{"id":6841,"date":"2016-11-17T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=literary-biography&#038;p=6841"},"modified":"2016-11-17T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T12:21:58","slug":"b-f-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"literary-biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/literary-biography\/b-f-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"B. F. JENKINS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">Ceramicist, Sculptor Address: Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos Birth: June 21, 1943, in llupeju-Ekiti, Ondo State. Training: Diploma in ceramics, Yaba College of Technology, 1964; attended Homsey College of Art, London, 1966-1969, and Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1982-1983. Profile: Full name, Benjamin 1unso Jenkins; lecturer, ceramics, Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, from 1969; conducted curriculum-writing workshops in art and design, 1984, 1988, 1990; freelance artist. Member: British Ceramic Society; International Society for Education Through Art; Society of Industrial Artists and Designers of Britain; Society of Nigerian Artists, Society of Nigerian Industrial Artists and Designers. Solo Exhibitions Africa Centre, London, 1968. Group Exhibitions FESTAC &#8217;77, Lagos, 1977. &#8220;National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1978. Society of Nigerian Artists, Goethe Irstihrie, Lagos, February 1981. &#8220;Offerings from the Gods,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. &#8220;Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40,&#8221; Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. Commissions Sculptures, University Teaching Hospi&#8217;.al. Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Mosaic murals, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Sculptures, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1978. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Minna, 1989. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Akure, 1990. Bibliography<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ceramicist, Sculptor Address: Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos Birth: June 21, 1943, in llupeju-Ekiti, Ondo State. Training: Diploma in ceramics, Yaba College of Technology, 1964; attended Homsey College of Art, London, 1966-1969, and Victoria University of Manchester, England, 1982-1983. Profile: Full name, Benjamin 1unso Jenkins; lecturer, ceramics, Department of Industrial Design, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, from 1969; conducted curriculum-writing workshops in art and design, 1984, 1988, 1990; freelance artist. Member: British Ceramic Society; International Society for Education Through Art; Society of Industrial Artists and Designers of Britain; Society of Nigerian Artists, Society of Nigerian Industrial Artists and Designers. Solo Exhibitions Africa Centre, London, 1968. Group Exhibitions FESTAC &#8217;77, Lagos, 1977. &#8220;National Art Exhibition,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, September 30-October 7, 1978. Society of Nigerian Artists, Goethe Irstihrie, Lagos, February 1981. &#8220;Offerings from the Gods,&#8221; National Theatre, Lagos, June-July 1985. &#8220;Yaba Tech Staff Art at 40,&#8221; Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, July 7-28, 1988. Commissions Sculptures, University Teaching Hospi&#8217;.al. Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Mosaic murals, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1977. Sculptures, University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, 1978. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Minna, 1989. Sculpture, Federal Government Secretariat, Akure, 1990. 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