{"id":8669,"date":"2017-01-24T14:33:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T13:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8669"},"modified":"2017-11-09T12:12:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:12:21","slug":"ogbonnaya-nwagbara","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/ogbonnaya-nwagbara\/","title":{"rendered":"OGBONNAYA, Nwagbara"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic Artist Birth: April 1934 in Ovim Imenyi, Okigwe Local Government Area, Imo State. Died 1985. Training: Diploma in fine arts, Nigerian College of Arts, Science &#038; Technology, Zaria, specializing in commercial art and graphics, 1962; attended Mbari Artists and Writers Workshop, Ibadan, studying etching and engraving techniques, 1963. Profile: Freelance artist, Okigwe, 1952-1958; designed exhibition stand, Eastern Nigeria Development Corporation, International Trade Show, Lagos, 1962; commercial artist, Information Division, Ministry for Agriculture, Enugu; head, publicity department, Oil Administration, Port Harcourt, 1966; graphic arts officer, Ministry of Information, Biafra, 1967-1970; Lintas Nigeria, Lagos, 1971-1975; lecturer\/head, Department of Art Education, Institute of Management &#038;Technology, Enugu, 1976-1985; belonged to the Zaria Art Society. Group Exhibitions &#8220;Commercial and Graphic Design,&#8221; Mbari Club, Ibadan, January 24-February 7, 1962. Mbari Centre, Enugu, 1964. First World Festival of Negro Arts Exhibition, Dakar, Senegal, 1966. &#8220;Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra,&#8221; Bonn, Cologne, and Trier, Germany, 1969. &#8220;Werbungfur Biafra,&#8221; Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Germany, 1985. Awards &#038; Honors Bronze medal, color photography, Kodak International Trade Shows, New York. Public Collections Asele Institute, Nimo. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8669","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8669","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\/8669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8669"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}