Address: Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos. Birth: October 23, 1945, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Training: Yaba College of Technology, 1967-1968;BA, Ahmadu Bello University, 1973, specializing in textile design; MA, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1981, specializing in textile and clothing arts; PhD in African art history, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1990. Profile: Full name, Tunde Maurice Akinwumi; his commissioned designs have been used by leading textile industries in The Netherlands and Austria in the production of brocade, head ties and lace materials; published weekly cartoons in Nigerian Herald, Ilorin, 1974; head, Textile Design Unit, Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos; part-time teacher, textile and clothing courses, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, 19881989. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Group Exhibitions "Offerings from the Gods," National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. "Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40," YabaCollege of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. Writings by the Artist 'Textile Design," New Culture (Ibadan) 1 (7):15-17, June 1979. illus. Persistence and Change in Yoruba Costume, a Case Study of Oyo, 1850-1980. MA thesis, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1981. [unpublished]. The Commemorative Phenomenon of Textile Use Among the Yoruba: A Survey of Significance and Form. PhD dissertation, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1990. [unpublished]. Bibliography "The Textile Designer and Nigerian Consumers of Furnishing Fabrics," Nigerian Society for Education Through Arts(Zaria) 1(4):5-10, December 1977.
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