{"id":10976,"date":"2017-02-18T03:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T02:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=10976"},"modified":"2017-05-15T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:06:59","slug":"okiki-godfrey","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okiki-godfrey\/","title":{"rendered":"OKIKI Godfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic Artist Address: College of Education, University of Lagos, Lagos. Birth: November 28, 1940, in Minna, Niger State. Training: Yaba Technical Institute; diploma in fine arts, Nigerian College of Arts, Sdence &#038; Technology, Zaria, 1962, sperializing in graphics; PGD, Ahmadu Bello University, 1963; studied communication media, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, 1964-1965; MS in education, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1966. Profile: Full name, Godfrey Aduku Okiki; graphic artist, Public Health Department, 1962; assistant head, graphic arts, Lagos City Council, 1963; graphic artist, audiovisual department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana; Lagos City Council, 1966-1969; lecturer, audiovisual aids, College of Education, University of Lagos; designed book jackets. Member: Nigerian National Museum Society; founding member, Sodety of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Marina, Lagos, December[?] 1962. Group Exhibitions Independence Exhibition, Lagos, September 20-October 2, 1960. &#8220;Commerdal and Graphic Design,&#8221; Mbari Club, Ibadan, January 24-February 7, 1962. &#8220;Inaugural Exhibition of the Society of Nigerian Artists,&#8221; Exhibition Centre, Lagos, January 16-22, 1964. Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, USA, 1965. Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition of African Prints, USA, 1966-1968. &#8220;Contemporary Nigerian Prints and Paintings,&#8221; Fourth Ife Festival of the Arts, Gallery of the University Library, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, December 11-15, 1971. FESTAC&#8217;77, Lagos 1977. &#8220;Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos; Lugard Hall, Kaduna, September 26-October 1, 1985. Commissions Paintings, Boy Scouts of Nigeria, Lagos, 1960<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-10976","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10976","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/10976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10976"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=10976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}