{"id":15802,"date":"2017-03-15T12:09:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T11:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=15802"},"modified":"2017-06-07T16:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T15:31:21","slug":"nwajei-mazi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/nwajei-mazi\/","title":{"rendered":"NWAJEI, Mazi"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Address: Museum Education Services, National Commission for Museums &#038; Monuments, PMB 12556, Onikan, Lagos. Birth: 1944, in Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. Training: Studied art, School of Art, Design &#038;Printing, YabaCollege of Technology, 1971-1973; HND, Yaba College of Technology, 1976, specializing in sculpture; studied museum education, exhibition techniques and sculpture in England, The Netherlands, and the United States, 1980; intern, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1981. Profile: Full name, Mazi Godwin Eluemunor Nwajei; teacher, fine arts, Mary Mount, Agbor, 1973-1974; museum education officer, Federal Derpartment of Antiquities, Lagos, 1976; head, Museum Education Services, National Museum, Lagos; uses wood, cement and fiberglass. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Horizon of Truth,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, November 24-December 7, 1988. Group Exhibitions National Museum, Lagos, 1977. &#8220;Our Impressions: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptural Pieces &#038; Drawings,&#8221; Soviet Cultural Centre, Lagos, May 23-30, 1989. Commissions Sculpture, Trophy Beer Company, Ilesha. Sculpture, fiberglass, the Agbogidi of Ogwashi-Uku. Awards &#038; Honors Certificate of Merit, Bendel State Government Art Competition, 1973. Public Collections Federal Ministry of External Affairs, Lagos. National Museum, Benin City. Bibliography Horison [sic] of Truth; [exhibition held at the National Museum, Lagos, November 24-December 7, 1988]. Lagos: National Commission for Museums &#038; Monuments, 1988. 8pp. illus., port. OurImpressions; An Exhibition ofPaintings, Sculptural Pieces &#038;Drawings byOmolara Ige, Charles Ikeh, Edwin Inyang, MaziNwajei, Peter Coker, 23rdMay-30th May, 19891 introduction by KoladeOshinowo. [Lagos: Soviet Cultural Centre, 1989. unpaged], illus. Reviewed: Alvan Ewuzie, &#8220;Synthesis of Impressions,&#8221; DailyChampion (Lagos) May31,1989, pages 7,13; Dupe Odunade, &#8220;Long-Lasting&#8217;Impressions&#8217;,&#8221; Vanguard (Lagos) June 8,1989, page 8;GbileOshadipe, &#8220;Unique Impressions at &#8216;Our Impressions&#8217;,&#8221; Lagos Life (Lagos)June 29-July5,1989, page 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-15802","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15802","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\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/15802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15802"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=15802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}