2005-
Date : Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, University
of Nigeria, Nsukka.
2002-
Date : Lecturer 11, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka.
2000 : Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
1994-
2000 : Graduate Assistant (taught Painting, Draughtsmanship, and the
History of Art), Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria,
Nsukka.
1993-
1994 : Lecturer in painting (under the National Youth Service
Scheme) Rivers State College of Education, Ndelle, Rivers State,
Nigeria.
1999 : M.F.A.
(Painting) University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
1992 : B.A. (First Class Honours) in Fine
Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Under-Graduate Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria at Nsukka, 1987-1992. 1986 : Passed successfully in French and
Fine Arts at the Advanced Level. ception (C.I.C), Enugu, Enugu State,
Nigeria.
Post Primary
1979- 1984 : College of the Immaculate Conception
(C.I.C), Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.
2003-
2005: Research on uli body and wall
painting of the Igbo and its
influence on some modern art in
Nigeria. (see Publications and
Exhibition below)
1999:
Cosmogonical Images: Hermeneutical
Paintings on the Origin of Man,
Unpublished M.F.A. Project Report,
Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
1992:
Uli as a Creative Idiom: a Study of
Udechukwu, Aniakor, and Obeta,
unpublished B.A. Thesis, Department
of Fine and Applied Arts University
of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1992.
Exhibitions (Group)
2005: *The Rediscovery of Tradition:
Uli and the Politics of Culture,
Pendulum Centre for Culture and
Development, January 22-29: Alliance
Francaise, Enugu, February 16-22;
Jean Welz Gallery, Worcester, South
Africa, March 2-25.
2005: Visual Orchestra 2005, French
Cultural Centre, Abuja, February
15-25.
2005: The 10th Anniversary of
Post-Earthquake Restoration: Hyogo
International Competition of
Painting. Hyogo Prefectural Museum
of Art, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan,
January 17-February 20.
2004a: Afrika Heritage 2004:Altars
of Terror (within the framework of
the 5th biennale of the Pan-African
Circle of Artists), French Cultural
Centre, Lagos, November 5-18.
2004b: *Afrika Heritage 2004: The
Nude Figure Never Sleeps (within the
framework of the 5th biennale of the
Pan-African Circle of Artists),
Alliance Francaise, Enugu, November
2-14.
2004c: *Afrika Heritage 2004: The
PACA Peace Effort (within the
framework of the 5th biennale of the
Pan-African Circle of Artists),
Alliance Francaise, Enugu, November
2-14.
2004d: *Afrika Heritage 2004: The
Grand Exhibition (within the
framework of the 5th biennale of the
Pan-African Circle of Artists),
National Museum, Enugu, November
1-14.
2004: *Visual Orchestra 2004.
Alliance Francaise, Enugu. June 25 –
July 2.
2004: *Salt of the Earth: Women and
Children in Society, Alliance
Francaise, Enugu, April 8 – 15.
2004: *Overcoming Maps 3, Pendulum
Centre for Culture and Development,
Lagos, Nigeria, January 8-10; Musée
Honme, Porto Novo, Benin Republic,
January 10-14; Galerie Marina, Lomé,
Togo, January 14-17; French Cultural
Centre, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso,
January 18-21; Centre Soleil
d’Afrique, Bamako, Mali, January
21-24; W.E.B. duBois Centre, Accra,
Ghana, January 26-30.
2003: *Homage to Asele: an
Exhibition in Honour of Uche Okeke,
National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, May
23-31.
2003: *Blossoming Flowers (an
exhibition of works by Enugu
Artists), Alliance Francaise, Enugu,
March 7-15.
2002: Changing Attitudes (the fourth
biennale of The Pan-African Circle
of Artists), Nimbus Art Centre,
Pendulum Art Gallery, Viv’s Gallery,
National Museum, Lagos.
2002: Crossing Boundaries and
Frontiers (Commemorative exhibit of
the PACA Study Tour 2002) Centre
Soleil d’Afrique, Bamako.
2001: Echoes, Cities and Artists in
Nigeria, Museum of Institute of
African Studies, University of
Ibadan, Ibadan, October 2001
2001: Visual Orchestra 2001, Nimbus
Art Centre, Lagos, September/October
2001
2000: Afrika Heritage 2000 (3rd
Biennale of the Pan-African Circle
of Artists on the theme,
“Crossroads: Africa in the
Twilight.” National Museum, Enugu,
August 26-31, and Didi Museum,
Lagos, September 7-16.
