{"id":14984,"date":"2017-03-10T09:21:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T08:21:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=14984"},"modified":"2017-05-16T16:20:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T15:20:58","slug":"okpalaoka-stephen-chukwuma-chimezie","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okpalaoka-stephen-chukwuma-chimezie\/","title":{"rendered":"OKPALAOKA, Stephen Chukwuma Chimezie"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Graphic Artist Address: Department of Fine, Applied &#038; Performing Arts, Delta State University, Abraka Campus, Abraka, Delta State. Birth: September 10, 1938, in Uga, Aguata, Anambra State. Training: Attended University of Sdence &#038; Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1965-1966; BA in fine arts, University of Nigeria, 1972; MEd, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1980. Profile: Full name, Stephen Chukwuma Chimezie Okpalaoka; founder, Abraka Art School, 1976 which became affiliated with the University of Benin, 1980-1981; lecturer\/senior lecturer, College of Education, Abraka, 1978-1985; acting head, Department of Vocational &#038; Technical Studies, Delta State University, Abraka Campus, from 1985; wrote several papers on art and art education, and designed magazine and book covers; researched indigenous art materials. Member: Sodety of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Anglican Teachers Training College, Alor, Anambra, 1960. Bendel Arts Coundl, Kwalle, March 1986. St. James Anglican Church, Uga, June 21-25, 1986. Group Exhibitions Eastern Nigeria Festival of the Arts, Enugu, 1957-1963. University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1972. FESTAC &#8217;77, 1977. College of Education, Abraka, 1978, 1979. &#8216;The Nsukka School: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics,&#8221; Contemporary Arts Gallery, Rivers State Council for Arts &#038; Culture, Port Harcourt, February 1-28, 1979. Sodety of Nigerian Artists Exhibition, University of Benin, Benin City, November 27-29, 1980. College of Education, Abraka, 1985. &#8220;Images of the Nigerian Nation,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 29- October 13, 1990. Writings by the Artist The Traditional Body Ornamentation Among the Aguata Igbos. BA thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1972. [unpublished]. A Concise History of Art Education in Fine Arts Department, College of Education, Abraka. MEd thesis, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1980. [unpublished].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-14984","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/14984","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\/14984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14984"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=14984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}