; Nigeria Society of Industrial Artists & Designers; Society of Industrial Artists & Designers, London; Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Dutch Chapel's Manse, Istanbul, Turkey, 1965. Group Exhibitions Ceramics Exhibition, Turkey, 1969. "Sonderdruck, Kunst & Handwerk," Gnunden, Austria, October 1969. "Sculpture by I. A. Osunde and Ceramics by O. H. Abiola," Society of Nigerian Artists, National Museum, Lagos, November 10-18, 1975. FESTAC'77, Lagos, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1978. "Nigerian Contemporary Artists", Lagos, October 1980. Industrial Design Artists' Exhibition, National Theatre, Lagos, 1981. "Offerings from the Gods," National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. "Towards a Greater Nation," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 5-19, 1987. "Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40," Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. Second International Ceramics Festival '89, Mino, Japan, 1989. Commissions Three red crystal/aventurine glazed flower pots, Whitney Young Resource Centre, USIS, Lagos, 1981. Ceramic mural tiles, National Libraries, Kaduna, Jos, Enugu, 1984. Brass crest, University of Lagos, Lagos, 1985. Life-sizereclining figure, cedar wood, Lagos State College of Education, Oto, Ijanikin, 1990. Awards & Honors Second prize, Murtala Mohammed International Airport art competition, 1978. Bibliography Jegede, Dele. "The Glamour that is NigerianArt," Daily Times (Lagos) November 20, 1975, page 17. See also references: 269, 275, 282, 300, 312.
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