2000: Visual Orchestra 10th
Anniversary Exhibition, Art
Nouveaux, Port Harcourt, November
15-22
1998: National Copyright Exhibition,
National Theatre Lagos, November
1998.
1997: Afrika Heritage `97, Didi
Museum, Lagos, Nov. 1997.
1997: Visual Orchestra `97, Enugu
and Lagos, June/Sept. 1997.
1996/97: Songs for Idoto, (a
memorial exhibition in honour of
Christopher Okigbo), Enugu and
Lagos, 1996/97.
1996: Dance of the Lyrical Lines,
National Museum. Enugu, May 1996.
1996: Visual Orchestra `96, Enugu
and Lagos, 1996.
1996: The Nude Figure Never Sleeps,
a special exhibition of PACA-Nigerian,
Russian Cultural Centre, Lagos,
November 1996.
1995: Visual Orchestra `95, National
Museum, Enugu, National Gallery of
Art, Lagos, June/August 1995.
1995: Afrika Heritage `95, (The
Pan-African Circle of Artists
Biennale), Didi Museum, Lagos,
July/August 1995.
1995: Bestart `95, National Gallery
of Art, Lagos, November, 1995.
1994: Salute to the Withered Rose,
British Council, Enugu, April 1994.
1994: Visual Orchestra `94, Enugu
and Lagos, 1994.
1993: Visual Orchestra `93, National
Museum, Lagos, November 1993.
1992: Visual Orchestra `92, C.D.C.,
Enugu, June 1992.
1992: The Pan-African Circle of
Artists Inaugural Exhibition, The
British Council, Enugu, July 1992.
1992: Prints from Nsukka, Goethe
Institut, Lagos, April 1992.
1991: Sacred Energies, Nsukka, Enugu
and Port Harcourt, May/June 1991.
1990: Visual Orchestra Inaugural
Exhibition, French Centre, Enugu,
January 1990.
Joint Exhibitions
1998: Orchids and Songs, (with Eva
Obodo) an exhibition in honour of
Ossie Enekwe, Heavensgate, Enugu,
June 1998.
Solo
Exhibitions
1998: Take these Chains from my
Heart; Heavensgate, September, 1998.
1997: Strokes and Patterns,
Signature Art Gallery, Lagos,
October.
1997: On the Pulse of the Morning,
Heavensgate, Enugu, August 1997.
1995: The Marriage of Heaven and
Hell, Maison de France, French
Cultural Centre, Lagos,
October/November 1995.
1993: Soliloquies, Maison de France,
French Cultural Centre, Lagos,
January/February 1993.
1992: Random Thoughts, The British
Council, Enugu, March 1992.
Workshops
2005:
Co-instructor, Uli Interactive Workshop
for Art Students of University of
Nigeria, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, February
17-22.
2003:
Instructor, “Dance of the Lyrical Lines”
(drawing workshop organized by The Art
Republic in association with Alliance
Francaise, Enugu, for students of the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka, and Institute
of Management and Technology, Enugu) at
the Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts,
Institute of Management and Technology,
Enugu, September 22-26, 2003.
2001:
The PACA Peace (creative) Workshop,
Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
Institute of Management and Technology,
Enugu, December 14, 2001
2000:
UNICEF NFE Critique Workshop, Owerri,
September 20-25, 2000
1999:
UNICEF NFE Critique Workshop, Owerri,
September 20-25, 1999
1997:
Instructor, “Dance of the Lyrical Lines”
(drawing workshop organized by
Art-in-Africa Project for Students of
the University of Nigeria Nsukka and
Institute of Management and Technology,
Enugu) at the Dept. of Fine and Applied
Arts, Institute of Management and
Technology, Enugu, August 20-25, 1997.
1992:
Printmaking Workshop (by Wilibros Hans
in collaboration with Goethe Institut,
Lagos) at the Dept of Fine and Applied
Arts, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
Other Major Activities(including
creative residencies and others)
2003: Artist-in-Residence, Centrum
Arts and Creative Education Centre,
Fort Worden, Port Townsend, USA,
October 20 – November 12.
2002: Participated as a
writer/critic (May 17 – 20, 2002) in
the 5th Dakar Biennale, Dakar,
Senegal.
