{"id":17489,"date":"2017-03-24T09:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T08:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=17489"},"modified":"2017-05-04T13:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T12:11:09","slug":"ogbechie-sylvester","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbechie-sylvester\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBECHIE Sylvester"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Graphic Artist, Painter Address: Department of Fine &#038;Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Birth: August 19, 1965, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Training: BA(First Class Hons), University of Nigeria, 1988, specializing in painting; doctoral candidate, specializing in contemporary African art history, University of Nigeria, from 1989; participated in third and fourth printmaking workshops, University of Nigeria, 1987 and 1990. Profile: Full name, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie; artist trainee, Lintas, Lagos, 1986-1987; assistant art and production editor, Nsukka Journal of Linguistics and African Languages, 1988; lecturer in fine arts, NYSC, University of Cross River State, Uyo, 1988-1989; assistant\/ associate art editor Nsukka Journal of the Humanities, Nsukka, 1988- 1990; illustrator, journals, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1987-1990; a published poet. Member: Arts Council of the African Studies Association; Society of Nigerian Artists. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Nigerian-German Prints,&#8221; Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 1986; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, November 5-19, 1986; Hamburg, 1986. &#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; University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1987. Degree Exhibition, Department of Fine &#038;Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1988. &#8220;Artgrads-UNN Reunion Exhibition,&#8221; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 6-20, 1989. &#8220;Synthesis &#8217;89,&#8221; University of Cross RiverState, Uyo, June 29-July 2, 1989. &#8220;Prints from Nsukka: Fourth Printmaking, 1990,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, January 29-February 2, 1990; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, March 21-April 3, 1990. &#8220;Creativity and Technology,&#8221; KwameNkrumah Hall, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 11-15, 1990; Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 16, 1990. &#8216;Talents,&#8221; Kwame Nkrumah Hall, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, August 3-10, 1990. Writings by the Artist Ben Enwonwu in the Art Historical Account of Modern Nigerian Art. BA thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1988. illus. [unpublished; copy available in the National Museum of African Art Library]. Awards &#038; Honors Merit Awards, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1983-1988; National Council for Arts &#038; Culture prize, best graduating student in Fine &#038;Applied Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1988. Bibliography Synthesis &#8217;89: An Exhibition of Paintings, Graphics, Ceramics; [held at the University of Cross River State, Uyo, June 29-July 2, 1989. Uyo: University of Cross River State, 1989]. 11pp. illus. Creativity and Technology: An Exhibition of the Graduate Students Union, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; [held at Nkrumah Hall, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 11- 15, 1990 and Continuing Education Centre, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, June 16, 1990. Nsukka: Graduate Students Union, University of Nigeria, 1990]. 4pp. Reviewed: Chinwe Uwatse, &#8220;Stories, Moods and Imaginings,&#8221; The Guardian (Lagos) June 17, 1990; Chika Okeke, &#8220;On Creativity and Technology,&#8221; The Record (Nsukka) July 30, 1990. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-17489","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/17489","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\/17489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17489"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=17489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}