{"id":18925,"date":"2017-03-31T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18925"},"modified":"2017-05-31T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T10:33:53","slug":"tunde-akin-olutunji","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/tunde-akin-olutunji\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunde AKIN-OLUTUNJI"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA 30322. Birth: March 17, 1964, in Iwo, Oyo State. Training: University of Nigeria, 1981-1982; BA, University of Ife, 1985; MFA in ceramics, ObafemiAwolowoUniversity, 1989. Profile: Formerly called Tunde Nasiru; teacher, Oshun North East School Board, Iragbiji, 1980-1982; ceramicist, Product Development Agency, Enugu, 1985-1986; assistant lecturer, St. Andrews College of Education, Oyo, 1986-1987; trainee ceramicist, Porcelainware Industries, Abeokuta, 1987-1988 and quality analyst, 1989; production manager, ceramics unit, Multi-Aluminium Company, Lagos, 1989; lecturer, ceramics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, from 1990; an exponent of Onaism. Member: CeramicAssociationof Nigeria; Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Ancient &#8216;n&#8217; Modern,&#8221; University Hall, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife,June 20-27, 1989. Group Exhibitions NYSC Exhibition, National Theatre, Lagos, December 5, 1986. &#8220;1989 Exhibition of Contemporary Ife Art,&#8221; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, February 20-25, 1989. &#8220;Ona 1Maiden Exhibition,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, March 6-20, 1989. &#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-October5, 1990. Commissions Sculpture, glazed stoneware and metal, &#8220;Torch of Unity,&#8221; NYSC, Enugu. Writings by the Artist Pottery Industry in Iwo Metropolis. BA thesis, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, 1985. [unpublished]. Provenance of Clay. MFAterm paper, Obafemi AwolowoUniversity, Ile-Ife, 1989. [unpublished]. Practical Experience in Industrial Ceramics. MFA technical thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, [1989]. [unpublished]. &#8220;Modern Nigerian Pottery and The Nucleus,&#8221; Kurio Africana; Journal ofArtand Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (2): 100-110, 1989. bibliog. &#8220;Contemporary SangoTerracotta,&#8221; Kurio Africana; Journal of Art and Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (1): 135-141, 1989. bibliog. Sango Ritual Pottery. MFA thesis, ObafemiAwolowoUniversity,Ile-Ife, 1989. 174 leaves, illus., bibliog. [unpublished; copy availablein the National Museum of African Art Library]. Awards &#038; Honors NYSC award, National Theatre, Lagos, 1986. Bibliography &#8220;Modern Nigerian Pottery and The Nucleus,&#8221; Kurio Africana; Journal ofArt and Criticism (Ile-Ife) 1 (2): 100-110, 1989. bibliog. Sango Ritual Pottery. MFA thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 1989. 174 leaves, illus., bibliog.Seepages 153-157. [unpublished; copy availablein the National Museum of African Art Library]. Ancient V Modern: An Exhibition of Ceramic Sculptures by Babatunde Nasiru on June 2027, 1989Iintroduction by Moyo Okediji. Ile-Ife: Ona Artists, 1989.9pp. illus. (Ona Solo Exhibition Series 003). Wewe, Adetola F. &#8220;Ona: A Revolutionary Art Movement in Nigeria,&#8221; pp. 151-159. In: Oritameta: proceedings, 1990 Iedited by MoyoOkediji,[Ile-Ife], Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, [1991]. bibl. refs. Filani, Kunle. &#8220;Onaism: Contemporary Recreation of the Formsand Philosophies of Traditional Yoruba Art and Design,&#8221; pp. 160-174. In: Oritameta: proceedings, 1990 Iedited by MoyoOkediji, [Ile-Ife], DepartmentofFineArts, ObafemiAwolowo University, [1991]. bibl. refs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168,1505],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18925","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts","category-educationist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18925","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18925"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}