2002: Participated in a three-week
course in Art History (“From Art
History to Visual Culture: Studying
the Visual after the Cultural
Turn”), Summer University, Central
European University, Budapest,
Hungary, July 7-26.
Publications
In
Press: An African Epic: the Story of
El Anatsui. Enugu: Art-in-Africa
Project and Citadel Books
2003: A Critical Catalogue. Enugu:
Citadel Books
2001: Between Eden and Golgotha (a
socio-philosophical essay on the
problem of evil with a focus on
Nigeria). Enugu: Citadel Books,
under publication
2000: Against All Odds: A Decade of
the Visual Orchestra (with Peter
Ezeh, Ozioma Onuzulike and Emeka
Agbayi) Enugu: Art-in-Africa Project
in association with Charles&Charles.
1999: A Basketful of Water (a
collection of essays), Enugu:
Charles & Charles, pp.85, illus.
(second edition printed in 2000)
1992: Random Thoughts (Catalogue
[Enugu: Novelty Press, 1993]).
Edited Works
2003: The Triumph of a Vision: an
Anthology on Uche Okeke and Modern
Art in Nigeria: Lagos Pendulum Art
Gallery,
pp-201-217
2002: A Discursive Bazaar: writing
on African Art, Culture and
Literature (co-edited with Ayo
Adewunmi). Enugu: The Pan-African
Circle of Artists
2000: Crossroads: Africa in the
Twilight (commemorative book of the
Pan-African Circle of Artists’ 3rd
Biennale [co-edited with Chike C.
Aniakor). Abuja: National Gallery of
Art pp.168, illus.
2002: Changing Attitudes
(book/catalogue of the Pan-African
Circle of Artists’ 4th). Enugu: The
Pan-African Circle of Artists
Monographs
1996: “Sometimes, I Weep” (Interview
with Chimezie Chuta; also with an
essay on art patronage in Nigeria)
(Enugu: Art-in- Africa Project,
under publication).
1994: Legless Men Who Teach Running
(originally Critique of Critics:
1994 see conferences below) Enugu:
Art-in-Africa Project, 1994.
Chapters in Books
2005a: “Uli: Between the Cradle, the
Ivory Tower, and the Ground Beyond,”
in C. Krydz Ikwuemesi and Emeka
Agbayi (eds), The Rediscovery of
Tradition: Uli and the Politics of
Culture. Lagos: Pendulum Centre for
Culture and Development, pp.xi-xvi
2005b: “Primitives or Classicists:
the Uli Women Painters of Nri,” in
C. Krydz Ikwuemesi and Emeka Agbayi
(eds),The Rediscovery of Tradition:
Uli and the Politics of Culture.
Lagos: Pendulum Centre for Culture
and Development, pp.1-20
2005c: “We Belong to Tradition”
(interview with Eziafo Okaro and
If’ude Ejiofor, uli women painters
from Ogidi, Anambra State,
transcribed in Igbo and English), in
C. Krydz Ikwuemesi and Emeka Agbayi
(eds),The Rediscovery of Tradition:
Uli and the Politics of Culture.
Lagos: Pendulum Centre for Culture
and Development, pp.105-122
2004: “Between Nkiru Nzegwu and the
Politics of Gender
Transmogrification: A
Meta-Critique,” in P.C. Dike and P.
Oyelola (eds), Nigerian Women in
Visual Art: History, Aesthetics and
Interpretation. Abuja: National
Gallery of Art, pp. 162-166.
2004: “Introduction.” C. Krydz (ed),
Overcoming Maps 3: Report of the
PACA Study Tour of Africa. Enugu:
Citadel Books, pp.7-8.
2004: “Overcoming Maps 3: General
Report.” (co-authored with Okey
Nwafor and Ugochukwu Nzewi)
Ikwuemesi , C. Krydz (ed),
Overcoming Maps 3: Report of the
PACA Study Tour of Africa. Enugu:
Citadel Books, pp.11-12.
2004: “Soliloquies.” Ikwuemesi , C.
Krydz (ed), Overcoming Maps 3:
Report of the PACA Study Tour of
Africa. Enugu: Citadel Books,
pp.23-27.
