{"id":6405,"date":"2016-11-14T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=6405"},"modified":"2017-11-15T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:24:28","slug":"okogwu-antonia","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/okogwu-antonia\/","title":{"rendered":"OKOGWU, Antonia"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Address: Department of Fine Arts, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Birth: March 10, 1963, in Kaduna, Kaduna State. Training: BA in sculpture, University of Nigeria, 1986;MFA in sculpture, Ahmadu Bello University, 1989. Profile: Full name, Antonia Asika Okogwu; the first female sculptor to graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; study tour of the Soviet Union, 1990; artist-in-residence, Duala Hotel, Kano. Member: Society of Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions Bauchi, Borno, Gongola, First Joint Trade Fair, Maiduguri, 1987. &#8220;Northern Synthesis,&#8221; Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1989. Group Exhibitions Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1983. &#8220;Fancy Cloths Parade,&#8221; Turnstead, Norfolk, England, 1983. Final Degree Exhibition, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1986. &#8220;Janto &#8217;87: John Matovu &#038; Antonia Okogwu: Sculpture, Ceramics, Woodburning,&#8221; National Museum, Jos, January 24-February 7, 1987; Education Centre, Maiduguri, March 1987. &#8220;Artists for Charity,&#8221; Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, December 1988. Degree Exhibition, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 1989. &#8220;Furniture and Interior Decoration, Textile Design and Fabrics, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings,&#8221; National Museum, Lagos, June 10-24, 1989. &#8220;Creative Dialogue: SNA at 25,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, November 27-December 10, 1989. Commissions Sculpture, &#8220;African Woman,&#8221; Education Centre, Maiduguri. Awards &#038; Honors Borno State NYSC merit award, 1987.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-6405","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6405","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19196,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/6405\/revisions\/19196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6405"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=6405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}