{"id":7359,"date":"2017-01-09T15:53:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T14:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7359"},"modified":"2017-11-30T15:32:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T14:32:54","slug":"ben-onyemaobi","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ben-onyemaobi\/","title":{"rendered":"ONYEMAOBI, Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Painter, Sculptor Address: Department of Fine&#038;Applied Arts, Anambra State Polytechnic, Oko, PMB 21, Aguata, Anambra State. Birth: May 27, 1955, in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. Native of Uga, Aguata, Anambra State. Training: HND,Institute ofManagement&#038;Technology, Enugu, 1983; participated in fourth printmaking workshop, University ofNigeria, 1990. Profile: Full name, Bernard Okechukwu Onyemaobi; art teacher, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, 1983-1984, and Community Secondary School, Ituku, 1984-1986; senior instructor, painting, Anambra State Polytechnic, Oko, from 1987. Solo Exhibitions &#8220;Reflections of Self-1989,&#8221; Ricco Furniture Company, Lagos, July 12-26, 1989. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Original Prints from the Third Nsukka Workshop, 1987,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 29-November 2, 1987; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, November4-18, 1987; University of Bayreuth, Germany, 1987. &#8220;Convex &#8217;88 Exhibition,&#8221; Anambra State Polytechnic, Oko, 1988. &#8220;Convex &#8217;90 Exhibition,&#8221; Anambra State Polytechnic, Oko, 1990. &#8220;Prints from Nsukka: Fourth Printmaking, 1990,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, January 29-February 2, 1990; Achebe Symposium, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 12-14, 1990; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos, March 21-April 3, 1990. Commissions Paintings, oil on board, &#8220;Child&#8221; and &#8220;Flute Player,&#8221; Royal Palace Hotel, Enugu, 1982. Murals, oil, &#8220;Souls Behind the Masks,&#8221; &#8220;Hotel Activities,&#8221; and &#8220;Swimming Pool,&#8221; Chalk Valley Hotel, Oko, 1987. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. &#8220;Dreams of the Drunk&#8221; and &#8220;My Hands are Clear,&#8221; 1989. Bibliography Reflections of Self-1989; Exhibition ofPaintings and Sculptural Works by Ben Onyemaobi, 12-26July 1989; held at the Ricco Furniture Company, Lagos, [s.l.: s.n.], 1989. 24pp. illus. Reviewed: Boniface Akpan, &#8220;Reflections of Self,&#8221; Lagos Life (Lagos) August 3-9, 1989; Dili Ojukwu, &#8220;Painting the Divide,&#8221; African Guardian (Lagos) August 14, 1989, page 35; Irene Mbegbu, &#8220;Preserving Culture in Art,&#8221; ThisWeek (Lagos) August 14, 1989, page 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7359","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7359","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":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7359"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}