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TENABE
Gabriel
Painter Address: 1223 Walters Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21239, USA. Birth: July 15, 1941, in Idoani, Ondo State. Training: BA, Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA, 1975;MA in African art and African-American art history, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1976. Profile: Full name, Gabriel Sunday Tenabe; art teacher, NYSC, St. Barnabas' School, Ifon, 1959-1961; Government School, Owo, 1962; Salvation Army School, Oje, Ibadan, 1963-1964; headmaster, Salvation Army School, Iperu Remo, 1964; art instructor, Alafia Institute, Mokola, Ibadan, 1965; assistant graphic artist, Western Nigeria Television and Broadcasting Company, Ibadan, 1965-1972; gallery assistant and lecturer, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, from 1978; curator and manager, James Lewis Museum of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, from 1977. Member: African-American Museums Association; Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions "Paintings by Gabriel Sunday Tenabe," Gallery 409, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1981. Harbor Bank of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, March 3-May 30, 1983. Group Exhibitions Western Nigeria Festival of the Arts, Ibadan, 1963. "Arts and Crafts Teachers' Associations of Western Nigeria," Ibadan, 1965. USIS, Ibadan, 1970. "African Artists Exhibition: BBCEarly Morning Show," London, 1971. "All Nigerian National Festival of Arts," Ibadan, 1971. Students' Annual Art Exhibitions, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1972-1976. Alumni Exhibition, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1975. "Crossroads of America," Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1975. "1976 Maryland Biennial Exhibition," Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1976. "East Meets West," Bowie State College, Bowie, Maryland, USA, 1976. "African Artists in America: An Exhibition of Work by Twenty African Artists Living in America," African-American Institute, New York, USA, 1977. "Baltimore Black Artists' Exhibition," Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1977. "Contemporary Nigerian Artists' Exhibition," Gallery of Art, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1977. "Contemporary African Artists' Exhibition," Bowie State College, Bowie, Maryland, USA, 1977. "East Meets West," Bowie State College, Bowie, Maryland, USA, 1980. "Black History Exhibition," Custom House, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1980. "Black History Exhibition," Internal Revenue Service Building, Washington, DC, 1980. "The Black Heritage: A Look at Two Continents," Bowie State College, Bowie, Maryland, USA, February 1982. Montpelier Cultural Art Center, Laurel, Maryland, USA, February 4-27, 1984. Baltimore Life Insurance Company, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, September 10- November 2, 1984. "Quintessence," Gallery 409, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, January 6-27, 1985. "African-American Artists' Exhibition," Ferguson & Woodson Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, February-March 1990. Awards & Honors First prize, painting, second prize, textile design, Western Nigeria Art Association, Ibadan, 1963; annual awards for creative works in fine arts, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1973-1974; Creative Artist of the Year, Morgan State University, 1975. Public Collections British Broadcasting Service, Bush House, London. Oil painting on canvas. Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Oil paintings on canvas: "Musicians" and "Behind the Mask"; two sculptures, fiberglass and polyester. Western Nigerian Government, Ibadan. Oil painting on canvas: "Portrait of a Yoruba Dancer," 1968.
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