{"id":18615,"date":"2017-03-31T00:06:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T23:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18615"},"modified":"2017-06-02T13:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T12:52:56","slug":"umunna-tony","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/umunna-tony\/","title":{"rendered":"UMUNNA, Anthony Chijindu"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: Department of Fine &#038;Applied Arts, Institute of Management &#038;Technology, Enugu, Enugu State. Birth: February 1957, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Training: OND, 1977, and HND, 1979,Institute of Management &#038; Technology, Enugu, specializingin ceramics; PGDE, Anambra State University of Technology, Enugu, 1990. Profile: Fullname, Anthony Chijindu Umunna; employed, NYSC, Richware Pottery, Ilupeju, Lagos, 1979-1980; lecturer in ceramics, Department of Fine &#038;Applied Arts, Institute of Management &#038; Technology, Enugu, from 1980.Member: Ceramic Association of Nigeria; Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Departure, Sculptural Ceramic Exhibition,&#8221; British Council, Enugu, July 26-28, 1985. Group Exhibitions &#8220;FESTAC &#8217;77Side Show, Nka Festival,&#8221; Sports Commission Hall, Enugu, January, 1977. &#8220;National Art Institutions Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, January 11-26, 1980. National Festival of Arts &#038; Culture, Anambra State Council for Arts &#038; Culture, Enugu, 1989. National Arts Festival, Anambra State Council for Arts &#038; Culture, Hotel Presidential, Enugu, 1990. Awards &#038; Honors Firstprize, best graduate ceramicist, SocietyofNigerianArtists, 1980. Bibliography Departure; Sculptural Ceramic Exhibition; [exhibition held at the British Council, Enugu, July 26-28, 1985] \/ foreword by Anene Obianyido. [Enugu: British Council, 1985]. [folder],illus. Reviewed:TonnyObi Ogbo, &#8220;Sculpture, Ceramics and Human Nature,&#8221; Daily Star (Enugu) August 10,1985. Udegbu, Tony. &#8220;OurGuest: Ceramics Appeals to Me:Tony Chijindu Umunna,&#8221; The Outlook (Enugu) November 22, 1990,page 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18615","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18615","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20796,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18615\/revisions\/20796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18615"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}