{"id":12858,"date":"2017-02-28T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12858"},"modified":"2017-11-10T15:21:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T14:21:39","slug":"olu-ajayi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olu-ajayi\/","title":{"rendered":"AJAYI, Olu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: 37A Adisa Bashua, off Adelabu, Surulere, Lagos. Birth: August 18, 1963, in Ososo, Akoko-Edo, Edo State. Training: OND, 1981, and HND, Auchi Polytechnic, 1984. Profile: Cartoonist, Nigerian Observer, 1980, 1981 and 1984;illustrated Xanti by Neville Ukoli, 1982; illustrator, Aboki Comic Strip, The Sunday Observer, Benin, 1985; art adviser, Art and Objects Gallery, Lagos; freelance artist. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Towards a Greater Nation,&#8221; Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, December 5-19, 1987. &#8220;Expressions-&#8217;88,&#8221; Lagos, November 24, 1988. &#8220;Reflections: An Art Exhibition of the Society of Nigerian Artists,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, December 16-30, 1988. &#8220;Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, November 27-December 10, 1989. &#8220;Valley of Decision,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, December 2-14, 1989. &#8220;Visions in Colour,&#8221; Ikoyi Hotel, Lagos, September 23-30, 1990. Commissions Oil on board, &#8220;Raising of Lazarus,&#8221; Baptist Church, Okada, BeninCity, 1968. Oil on board, &#8220;The Flutist,&#8221; Agbontein and Brothers Company, BeninCity, 1985. Oil on board, &#8220;Resting Figure,&#8221; Hunters Publicity, Lagos, 1985. Oilon canvas, &#8220;Wisdom of Solomon&#8221; and &#8220;Effect of Music,&#8221;Vigeo Nigeria, Lagos, 1988. Oil on board, &#8220;Fulani Herdsman,&#8221; ValeRise Management Consultancy, Lagos. Public Collections Alpha Merchant Bank, Lagos. Oil on board: &#8216;Tuareg Travellers,&#8221; 1990. Capital Bancorp, Lagos. Watercolor: &#8220;Water Side,&#8221; 1989. Citizen International Bank, Lagos. Watercolor:&#8221;Landscape.&#8221; First Marine Trust Finance Company, Lagos. Oil on board: &#8220;Benin Princess.&#8221; Kapital Merchant Bank, Lagos. Oil on board: &#8220;Solitude.&#8221; National Gallery of Modem Art, Lagos. Oil: portrait of WoleSoyinka. Nigeria International Bank, Lagos. Watercolor: &#8220;Calabash Hawker.&#8221; Rims Merchant Bank, Lagos. Oil on canvas:&#8221;High Techin Banking and Finance,&#8221; 1990. Bibliography Expressions-&#8217;88: Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings by: OluAjayi, Rukeme Noserime, Sola Ogunfuwa, Abiodun Olaku, Ola Shonubi; [exhibition held in Lagos, November 24, 1988] \/ introduction by Abayomi Barber. [Lagos: s.n.], 1988. [14]pp. illus., port. Reviewed: Funnso Ogunlade, &#8220;A Promise of Harvest,&#8221; African Concord (Lagos) November 28, 1988, page 15;Humphrey Bekaren,&#8221;A New Pride,&#8221; The African Guardian (Lagos) January 2, 1989, page 17. Visions in Colour; [exhibitionheld at the IkoyiHotel, Lagos,September 23-30, 1990] \/ foreword by Gani Odutokun. Lagos:Art and Objects Gallery, 1990. 12pp. illus. (color). Reviewed: Abraham Ogbodo, &#8220;Painting a New Order,&#8221; The African Guardian (Lagos)5 (40): 42-43, October 15, 1990; &#8220;EccentricPaintings,&#8221; Sunday Times (Lagos) October 21, 1990,page 13; Chinwe Uwatse, &#8220;A Blaze of Colour,&#8221; The Guardian (Lagos) October 28, 1990. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12858","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12858","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\/12858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12858"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}