{"id":7701,"date":"2017-01-12T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T14:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=7701"},"modified":"2017-11-07T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T13:41:50","slug":"obidi-okpala","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/obidi-okpala\/","title":{"rendered":"OBIDI, Okpala"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic Artist, Painter, Sculptor Address: Department of Art Education, College of Education, PMB 1734, Nsugbe, Onitsha, Anambra State. Birth: November 16, 1954, in Abatete, Idemili Local Government Area, Anambra State. Training: BA in fine arts, University of Nigeria, 1984; partidpated in the third printmaking workshop, University of Nigeria, 1987. Profile: Full name, Obidi Mark Michael Okpala; lecturer, fine arts, College of Education, Nsugbe; contributing graphic artist and illustrator, Parific Publishers, Obosi, and Kawuriz &#038; Manilas Publishers, Onitsha; works in wood, concrete, terrazzo and iron for sculptures, and in oil, acrylic and watercolor for paintings. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Drawings, Prints &#038; Watercolours: Okike Tenth Anniversary,&#8221; University of Nigeria, Nsukka, April 1982. &#8220;Echo: UNN Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Nsukka Students&#8217; Art 1970-1984,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February 13-23, 1985. &#8220;Contemporary Art from Anambra State,&#8221; Kashim Ibrahim Library, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, March 1985. &#8220;Original Prints from the Third Nsukka Workshop,&#8221; Ana Gallery, University of Nigeria, October 29-November 2, 1987; Franco-German Auditorium, Lagos November 4-18, 1987. Commissions Sculpture, black terrazzo, &#8220;Think Tank,&#8221; Senior Staff Club, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984. Sculpture, concrete, &#8220;Herald,&#8221; Capitol Hotel, Owerri. Sculpture, terrazzo, school crest, College of Education, Nsugbe. Awards &#038; Honors Best fine arts graduate, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1984. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. Sculpture: &#8220;Suplication&#8221;; prints and drawings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-7701","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7701","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\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/7701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7701"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=7701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}