{"id":15335,"date":"2017-03-14T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T08:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15335"},"modified":"2017-05-22T12:43:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T11:43:22","slug":"ovraiti-samuel","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ovraiti-samuel\/","title":{"rendered":"OVRAITI Samuel"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painter Address: Department of Painting &#038; General Art, Auchi Polytechnic, PO Box 632, Auchi, Edo State. Birth: July 30, 1961, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Training: OND, 1981, and HND in painting and general studies, 1983, Auchi Polytechnic. Profile: Full name, Samuel Okegbero Ovraiti; teacher, NYSC, Boys High School, Umuoji, 1983-1984; guitar instructor, College of Education, Warri, 1985; lecturer in painting and drawing, Department of Painting &#038; General Art, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, from 1986. Solo Exhibitions Alliance Francaise, Kano, November 1987. Middlehelm Castle, Belgium, September 1988. Alliance Francaise, Port Harcourt, October 1989. &#8220;Transient Moments,&#8221; Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, April 28-May 11, 1990. Group Exhibitions Final Year Painting Exhibition, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, July 1983. Mobil Exhibition, Metropolitan Hotel, Lagos, November 1983. Sinsemillia Art Gallery, Benin City, February 1986. &#8220;Sinsemillia Art Expo,&#8221; Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, September 18-20, 1986. &#8220;Exhibition of Drawings, Painting and Sculptures,&#8221; Agura Hotel, Abuja, July 7-9, 1987. &#8220;Art for Art&#8217;s Sake,&#8221; Sinsemillia Gallery, Lagos, December 4-22, 1988. &#8220;Hilton Art Expo,&#8221; Nicon Noga Hilton Hotel, Abuja, May-June 1989. &#8216;Towards 21st Century Art,&#8221; Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, September 8-15, 1989; National Gallery of Crafts &#038; Design, Lagos, October 18-27, 1990. &#8220;Images of the Nigerian Nation,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 29- October 13, 1990. Commissions Paintings, Garki International Conference Centre, Abuja. Altarpiece, All Saints Anglican Church, Auchi, 1988. Awards &#038; Honors Fasuyi prize, best student in painting, 1983; Principal&#8217;s Certificate of Excellence, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, 1983; first prize, Mobil Oil National Painting Contest, Lagos, 1983. Public Collections National Council for Art &#038; Culture, Lagos. Painting, chalk and pastel: &#8220;Portrait of an African Lady.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15335","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15335","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\/15335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15335"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}