2003: “Nigerian Modernism (s2) ,
Uche Okeke and Nsukka A rtists” in
C. Krydz Ikwuemesi (ed), The Triumph
of a Vision: an Anthology on Uche
Okeke and Modern Art in Nigeria:
Lagos Pendulum Art Gallery, pp-201-2
17
2003: “Conversation with Uche Okeke
at Nimo”, in Ikwuemesi, ibid, p p
236-243
1996: “From The Nigerian Teacher to
The Eye: Journals and Magazines in
the Development of Nigeria Art” in
Ezumezu: A Festschrift for Demas
Nwoko, Obiora Udechukwu and Chika
Okeke (eds.) under publication.
Conferences
2005:
Panel Chair, 2nd Conference of Art
Historical Association of Nigeria (AHAN),
Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, March
23-25.
2003:
Panel Chair, Commemorative
Conference of the PACA Convention,
2003, Dept of Fine Arts, Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria, December 13
– 15, 2003.
2002:
Project Director: The Pan-African
Conference on the Status, Role and
Working Condition of the Artist in
Africa (organized under the auspices
of The Pan-African Circle of
Artists, with support of Prince
Claus Fund, The Netherlands),
National Museum, Enugu, May 3 – 5,
2002.
2002:
Inaugural Conference of Art
Historical Association of Nigeria (AHAN),
Department of Fine and Applied Arts,
University of Nigeria, Nsukka,
December 26 – 28, 2002.
2002:
Roundtable Conference of The
Pan-African Circle of Artists at
Viv’s Gallery, (within the Framework
of Afrika Heritage 2002) Lagos,
October 10, 2002.
Theme: “Harnessing and Exploiting
the Art-Cultural Possibilities for
Development in the Face of the
Sociopolitical Turn in Africa”
2002:
Roundtable Conference of The
Pan-African at Pendulum Art Gallery,
Lagos (within the framework of
Afrika Heritage 2002).
Theme: “In Search of New Paradigms:
Art in the Throes of a Coerced
Transition.”
2001:
Roundtable Conference organized by
PACA-Nigeria on the occasion of its
2001 Annual Convention at the
National Museum, Enugu, on November
23, 2001.
Lead
Paper: “Nigerian Art and the Curse
of Mercantilism”
2001:
“Symposium Africa 2001”
(International Symposium on the
representation of African art held
at the Japan Foundation Forum in
Tokyo and at the Osaka International
Centre of the Japan International
Cooperation Agency [JICA] on
November 3 and 10, 2001,
respectively).
Paper:
“From Playgrounds of Fancy to the
Promised Land: African Art in the
New Millennium.”
2000:
Project Director: “Crossroads:
Africa in the Twilight”
(International Commemorative
Conference of The Pan-African Circle
of Artists’ 3rd Biennale) National
Museum Enugu, August 24-26.
2000:
Discussant: “Design History in
Nigeria” a conference on the history
of design organized by the
Department of Creative Arts,
University of Port Harcourt, April,
2000.
1998:
“Nigerian Art at the End of the
Millennium,” Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, November, 1998.
Paper:
The Rise and Development of Art
Cooperatives in Nigeria” (in
collaboration with Ayo Adewunmi).
1998:
Chairman, Organising Committee, The
PACA-Nigeria Annual Lecture,
Open-sky Bar, Hotel Codial, Enugu,
December 1998.
Theme:
“The African Artist and the politics
of the International Market.”
Lecturer: Prof. C.C. Aniakor
1996:
Chairman, Organising Committee, The
PACA-Nigeria Annual Lecture held at
the Russian Cultural Center, Lagos
on September 19, 1996.
Theme:
Museums, Galleries and Cultural
Development in Nigeria.
Lecturer: Dr. P.C. Dike.
1996:
The 1996 Enugu State Mmanwu
Colloquium, Hotel Presidential,
Enugu, August 1996.
Paper:
“Art Works in Mmanwu Paraphenelia:
their International Relevance”,
(written in collaboration with Okay
Ikenegbu and Obiora Anidi)
1995:
Chairman, Organising Committee, The
PACA-Nigeria Annual Lecture held at
the Institute of Management and
Technology, Enugu.
Theme:
The Role of the Press in the
Propagation of Art in Africa: the
Nogerian Experience.
Lecturer: Dr. Peter Ezeh.
