{"id":6323,"date":"2016-11-11T13:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T12:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6323"},"modified":"2017-04-11T14:17:01","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:17:01","slug":"akpulu-andrew","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/akpulu-andrew\/","title":{"rendered":"AKPULU, Andrew"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address: PO Box 21, Agulu, Anaocha Local Government Area, Anambra State. Birth: 1946, in Agulu, Anaocha LocalGovernment Area, Anambra State. Training: Certificate in commercial art, London Educational Association and the Regent Institute, London; OND and HND, Yaba College of Technology, specializing in textile design. Profile: Full name, Andrew Umunna Akpulu; principal technical instructor, Girls Secondary School, Amawbia; art director, Pioneer Art Gallery, Awka, Member: Nigerian Society for Education Through Art. Solo Exhibitions Adult Education Institute, Bauchi, 1982. Anambra State College of Education, Awka, 1984. &#8220;Art Exhibition by Akpulu The Art Messenger,&#8221; Girls High School, Agulu, December 17-24, 1987. Group Exhibitions International Trade Fairs, representing Anambra State for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Enugu, ca.1990. Awards &#038; Honors First prize, textile prints, Ministry of Education, Enugu, 1989; Certificate of Merit, Textile\/FashionDesign, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Onitsha, 1990. Public Collections Ministry of Arts, Youth, Sports &#038; Cultural Division, Bauchi. Paintings. National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Bibliography Art Exhibition by Akpulu theArt Messenger; [exhibition held at Girls High School, Agulu, December 17-24, 1987.Awka: Pioneer Art Gallery, 1987].[folder]. Agbasionwe, Eugene. &#8220;Making a Mark in Textile Designing,&#8221; Daily Star (Enugu) December 12, 1987, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6323","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6323","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\/4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19164,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6323\/revisions\/19164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6323"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}