{"id":19001,"date":"2017-04-03T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T14:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=19001"},"modified":"2017-05-19T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:03:00","slug":"oladimeji-tiri","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/oladimeji-tiri\/","title":{"rendered":"OLADIMEJI Tiri"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cartoonist, Painter, Sculptor Address: Department of Vocational Studies, Ogun State College of Education, PMB 2118, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. Birth: December 4, 1955, in Ibadan, Oyo State. Training: OND, 1977 and HND, 1980, Auchi Polytechnic; BA (First Class Hons), Obafemi Awolowo University, 1989; candidate for postgraduate diploma in education, University of Ibadan. Profile: Full name, Tirimisiyu Ayedun Gbolagade Oladimeji; also known as Tiri-Dimeji; graphic artist, Tropics Design Partnership, Ibadan, 1977; graphic art officer, Ministry of Information, Ibadan, 1977-1978; fine arts master, Edokpolo Grammar School, Benin City, 1979; lecturer, sculpture and drawing, NYSC, Advanced Teachers College, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1980-1981; lecturer, sculpture and drawing, Department of Vocational Studies, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, from 1981; head, Department of Vocational Studies, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, from 1990; published and read papers on art education at seminars and conferences in Nigeria; designed and illustrated books and album covers; created cartoon series for Nigerian newspapers. Member: Oladimeji 383 Nigerian Sodety for Education Through Art; Sodety of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures,&#8221; Alhaji R. O. Olagunju&#8217;s Gallery, Lagos, July 1980. &#8220;Exhibition of Sculptures, Painting and Drawings,&#8221; Exhibition Hall, Advanced Teachers College, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, May 1981. &#8220;Foundation for the BlackChild,&#8221; Cultural Centre, Oyo State Coundl for Arts &#038; Culture, Ibadan, March 3-16, 1985. &#8220;Mass Reproduction of Artforms,&#8221; Kave Cultural Centre, Ibadan, November 23- December 8, 1986. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Drawings,&#8221; Exhibition Centre, Benin City, May 1977. &#8220;Exhibition of Drawings, Paintings and Sculptures,&#8221; Auditorium, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, June 1980. Oyo State Festival of Arts, Ibadan, 1983. &#8220;Exhibition of Sculptures and Textiles,&#8221; USIS, Ibadan, May 1983. &#8220;Nigerian Modern Arts and Crafts,&#8221; International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, June 1984. &#8220;Exhibition of Sculpture,&#8221; Department of Fine Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, August 1989. &#8220;Images of the Nigerian Nation,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 29- October 13, 1990. Commissions Sculpture, concrete, &#8220;Obanta Statue,&#8221; Ijebu-Ode Post Office Roundabout, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, 1986. Sculpture, concrete, &#8220;Ogbere Statue,&#8221; for Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu- Ode, 1986. Sculpture, fiberglass, &#8220;Labanji Bolaji Essay Writing Competition Trophy,&#8221; Federation of Ibadan Students Union, Ibadan, 1987. Writings by the Artist The Decline, Survival &#038; Revival of Ife Bronze Casting Technique. BA thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, He-Ife, 1989. [unpublished]. Nigerian Art Business: An Indepth Into the Relationship Between the Nigerian Artist and His Patrons. Department of Vocational Studies, Ogun State College of Education, Ijebu-Ode, 1989. 10pp. bibliog. [unpublished; copy available in the National Museum of African Art Library]. Awards &#038; Honors Second prize, Oyo State Festival of Art Competition, Ibadan, 1983; Professor Michael Crowder prize, best graduating creative art student, Obafemi Awolo University, Ile-Ife, 1989.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-19001","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/19001","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\/19001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19001"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=19001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}