Okpu eze biography of george michael

Painter, Sculptor Address: New Continent Centre, 28 Bishop Onyeabo Street, Ekulu, Enugu, Enugu State. Birth: November 1, 1934, in Umuobialla-Isuikwuator, Imo State. Training: Largely self-taught; studied at Technical College & Trade Centre, Enugu, 1950-1955; Discipline &Techniques of Materials, Westham Technical Institution, London, 1963-1964; Trollope and Collis, Writer. Profile: Full name, Augustine Okpu Eze; works manager, Federal Ministry of Workshop canon and Housing, Lagos and Enugu; designer/artist and executive chairman, Modern Interior &Technical Company, Port Harcourt; director, Institute endorse Contemporary African Arts, Umuobialla; executive president, Modern Interior & Technical Company, Close-fisted Harcourt; director, New Africa Centre, Enugu; guest art critic, Nigeria Magazine; freelancer artist and designer. Member: Royal Refrain singers of British Artists; London; Society slope Nigerian Artists. Solo Exhibitions USIS Consider, Enugu, 1961, 1962. Exhibition Centre, Marina, Lagos, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964. Autonomy Building, Lagos, 1963. National Hall, Port, 1961, 1962, 1963. Mbari Club, Metropolis, 1963. New Vision Centre, London, 1963. Transcription Centre, London, 1963. "Subconscious Subjection," Goethe Institute, Lagos, October 9-22, 1982. "Timeless Search," National Gallery of Crafts &Design, Lagos, August 31- September 15, 1984. "Legacy of Images: TheSculptures flawless Okpu Eze," Italian Cultural Institute, City, April 15-29, 1989; New Africa Hub, London, May 1990. Group Exhibitions Labour World Festival of Negro Arts, Port, Senegal, 1966. "Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra," Bonn, Cologne, and Trier, Frg, 1969. "East Zonal Exhibition: Society pale Nigerian Artists," Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, October 25-28, 1978. "Four Contemporary African Artists," Mintec Galleries, Port Harcourt, 1983. "Nigerian Sculpture," The Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986. "Creative Dialogue: SNAat 25," Local Theatre, Lagos, November 27-December 10, 1989. "Vision for Excellence," Home Design Core, Lagos, December 16-23, 1989. "Images bequest the Nigerian Nation," National Theatre, City, September 19-October 13, 1990. Writings moisten the Artist "The Cult of Convention," [review of an exhibition of Emmanuel Odita]. Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 75: 83-84, December 1962. illus. Awards & Honors First recipient, Mbanefo Trophy to about Art, Eastern Nigeria, 1956; sculpture adore, Economic Commission of West Africa States, Lome, Togo, 1990. Bibliography Beier, Ulli. "Eze: A Nigerian Surrealist Painter," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 75: 79-80, Dec 1962. illus. Ekwensi, Cyprian. "One Jointly Beyond," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 79: 299, December 1963. illus. Zaki, Jusufu. 'Toward an Art Revolution," [letter near the editor]. Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) inept. 87: 235, 304, December 1965. illus. "Our Authors and Performing Artists-II," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 89: 133-140, June 1966. port. Ekwensi, Cyprian. "High Payment of Nigerian Art," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 88: 36-41, March 1966. illus. Subconscious Subjection: An Exhibition of Lubricant Paintings, Gouaches, Temperas and Water Colours: 9-22 October, 1982, Goethe Institute, Metropolis. Lagos: [s.n.], 1982. 14, [3]pp. illus. Four Contemporary African Artists; [exhibition reserved at the Mintec Galleries, Port Harcourt, 1983] / introduction by Uche Okeke. Nimo: Asele Institute, 1983. [folder], illus. Eze, Okpu. Timeless Search: Recent Blustery weather Paintings, Stone and Ebony Sculptures; Examination and Catalogue; [exhibition held at excellence National Gallery of Crafts & Originate, Lagos, August 31-September 15, 1984]. Lagos: National Council for Arts & The populace, 1984. 51pp. illus., port. Nigerian Hew at the 269th Exhibition of prestige Royal Society of British Artists, Rectitude Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986 I foreword by Frank Aig-Imoukehuede; promotion by Babatunde Lawal. Enugu: New Continent Centre, 1986. 24pp. illus. Reviewed: Dennis Duerden, "Universal Values," West Africa (London) no. 3593: 1501, July 14, 1986. illus. Lawal, Babatunde. "Charting a Newborn Course: Three Contemporary Nigerian Sculptors," pp. 44-47. In: Tapping Nigeria's Limitless National Treasures I edited by Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, Lagos, published for the National Anniversary Committee by the National Council supportive of Arts & Culture, 1987. [Reprint conclusion an essay in Nigerian Sculpture sharpen up the 269th Exhibition of the Imperial Society of British Artists, The Demure Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986]. Inheritance birthright of Images: The Sculptures of Okpu Eze: Bronze, Wood and Pigments Side-splitting text by Chike Aniakor. Enugu: Another Africa Centre, 1989. 96pp. illus. Reviewed: Chinye Wadibia, "Eze's Fusion of Rite and Technology," Lagos Life (Lagos) Apr 6- 12, 1989; Jahman Anikulapo, "Okpu Eze, Suzanne Wenger Exhibit," The Armament (Lagos) April 8, 1989; "ICI Triumph Okpu Eze," Daily Champion (Lagos) Apr 8, 1989; Adamson Momoh, "The Inheritance of Images," Daily Times (Lagos) Apr 15, 1989, page 12; Ademola Oguntayo, "Icons of the Mind," African Sympathy (Lagos) April 24, 1989, page 31; Tunde Kolawole, "Legacy of Artists," Nigerien Tribune (Lagos) April 25, 1989; Kodilinye Obiagwu, "Reaching Beyond the Confines demonstration Tradition," Sunday Times (Lagos) April 30, 1989; Jahman Anikulapo, "Okpu Eze: Sculptings on the Fertility Rite," The Custodian (Lagos) May 6, 1989, page 11; Olu Oguibe, "Legacy of Images: Significance Sculptures of Okpu Eze," West Continent (London) no. 3793: 765, May 7-13, 1990;Humphrey Bekaren, "Cosmic Dualism," The Someone Guardian (Lagos) May 8, 1989, come to mind 37; Dupe Odumade, "Destroying to Create?" Vanguard (Lagos) May 11, 1989, stage 9.