{"id":15297,"date":"2017-03-13T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15297"},"modified":"2017-05-23T09:56:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T08:56:35","slug":"olu-billy-joseph","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olu-billy-joseph\/","title":{"rendered":"OLU-BILLY, Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painter, Sculptor, Textile Artist Address: Control Post, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos. Birth: October 1, 1947, in Kabba Town, Kwara State. Training: Attended Idah Craft School, 1965; worked with Twins Seven-Seven, 1966-1970; attended Ori-Olokun Cultural Centre, University of Ife, 1973. Profile: Employed by the University of Lagos, Lagos; works at the New Nigeria Newspaper, from 1985. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Paintings,&#8221; Central Cultural Gallery, University of Lagos, Lagos, September 28- October 1, 1983. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Oshogbo Art,&#8221; Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London July 4-29, 1985; Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 12-31, 1985. &#8220;Myth and Image,&#8221; Denton, Texas, USA, October 15-November 10, 1985. &#8220;Art from the African Diaspora: Becoming Visible,&#8221; Aljira, Newark, New Jersey, USA, February 12-March 13, 1988. Public Collections University of Lagos, Lagos. Oil painting: &#8220;Mother and Child,&#8221; 1984.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15297","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15297","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\/15297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15297"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}