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OYAWOYE, Mariam Shu’aibu

Painter Address: 2821 Revelstoke Court, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1NB, Canada. Birth: December 15, 1967, in Lagos. Training: BA in fine arts, Ahmadu Bello University, 1988, specializing in painting. Profile: Full name, Mariam Shu'aibu Oyawoye; gallery assistant, NYSC, National Theatre, Lagos, 1988-1989; visual arts officer, National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos, 1990; freelance artist. Group Exhibitions Final Degree Exhibition, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, August 1988. Ahmadu Bello University Alumni, National Museum, Lagos, December 1988. "Women Now," National Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, April 30-May 5, 1990. "A New Dawn," Soviet Cultural Centre, Lagos, May 18-June 6, 1990. "The Art of Craft," Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, July 1990. Awards & Honors Third prize, "International Year of the Child" art competition, Lagos, 1980. Bibliography An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Iby Kaltume Bulama Gana and Mariam Shu'nilm; [held at the Soviet Cultural Centre, Lagos, May 18-June 6, 1990. Lagos]- Soviet Cultural Centre, 1990. 12pp. illus. Reviewed: "Kaltume, Maryam ^Exhibit Paintings,"…

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Weekend Triumph (Kano) May 5, 1990, page 9; "Enter 'A New Dawn'," The Republic (Lagos) May 17, 1990;Jahman Anikulapo, "Soviet Holds it for the Girls," The Guardian (Lagos) May 18, 1990, page 11; Ademola Oguntayo, "The Paintbrush of Eve," African Concord (London) 5 (3): 47-48, May 21, 1990; Segun Adelugba, "Painting Religion, Culture in Gold," National Concord (Lagos) May 24, 1990, page 5; John Nwaobi, "The North, Islam in Colour," Vanguard (Lagos) May 24, 1990; Dede Yebovi, "Mariam and Kaltume's Fresh Flavour in Art," Lagos Life (Lagos) May 31-June 6, 1990, page 7; Ajan Agbor and Mercy Ette, "Newsliners," Newswatch Magazine (Lagos) June 4, 1990, page 43. Oguntayo, Ademola. "Are the Women Artists Coming?" National Concord (Lagos) June 29, 1990.

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