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UWATSE
Chinwe
Address: National Council for Arts & Culture, PMB 2959, Surulere, Lagos. Birth: January 31, 1960, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Training: BA in fine and applied arts, University of Nigeria, 1982, specializing in painting. Profile: Full name, Chinwe Cynthia Anne Uwatse (nee Ntephe); art critic/reviewer, The Guardian, Lagos; employed, National Council for Arts & Culture, Lagos, from 1982. Solo Exhibitions "These Curious Things," Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos, November 17-24, 1990. Group Exhibitions AFAAS Exhibition, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1982. "Drawings, Prints & Watercolours: Okike 10th Anniversary," University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1982. "Nigerian Women in Arts," National Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, March 2-7, 1987. "Women Now," National Gallery of Crafts & Design, Lagos, April 30-May 5, 1990. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," National Theatre, Lagos, September29-October 13, 1990. Commissions Oil pastel on canvas, "Womanhood," National Council of Women's Societies, Lagos, 1988. Writings by the Artist "Traditional Art in Modern Society," Vanguard (Lagos) January 21, 1988. "Tiv Traditional Textiles (1)," Vanguard (Lagos) February 11, 1988[and] "Tiv Textiles (2)," Vanguard (Lagos) February 26, 1988. "A Salute to Fertilityand Motherhood," Vanguard (Lagos) February 25, 1988. "Mike Omoighe: Artist in Harmony with Nature," Vanguard (Lagos) March 24, 1988. "Art Appreciation," Vanguard (Lagos) June 9, 1988. "Art Appreciation," The Guardian (Lagos) October 2, 1988. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," The Guardian (Lagos) October 9, 1988. "Three Decades of Nigerian Art," The Guardian (Lagos) October 16, 1988. "Rhythms in Creation," The Guardian (Lagos) October 23, 1988. "This Heritage Must Not Die," The Guardian (Lagos) December 25, 1988. "Rhythms in Creation," The Guardian (Lagos) October 23, 1988. "This Heritage Must Not Die," The Guardian (Lagos) December 25, 1988. "Just as We Are," TheGuardian (Lagos) June 18, 1989. "The Hands that Rule Vision" [review of AKA '89 exhibition]. TheGuardian (Lagos) July 2, 1989. "A Step Beyond Yesterday," The Guardian (Lagos) July 30, 1989. "Art of '89: Did it Say Anything?" The Guardian (Lagos) January 21, 1990. "Uli: A Unique Heritage Reborn," The Guardian (Lagos) January 28, 1990. "The Art and Its Man," The Guardian (Lagos) February 25, 1990. "Making Waves in Art" [Nike Davies]. The Guardian (Lagos) April 1, 1990, page B8. "Stories, Moods and Imaginings," The Guardian (Lagos) June 17, 1990. "Festivity and Reminiscences," The Guardian (Lagos) June 24, 1990. "A Blaze of Colour," The Guardian (Lagos) October 28, 1990. Public Collections Chartered Bank, Lagos. Acrylic on board: "Ite Ogwu (medicinepot)," 1987; watercolor: ". . .And Their Treasures Were Like Flotsam," 1990. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Watercolors: "Iya Ibeji," 1989, "The Debutante," 1990, "After the Sales," 1990, "Jigida," 1990, "Let us Pray," 1990, "Why?" 1990, and "In the Midst of Turmoil," 1990; acrylicon board: "While the Elders Talk," 1990. University of Nigeria, Ana Gallery, Nsukka. Acrylic on board: "Help Me," 1981; oil on board: 'The Poet & the Muse," 1982; mixedmedia on board: "Inspired by Red," 1982.
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