{"id":18583,"date":"2017-03-30T23:09:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18583"},"modified":"2017-05-31T05:27:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T04:27:35","slug":"wewe-adetola-festus","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/wewe-adetola-festus\/","title":{"rendered":"WEWE, Adetola Festus"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: Daily Times of Nigeria, PMB 21340, Ikeja, Lagos. Birth: November 19, 1959, in Shabomi, Okitipupa Division, Ondo State. Training: BA, University of Ife, 1983, specializing in painting; MA in African visual arts, University of Ibadan, 1986. Profile: Full name, Adetola Festus Wewe; teacher, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo; freelance artist, Ondo; an exponent of Onaism. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Multiplex Realities,&#8221; University Hall, ObafemiAwolowo University, Ile-Ife, August 22-29, 1989. &#8220;Beyond Visual Beauty,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, July 7-18, 1990. Group Exhibitions Exhibition of the Ondo State Professional Artists, Exhibition Hall, Acquinas College, Akure, March 24-28, 1988. &#8220;1989 Exhibition of Contemporary Ife Art,&#8221; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, February 20-25, 1989. &#8220;Ona 1 Maiden Exhibition,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, March 6-20, 1989. &#8220;Pushing the Limits of Vision:SelectPaintings and Drawings,&#8221; Lagos, September 6-9, 1989. &#8220;Reflections from Africa,&#8221; Onira Arts Africa, Ottawa, Canada, April 5-20, 1990. &#8220;1990 Exhibition of Contemporary Yoruba Art,&#8221; School of Architecture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, April 24-29, 1990. &#8220;Ona 2: Radiance of Rhythms,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, September 28-October 5, 1990. Writings by the Artist The Theme of Nationalism in the Artof Akinola Lasekan. BA thesis, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1983. [unpublished]. The Apoi-Ijo Water Spirit Masks. MA thesis, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, 1986. [unpublished]. &#8220;Three-Dimensional Conceptualizations of &#8216;Oduduwa&#8217; by Two Contemporary Nigerian Artists,&#8221; Kurio Africana; Journal ofArtandCriticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (1): 78-80, 1989. &#8220;Thematic Growth in Nigerian Contemporary Paintings: 1920-1964,&#8221; Kurio Africana: Journal ofArtand Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (2):80-88, 1989. &#8220;Ona: A Revolutionary Art Movement in Nigeria,&#8221; pp. 151-159. In: Oritameta: Proceedings, 1990 I edited by Moyo Okediji, [Ile-Ife], Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, 1991. bibl. refs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18583","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18583","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\/18583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18583"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}