Graphic Artist, Painter Address: Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Ibukun, PO Box 552, Iloro, Ile-Ife, Oshun State. Birth: October 27, 1947, in Maguashe, Ghana. Training: Department of Fine Arts, Yaba College of Technology; partidpated in Ori-Olokun workshops, Ile-Ife, 1969 and 1970, under the directorship of S. Irein Wangboje. Profile: Paints in bright colors, outlining his forms like the shapes in a stained glass window. Solo Exhibitions Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, Institute of African Studies, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1969. Kongo Sodal Club, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, January 1974. Senior Staff Club, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1975. British Council, Ibadan, August 18-28, 1975. National Museum, Jos, 1976. British Coundl, Kaduna, September 21-28, 1977. Group Exhibitions Ori-Olokun Group Exhibition, Sunset Canyon Recreation Center, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, December 1969. Ori-Olokun Artists, USIS, Ibadan, 1970. "Visions of Africa," Afro-American Cultural Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 12-23, 1975. Two Ori-Olokun Artists, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, November 1980. Alliance Francaise, Ibadan, 1986. "Ife Group of Artists," French Cultural Centre, Lagos, May 1987. "25th Anniversaryof Obafemi Awolowo University," Ori-Olokun Group of Artists Exhibition, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, December 1987. "Ori-Olokun Art Exhibition: In Honour of Late Michael Crowder," Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1988. "IfeGroup of Artists," Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, May 1988. Two-Man Exhibition, USIS, Ibadan, December 5-16, 1988. Veneroni Fobio Gattobar Gallery, Lome, Togo, 1989. Public Collections Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Oil painting: "An Owl"; print: "The Mourners." State House, Lagos.
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