UGOJI, J. O.

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,…