{"id":18603,"date":"2017-03-30T23:43:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18603"},"modified":"2017-05-16T17:11:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T16:11:54","slug":"okpe-christopher-anthony","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okpe-christopher-anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"OKPE, Christopher Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Address: Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. Birth: February 17, 1961, in Otukpa, Benue State. Training: BA, Ahmadu Bello University, 1982, specializing in sculpture; MA, Ahmadu Bello University, 1986. Profile: Full name, Christopher Anthony; lecturer, NYSC, College of Education, Ilorin, 1982-1983; lecturer, Federal College of Education, Kontagora, 1983-1984; lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from 1984; acting head, sculpture section. Member: Sodety of Nigerian artists. Solo Exhibitions Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1982. &#8220;Finishings in Sculpture,&#8221; Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1986. Group Exhibitions NYSC Tenth Anniversary, Police Officers Mess, Ilorin, 1983. College of Education, Kontagora, 1984. &#8220;Private Collection,&#8221; Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, 1986. &#8220;Living With Art,&#8221; Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, 1987. &#8220;Artstaff &#8217;87,&#8221; Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, July 1987. &#8220;Woodworks,&#8221; Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, 1988. &#8220;Fine and Applique &#8217;88,&#8221; Plateau State Arts Coundl, Jos, June 1988 &#8220;Images of the Mind,&#8221; Grange Museum of Community History, London, 1989. &#8220;Caribbean Month,&#8221; Southend Central Library, Essex, England, 1989. &#8220;Zaria Art School,&#8221; National Gallery of Crafts&#038;Design, Lagos, 1990. &#8220;The Art of Craft,&#8221; Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, 1990. &#8220;Artifacts,&#8221; Avant Garde Gallery, Kaduna, 1990. Commissions Nigerian Coat of Arms, Federal Capital, Abuja, 1986. [joint]. Awards &#038; Honors Cyprian Ihieaji sculpture prize, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1982; National Arts Coundl sculpture prize, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1982. Public Collections Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Sculptures: &#8220;Form Synthesis,&#8221; 1982 and &#8220;African Elephant,&#8221; 1982.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18603","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18603","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\/18603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18603"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}