{"id":11052,"date":"2017-02-20T09:56:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T08:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=11052"},"modified":"2017-11-09T13:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T12:38:28","slug":"okpan-oyeoku","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okpan-oyeoku\/","title":{"rendered":"OYEOKU Okpan"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ceramicist Address: Department of Fine &#038; Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State. Birth: July 8, 1949, in Ohafia, Abia State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Nigeria, 1976, specializing in ceramics; PGDE, University of Jos, 1981;MA in ceramics, Ahmadu Bello University, 1984; participated in fourth printmaking workshop, University of Nigeria, 1990. Profile: Full name, Okpan Klu Oyeoku; lecturer, ceramics, Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Kano campus, 1976; senior lecturer, ceramics, College of Education, Akwanga, 1977-1987; lecturer, ceramics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, from 1987. Member: Ceramic Association of Nigeria; Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Exhibition of Ceramics,&#8221; National Museum, Jos, July 15-30, 1985. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Exhibition of Ceramics and Sculpture,&#8221; Municipal Hall, Owerri, August 1976. &#8220;Independence Exhibition,&#8221; Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, October 1976. British Council, Kano, July 1977. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, July 1984. National Museum, Jos, July 1985. &#8220;SSART Exhibition 1988,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 17-24, 1988. &#8220;Omenka Artists Maiden Exhibition,&#8221; Nigerian Union of Journalists Press Centre, Enugu, December 19-21, 1989. &#8220;Prints from Nsukka: Fourth Printmaking, 1990,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, January 29-February 2, 1990; Achebe Symposium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 12-14, 1990;Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, March 21-April 3, 1990. Awards &#038; Honors First and second prizes, painting and drawing, East Central State Zonal Festival of the Arts, 1971. Writings by the Artist &#8220;Clays and Pottery in Afikpo-South Eastern Nigeria,&#8221; Nigerian Field (Ibadan) 47: 27- 38, 1982. [Together with I. Arua].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,168,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-11052","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-arts","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11052","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/11052\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11052"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=11052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}