Ceramicist, Sculptor Address: Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos Birth: June 21, 1943, in llupeju-Ekiti, Ondo State. Training: Diploma in ceramics, Yaba College of Technology, 1964; attended Homsey College of Art, London, 1966-1969, and Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1982-1983. Profile: Full name, Benjamin 1unso Jenkins; lecturer, ceramics, Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, from 1969; conducted curriculum-writing workshops in art and design, 1984, 1988, 1990; freelance artist. Member: British Ceramic Society; International Society for Education Through Art; Society of Industrial Artists and Designers of Britain; Society of Nigerian Artists, Society of Nigerian Industrial Artists and Designers. Solo Exhibitions Africa Centre, London, 1968. Group Exhibitions FESTAC '77, Lagos, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1978. Society of Nigerian Artists, Goethe Irstihrie, Lagos, February 1981. "Offerings from the Gods," National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. "Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40," Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. Commissions Sculptures, University Teaching Hospi'.al. Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Mosaic murals, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Sculptures, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1978. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Minna, 1989. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Akure, 1990. Bibliography
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