{"id":18989,"date":"2017-04-03T14:26:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T13:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18989"},"modified":"2017-04-25T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T15:38:05","slug":"mayakiri-tijani","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/mayakiri-tijani\/","title":{"rendered":"MAYAKIRI Tijani"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic Artist Birth: In Oshogbo, Oshun State. Training: Attended Oshogbo art workshops, Oshogbo, 1964; learned monoprint technique in Ru van Rossem&#8217;s graphic workshop, Ile-Ife, 1974. Profile: Acted and danced with the Duro Ladipo Theatre Company, 1962; traveled to Berlin Theatre Festival, 1964 and Commonwealth Festival, England, 1965;helped form the Ogun Timehin art workshop, Ile-Ife, an association of Oshogbo artists, 1973;worked with Muraina Oyelami in the music and drama departments, University of Ife, Ile-Ife. Mayakiri 275 Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Lagos, June 5-11, 1974. Goethe Institute, Lagos, February 11-27, 1976. Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1980. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Prints,&#8221; Goethe Institute, Lagos, December 1-7, 1971. &#8220;Oshogbo Artists,&#8221; Goethe Institute, Lagos, November 12-18, 1972. Goethe Institute, Lagos, October 3-12, 1973. &#8220;Tradition and Change in Yoruba Art,&#8221; E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, Sacramento, California, USA, March 9-April 14, 1974. Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 1975. &#8220;Nigerian Contemporary Art Symposium, Nsukka 1976,&#8221; Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March 22-25, 1976. FESTAC &#8217;77, Lagos, 1977 &#8220;Graphikaus Nigeria,&#8221; organized by the Goethe Institute, Lagos, toured Germany for two years, 1978-1979. &#8220;Twenty Years of Oshogbo Art,&#8221; Goethe Institute, Lagos, 1980. Goethe Institute, Lagos, March 10-23, 1984. &#8220;Iwalewa: Afrikanische Kunst Heute,&#8221; Stadtische Galerie, Regensburg, Germany, June 9-30, 1985. &#8220;Oshogbo Art,&#8221; Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, July 4-29, 1985; Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 12-31, 1985. Guild Gallery, London, November 3-6, 1986. &#8220;Ife Group of Artists,&#8221; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, May 13, 1987. &#8220;Wooden Sculptures by Anthony O. Efionayi and Drawings by Tijani Mayakiri,&#8221; Italian Cultural Institute, Lagos, June 1987. &#8220;Art from the African Diaspora: Becoming Visible,&#8221; Aljira, Newark, New Jersey, USA, February 12-March 13, 1988. &#8220;Ife Group of Artists,&#8221; Goethe Institute, Lagos, May 11, 1988. &#8220;Zeitgenossische Nigerianische Kunst,&#8221; Bonn, Bocholt, and Monchengladbach, Germany, July-October 1989. &#8220;Contemporary Arts from Western Nigeria,&#8221; Zamana Gallery, London, October 27, 1988-January 8, 1989. &#8220;Contemporary Art from Western Nigeria,&#8221; Africa Centre, London, June 19-July 13, 1990. Public Collections Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany. Monoprints: &#8220;Bata Dancer,&#8221; &#8220;Chief Apena of Ogboni,&#8221; &#8220;Obatala at the Meeting,&#8221; &#8220;Obatala and Olodumare,&#8221; &#8220;Obatala Returns from Ogo,&#8221; &#8220;Elder One,&#8221; &#8220;Priest,&#8221; &#8220;State Drummer,&#8221; &#8220;The Couple,&#8221; &#8216;The Mask,&#8221; &#8220;Three Wise Man&#8221;; linoprint: &#8220;God of Farm&#8221;; monotypes: &#8220;Iya Sango,&#8221; &#8220;Late Mother of my Great Master,&#8221; &#8220;Nanabuku Priest,&#8221; &#8220;Noble Gorilla,&#8221; &#8220;The Late Ajagemo of Ede,&#8221; &#8220;The Masquerade Festival&#8221;; linocuts: &#8220;Obatala Priest,&#8221; &#8220;Orisa Ogiyan Priest,&#8221; &#8220;Osun Festival,&#8221; and &#8220;Sango Priest.&#8221; Mbari Art, Washington, DC. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany. Print from the back: &#8220;Two Emirs from the Northern States&#8221;; drawings from the back: &#8220;King Oranmiyan,&#8221; &#8220;The Great Ancestor,&#8221; &#8220;The King and his Power,&#8221; &#8220;Ibadan Tribal Mask Priest,&#8221; &#8220;Osun Festival and Egugngun Festival,&#8221; &#8216;The Drummers and the God of Music,&#8221; and &#8220;The Priest and Iko Osun at Osun Festival&#8221;; woodcuts: &#8220;Lucky Parents,&#8221; &#8220;The Couple Going to the Party,&#8221; &#8220;Professional Dancer,&#8221; &#8220;Three African Children,&#8221; &#8220;Bata Dancer,&#8221; and &#8220;The Couple at Dance.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-18989","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18989","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\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18989"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=18989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}