{"id":8763,"date":"2017-01-25T12:11:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T11:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=8763"},"modified":"2017-05-22T16:52:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:52:42","slug":"olowu-elizabeth","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olowu-elizabeth\/","title":{"rendered":"OLOWU, Elizabeth"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Birth: 1945, in Benin City, Edo State. Training: Attended University of Nigeria, 1966-1967; BA in fine arts, University of Benin, 1979; MFA, University of Benin, 1983, specializing in sculpture. Profile: Full name, Princess Elizabeth Udinoghameyan Olowu, daughter of Oba Akenzua II; arts and science teacher, Anglican Girls Grammar School, Benin, 1970-1976; teacher, NYSC, Girls&#8217; College of Benin, Benin City, 1980; teacher, University Demonstration Secondary School, University of Benin, Benin City, from 1984; freelance artist; maintains her own bronze foundry. Group Exhibitions &#8220;National Art Institutions Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, January 11-26, 1980. Third Biennial Exhibition, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba, July 1989. &#8220;Second Better Life for Rural Dwellers Fair,&#8221; Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, April 1990. Writings by the Artist An Investigation into Benin Cire Perdue Casting Technique. MFA thesis, University of Benin, Benin City, 1983. [unpublished]. Awards &#038; Honors Department prize for best student, University of Benin, Benin City, 1978; Bendel State Award for Art &#038; Culture, 1985. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[168],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-8763","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-arts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8763","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\/7"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/8763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8763"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=8763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}