Birth: 1917, in Mbawsi near Aba, Imo State. Died 1981. Training: Studied art at Uyo Teacher Training College; trained to be an art educator with Kenneth Murray, Umuahia; Diploma in audiovisual graphicart, Ohio University Education Project Centre, Ibadan. Profile: Teacher, WomenTraining College, Umuahia, 1941; art tutor, St. Charles' Teacher Training College, Onitsha, 1946-1948; art teacher, PortHarcourt, 1948; teacher, St. John's Anglican Teachers Training College, Diobu, 1949; Wesley College, Ibadan, 1951; St. Jude's Anglican Teachers Training College, Ibadan, 1952; Government College, Ibadan, 1952; visiting art teacher, ProvincialEducation Office, Ibadan, 1957; employed, Ohio University AID Project under a government training program in Ibadan, 1957. Solo Exhibitions Ibadan, 1951. Exhibition Center, Marina, Lagos, 1953. Group Exhibitions "Nigerian Art Exhibition," British Council, Lagos, 1948. "Nigerian Contemporary Art Symposium, Nsukka 1976," Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 22-25, 1976. "The LivingArt of the Igbo," Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1977. "East Zonal Exhibition: Societyof NigerianArtists," Institute of AfricanStudies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 25-28, 1978. "Treasures of Asele Institute," Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 10-23, 1988. Commissions Murals, St. Charles College, Onitsha. Awards & Honors Fellow (posthumous), Asele Institute, Nimo, 1985. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. Bibliography The Living Art of the Igbo; [exhibition heldat the Instituteof African Studies, Universityof Nigeria,Nsukka, April 1977] / introduction by UcheOkeke. Nsukka: Institute of African Studies, 1977.,16pp.
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