{"id":16840,"date":"2017-03-21T16:07:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T15:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16840"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:11:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T09:11:13","slug":"okeke-simon","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okeke-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"OKEKE Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Painter, Sculptor Birth: 1937, in Igbo Ukwu, Anambra State. Died 1969. Training: Diploma in fine arts, Nigerian College of Arts, Sdence &#038; Technology, Zaria, 1960; training at the British Museum, London, 1961-1962. Profile: Full name, Simon Obiekezie Okeke; toured museums in Athens, Paris, Rome, and Tripoli, 1960; traveled to the United States, 1962; employed, Research Laboratory, British Museum, London, 1961-1962; technical officer, Department of Antiquities; curator, Nigerian Museum, Lagos, 1966; part-time lecturer, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos; belonged to the Zaria Arts Sodety. Founding member: Sodety of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Jos Museum, September 1-28, 1959. Exhibition Centre, Marina, Lagos, October 30-November 9, 1963. Goethe Institute, Lagos, December il\u201419, 1964. &#8220;Simon Obiekezie Okeke, Painter, Sculptor, Curator,&#8221; Ministry of Sodal Development, Youth, Sports and Culture, Enugu, January 1976. Group Exhibitions Independence Exhibition, Lagos, September 20-October 2, 1960. Nigerian National Collection of Antiquities, National Gallery of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1962. &#8220;Art From Africa of Our Time,&#8221; Phelps-Stokes Fund, New York, USA, December 28, 1961-January 19, 1962. Nebraska State College, Chadron, Nebraska, USA, 1963. &#8220;Inaugural Exhibition of the Sodety of Nigerian Artists,&#8221; Exhibition Centre, Lagos, January 16-22, 1964. First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966. &#8220;Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra,&#8221; Bonn, Cologne, and Trier, Germany, 1969. &#8220;Nigerian Contemporary Art Symposium, Nsukka 1976,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 22-25, 1976. FESTAC &#8217;77, Lagos, 1977. &#8220;The LivingArt of the Igbo,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1977. &#8220;Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Nigerian Artists,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 4-9, 1977. &#8220;Introdudng Ana Gallery,&#8221; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, January 1978. &#8220;East Zonal Exhibition: Sodety of Nigerian Artists,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 25-28, 1978. &#8220;Christian Arts in Nigeria,&#8221; Holy Trinity Cathedral, Onitsha, June 1979. &#8220;20th Nigerian Independence Anniversary Exhibition of Art, Crafts and Antiquities,&#8221; Enugu, September 1980. &#8220;National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October1, 1980. &#8220;Werbung fur Biafra,&#8221; Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1985. &#8220;Original Prints from the Third Nsukka Workshop, 1987,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 29-November 2, 1987; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, November 4-18, 1987. Commissions Designed postage stamps and currency notes, Government of the Republicof Biafra. Awards &#038; Honors Fellow (posthumous), Asele Institute, Nimo, 1985; Sodety of Nigerian Artistsaward (posthumous), 1989. Public Collections Carl Van Vechten Gallery of Fine Arts, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Works on paper: &#8220;The Face,&#8221; &#8220;The Ultimate,&#8221; and &#8220;Heads with Drum.&#8221; Lagos University Library, University of Lagos, Lagos. Oil painting: &#8220;Devotion&#8221;; watercolors: &#8220;Family,&#8221; &#8220;Portrait of a Girl,&#8221; and &#8216;The Rest.&#8221; Works formerly in the collection of the Federal Sodety of Arts &#038; Humanities. Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia, USA. Works formerly in the Harmon Foundation Collection. University of Nigeria, Ana Gallery, Nsukka. 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