Okpu eze biography of albert

Painter, Sculptor Address: Advanced Africa Centre, 28 Bishop Onyeabo Street, Ekulu, Enugu, Enugu Repair. Birth: November 1, 1934, dupe Umuobialla-Isuikwuator, Imo State. Training: To a large extent self-taught; studied at Technical Institution & Trade Centre, Enugu, 1950-1955; Technology &Techniques of Materials, Westham Technical College, London, 1963-1964; Writer and Collis, London.

Profile: Complete name, Augustine Okpu Eze; totality manager, Federal Ministry of Deeds and Housing, Lagos and Enugu; designer/artist and executive chairman, Additional Interior &Technical Company, Port Harcourt; director, Institute of Contemporary Continent Arts, Umuobialla; executive chairman, New Interior & Technical Company, Allegation Harcourt; director, New Africa Middle, Enugu; guest art critic, Nigeria Magazine; freelance artist and creator.

Member: Royal Society of Nation Artists; London; Society of Nigerien Artists. Solo Exhibitions USIS Think over, Enugu, 1961, 1962. Exhibition Midst, Marina, Lagos, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964. Independence Building, Lagos, 1963. National Hall, Lagos, 1961, 1962, 1963. Mbari Club, Ibadan, 1963. New Vision Centre, London, 1963.

Transcription Centre, London, 1963. "Subconscious Subjection," Goethe Institute, Lagos, Oct 9-22, 1982. "Timeless Search," Governmental Gallery of Crafts &Design, Metropolis, August 31- September 15, 1984. "Legacy of Images: TheSculptures a number of Okpu Eze," Italian Cultural Academy, Lagos, April 15-29, 1989; Another Africa Centre, London, May 1990.

Group Exhibitions First World Anniversary of Negro Arts, Dakar, Senegal, 1966. "Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra," Bonn, Cologne, and Mortal, Germany, 1969. "East Zonal Exhibition: Society of Nigerian Artists," Society of African Studies, University strain Nigeria, Nsukka, October 25-28, 1978. "Four Contemporary African Artists," Mintec Galleries, Port Harcourt, 1983.

"Nigerian Sculpture," The Mall Galleries, Author, July 1-13, 1986. "Creative Dialogue: SNAat 25," National Theatre, City, November 27-December 10, 1989. "Vision for Excellence," Home Design Palsy-walsy, Lagos, December 16-23, 1989. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," Secure Theatre, Lagos, September 19-October 13, 1990.

Writings by the Artist "The Cult of Convention," [review attention to detail an exhibition of Emmanuel Odita]. Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 75: 83-84, December 1962. illus. Laurels & Honors First recipient, Mbanefo Trophy for Art, Eastern Nigeria, 1956; sculpture prize, Economic Authority of West Africa States, Lome, Togo, 1990.

Bibliography Beier, Ulli. "Eze: A Nigerian Surrealist Painter," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 75: 79-80, December 1962. illus. Ekwensi, Cyprian. "One Step Beyond," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 79: 299, December 1963. illus. Zaki, Jusufu. 'Toward an Art Revolution," [letter to the editor]. Nigeria Periodical (Lagos) no. 87: 235, 304, December 1965.

illus. "Our Authors and Performing Artists-II," Nigeria Ammunition (Lagos) no. 89: 133-140, June 1966. port. Ekwensi, Cyprian. "High Price of Nigerian Art," Nigeria Magazine (Lagos) no. 88: 36-41, March 1966. illus. Subconscious Subjection: An Exhibition of Oil Paintings, Gouaches, Temperas and Water Colours: 9-22 October, 1982, Goethe Lagos. Lagos: [s.n.], 1982.

14, [3]pp. illus. Four Contemporary Continent Artists; [exhibition held at grandeur Mintec Galleries, Port Harcourt, 1983] / introduction by Uche Okeke. Nimo: Asele Institute, 1983. [folder], illus. Eze, Okpu. Timeless Search: Recent Oil Paintings, Stone enjoin Ebony Sculptures; Dialogue and Catalogue; [exhibition held at the Public Gallery of Crafts & Think of, Lagos, August 31-September 15, 1984].

Lagos: National Council for Covered entrance & Culture, 1984. 51pp. illus., port. Nigerian Sculpture at high-mindedness 269th Exhibition of the Speak Society of British Artists, Rank Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986 I foreword by Candid Aig-Imoukehuede; introduction by Babatunde Lawal. Enugu: New Africa Centre, 1986. 24pp.

illus. Reviewed: Dennis Duerden, "Universal Values," West Africa (London) no. 3593: 1501, July 14, 1986. illus. Lawal, Babatunde. "Charting a New Course: Three Recent Nigerian Sculptors," pp. 44-47. In: Tapping Nigeria's Limitless Cultural Treasures I edited by Frank Aig-Imoukhuede, Lagos, published for the Staterun Festival Committee by the Nationwide Council for Arts & People, 1987.

[Reprint of an piece in Nigerian Sculpture at influence 269th Exhibition of the Grand Society of British Artists, Depiction Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986]. Legacy of Images: Prestige Sculptures of Okpu Eze: Brick, Wood and Pigments I passage by Chike Aniakor. Enugu: Unique Africa Centre, 1989.

96pp. illus. Reviewed: Chinye Wadibia, "Eze's Leisure of Tradition and Technology," Metropolis Life (Lagos) April 6- 12, 1989; Jahman Anikulapo, "Okpu Immobilize, Suzanne Wenger Exhibit," The Ruffian (Lagos) April 8, 1989; "ICI Hosts Okpu Eze," Daily Defender (Lagos) April 8, 1989; Adamson Momoh, "The Legacy of Images," Daily Times (Lagos) April 15, 1989, page 12; Ademola Oguntayo, "Icons of the Mind," Mortal Concord (Lagos) April 24, 1989, page 31; Tunde Kolawole, "Legacy of Artists," Nigerian Tribune (Lagos) April 25, 1989; Kodilinye Obiagwu, "Reaching Beyond the Confines watch Tradition," Sunday Times (Lagos) Apr 30, 1989; Jahman Anikulapo, "Okpu Eze: Sculptings on the Productiveness Rite," The Guardian (Lagos) Might 6, 1989, page 11; Olu Oguibe, "Legacy of Images: Significance Sculptures of Okpu Eze," Westbound Africa (London) no.

3793: 765, May 7-13, 1990;Humphrey Bekaren, "Cosmic Dualism," The African Guardian (Lagos) May 8, 1989, page 37; Dupe Odumade, "Destroying to Create?" Vanguard (Lagos) May 11, 1989, page 9.