{"id":16869,"date":"2017-03-22T09:43:59","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T08:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=16869"},"modified":"2017-06-01T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:43:42","slug":"ogbu-smart","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbu-smart\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBU Smart"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ceramicist Address: Department of Fine &#038; Applied Arts, Institute of Management &#038; Technology, Enugu, Enugu State. Birth: October 30, 1936, in Ihube, Okigwe, Okigwe Local Government Area, Abia State. Training: Okigwe Pottery Training Centre, Okigwe, 1951-1956; studied ceramics in Germany, 1962-1965; HND (by correspondence), University of London, 1967; postgraduate licentiate, Institute of Ceramics, Shelton, England, 1984. Profile: Full name, Smart Nzekwe Ogbu; general foreman, Ekulu Pottery, Enugu, 1958-1962; technical officer for production, Modern Ceramics Industries, Umuahia, 1965-1970; manager, pottery companies, eastern Nigeria, 1970-1974; technical officer for ceramics, Department of Fine&#038;Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1974; instructor\/lecturer, Department of Fine&#038;Applied Arts, Institute of Management &#038;Technology, Enugu, 1974-1988; principal lecturer, Department of Fine&#038;Applied Arts, Institute of Management &#038; Technology, Enugu, from 1989. Solo Exhibitions British Council, Enugu, 1979. Group Exhibitions Annual Festival of Arts Exhibitions, Enugu, 1955-1960. FESTAC &#8217;77, Lagos, 1977. International Trade Fair, Lagos, 1984. &#8220;National Exhibition of Indigenous Technological Innovators &#038;Inventors,&#8221; Imo State Concorde Hotel, Owerri, 1987. &#8220;An Exhibition of Ceramics,&#8221; British Council, Enugu, April 24-28, 1989. Public Collections British Council, Enugu. National Museum, Lagos. Okigwe Pottery Centre, Okigwe. Ibadan Polytechnic, Ibadan. University of Cross River State, Uyo. Bibliography An Exhibition ofCeramics: Household, Interior, Exterior Decorators and Machinery\/ Equipment by S. N. Ogbu; [held at the British Council, Enugu, April 24-28, 1989. Enugu: s.n., 1989]. 15pp. illus., port<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-16869","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/16869","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\/16869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16869"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=16869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}