{"id":16068,"date":"2017-03-16T16:44:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16068"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:11:44","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:11:44","slug":"okoye-augustine-chigbata-middle-art","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okoye-augustine-chigbata-middle-art\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOYE, Augustine Chigbata (Middle Art)"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painter Address: 35 New Market Road, Onitsha, Enugu State. Birth: 1936, in Akamkpisi, Nri, Anambra State. Training: First studied with Young Art, Onitsha; later studied design and drawing with Gills Art for seven months, 1960; attended Oshogbo art workshops, Oshogbo. Profile: Born Augustine Chigbata Okoye; artist\/signpainter, Onitsha, 1960; established workshop to produce portraits and barber signs, 1962; moved to Ile-Ife, 1967, sponsored by Ulli Beier; freelance artist in his own studio, Onitsha. Solo Exhibitions Institute of African Studies, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1971. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1972. Goethe Institute, Lagos, March 21-31, 1973. Goethe Institute, Lagos, August 5-10, 1974. French Cultural Center, Lagos, 1989. &#8220;Middle Art,&#8221; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, September 15- December 2, 1990. Group Exhibitions Museum of Folk Art, Oshogbo, 1965. Second Triennial of Insitic Art, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, 1969. &#8220;Oeuvres Africaines Nouvelles,&#8221; Musee de l&#8217;Homme, Paris, February 13-April 13, 1970. &#8220;Moderne Malerei in Afrika,&#8221; Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria, December 1970-February 1971. &#8220;Kunst fra Nigeria,&#8221; Louisiana Gallery, Humlebaek, Denmark, 1972. &#8220;New African Art in Czechoslovakia,&#8221; NSprstek Museum, Prague, Czechoslovakia, January- April 1972. &#8220;Taidetta Nigeriasta,&#8221; Kansan Kuvia Folkets Bilder, Helsinki, Finland, 1973. &#8220;Contemporary Nigerian Art,&#8221; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, July 25- September 1, 1974 &#8220;Contemporary Nigerian Art,&#8221; Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, July 25-October 28, 1974. Goethe Institute, Lagos, June 18-27, 1975. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1977. &#8220;Moderne Kunst aus Afrika,&#8221; Staatlichen Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany, June 24- August 12, 1979. &#8220;Moderne Kunst in Afrika,&#8221; Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1980. &#8220;Neue Kunst in Afrika,&#8221; Mainz, Germany, June 1980; Bayreuth, Germany, July- August 1980; Worgl, Austria, September 1980. &#8220;Senegal bis Sambia: Neue Kunst aus Afrika,&#8221; Bayreuth, Germany, 1985. &#8220;Werbung fur Biafra,&#8221; Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1985. &#8220;Iwalewa: Afrikanische Kunst Heute,&#8221; Stadtische Galerie, Regensburg, Germany, June 9-30, 1985. &#8220;Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa,&#8221; National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC, October 25, 1989-September 3, 1990. Public Collections Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Oil paintings on hardboard: &#8220;Bombing Operation Warpout,&#8221; &#8220;Firing Squad,&#8221; &#8220;Firing Squad: A Strong Man Indeed,&#8221; &#8220;Funeral Ceremony,&#8221; &#8220;I Salute,&#8221; &#8220;Middle Art,&#8221; &#8220;One Nigeria,&#8221; &#8220;See the Manager in Charge-I Salute,&#8221; &#8220;The Sardauna of Sokoto,&#8221; &#8220;The Story of Chukwuma and Rose,&#8221; &#8220;War is Not Good,&#8221; &#8220;Middle Art for Motors Painting,&#8221; and one barber sign; oil painting: &#8220;H. E. Nwobodo, Governor.&#8221; Museum fur Vblkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Oil paintings: &#8220;Uncontentedness,&#8221; &#8220;Major Gen. Ibrahim Babangida in Action,&#8221; &#8220;Alhaji Shehu Shagari,&#8221; one untitled, and one barber sign. Ntiprstek Museum, Prague, Czechoslovakia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16068","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16068","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\/16068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16068"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}