{"id":10607,"date":"2017-02-15T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T09:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10607"},"modified":"2017-04-12T16:07:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T15:07:02","slug":"akatakpo-donatus","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/akatakpo-donatus\/","title":{"rendered":"AKATAKPO Donatus"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: 11 Bassie Ogamba Street, off Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, Surulere, Lagos. Birth: July 13, 1956, in Warri, Delta State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Ife, 1979; MFA, University of Benin, 1983; MPhil in visual arts, University of Ibadan, 1987; PhD candidate, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Profile: Full name, Donatus Martins Akatakpo; lecturer, Lagos State Collegeof Education, Lagos,1980-1981; curator, National Councilfor Arts &#038;Culture, Lagos, 1984; lecturer, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 19851986; arts editor, Newbreed Magazine, Lagos, 1988; painted portraits of several dignitaries in Lagos, 1987-1988; an exponent of Onaism. Member: Arts Council of the African Studies Association; Museum Society of Nigeria; Society of Nigerian Artists. Group Exhibitions &#8220;National Art Institutions Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, January 11-26, 1980. &#8220;National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. &#8220;The Ife Art School: 1974-1984,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, April 27-May 19, 1984; Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, June 1-15, 1984; Concorde Hotel, Owerri, August 20-25, 1984. &#8220;Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 26October 1, 1985. &#8220;Towards a Greater Nation,&#8221; Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 5-19, 1987. &#8220;Ona 2: Radiance of Rhythms,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, September28-October 5, 1990. Commissions Five murals, University of Benin, BeninCity, 1983,jointly with Kunle Filani. Two murals, Henkens Vecbet, Lagos, 1988. Murals, hotel, Agbor, 1984.[together with Kunle Filani]. Writings by the Artist The Paintings of Yusuf Grillo: An Analysis. BA thesis, Universityof Ife, Ile-Ife, 1979. [unpublished]. Gluch Paint: A New Medium for Painting. MFA thesis, University of Benin, Benin City, 1983. [unpublished]. Public Collections National Council for Arts &#038; Culture, Lagos. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10607","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10607"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}