1994:
Convener, “Stylistic cum
Paradigmatic Shifts and Trends in
Contemporary Nigerian Art”, a
roundtable conference at the British
Council, Enugu organised by the
Pan-African Circle of Artists
(Nigeria-Council) in honour of late
Prof. Chuka Amaefuna in April 1994.
1993:
The 2nd International Conference on
Contemporary Nigerian Art, Lagos,
April/May 1993.
Paper:
“Critique of Critics: A Personal
Look at Criticism of Contemporary
Nigerian Art.”
Writings in Journals
1999:
“There are no installations here,”
Glendora Review: African Quarterly
on the Arts,Vol. 1, No 6, pp.
1999:
“Still on the curse of
postmodernism,” Glendora Review:
African Quarterly on the Arts, Vol.
1, No 6, pp.
1999:
“Under Western Eyes,” Glendora
Review: African Quarterly on the
Arts, Vol 1, No 6, pp.
1997:
“Trading Art,” Letter from Africa 3,
Enugu, April-Oct., 1997, pp.1-2.
1997:
“A Tale on Cora’s Trail,” Letter
from Africa 3, Enugu, April-Oct.,
1997, p.9.
1997:
“Conversation with Bruce Onobrakpeya,”
Letter from Africa 3, Enugu,
April-Oct., 1997, pp.4-5.
1996:
“The Triumph of Art,” Letter from
Africa 2, Enugu, Oct. 1996, pp.1-2.
1996:
“You Are Harmattan to Us,” Letter
from Africa 2, Enugu Oct. 1996, p.4
1996:
“Nigerian Art and the Politics of
Identity,” Uso: Nigerian Journal of
Art, Vol. No.2, Lagos, December
1996.
1995:
“Salute to the Withered Rose,” Nka:
Journal of Contemporary African Art,
Brooklyn, No.2, Spring/Summer, 1995.
1995: A
short article in Configura 2 - Die
Frage: 40 Antworten, Germany, 1995.
1994:
“Critics of Travesty,” The Eye,
Zaria, Vol. 3, No.1, June 1994.
1992:
“Historical and Aesthetic Notes on
Uli,” The Eye, Zaria, December 1992.
1991:
“Historical and Aesthetic Notes on
Uli,” an article commissioned by the
UNESCO Courier in Paris, in June
1991.
Writings in Exhibition Catalogues
2004a:
“Introductory Notes” (with
translation in French), Afrika
Heritage 2004: the 5th Biennale of
the Pan-African Circle of Artist (in
interactive CD format). Enugu: The
Pan-African Circle of Artists.
2004b:
“Nobility, Magic, and Power:
Resilience of the Nude in African
Art” (with translation in French),
Afrika Heritage 2004: the 5th
Biennale of the Pan-African Circle
of Artist (in interactive CD
format). Enugu: The Pan-African
Circle of Artists.
2004c:
“A Double Heritage: the Works of
Tayo Adenaike” (with translation in
French), Afrika Heritage 2004: the
5th Biennale of the Pan-African
Circle of Artist (in interactive CD
format). Enugu: The Pan-African
Circle of Artists.
2004d:
“Conversation with Tayo Adenaike”
(with translation in French), Afrika
Heritage 2004: the 5th Biennale of
the Pan-African Circle of Artist (in
interactive CD format). Enugu: The
Pan-African Circle of Artists.
2004:
“Foreword.” Overcoming Maps 3
(commemorative exhibition catalogue
of the third study of tour of the
Pan-African Circle of Artists, with
translation in French). Enugu: the
Pan-African Circle of Artists.
2004:
“The Beauty of Ugliness.” Seven
Steps (introduction to an exhibition
by Italian Virginia Ryan at the
W.E.B. duBois Centre, Accra, Ghana,
May 2004 (see also
www.africancolours.net).
2004:
“An Eye on the Future.” Images of
Africa (an exhibition held at
Alliance Francaise, Enugu, May
17-24).
2003: “
Through the Pinhole of History: A
Survey of the Works of Uche Okeke,”
The Triumph of Asele, the Works of
Uche Okeke ( Ex. Cat). Lagos:
Pendulum Art Gallery, pp.8-14.
2003: “
Towards the Golden Gates,” A Stride
(an exhibition of the Beads Group of
artists) p.3.
2003:
“Celebration/Cerebration? But Why?”,
Homage to Asele: An Exhibition in
Honour of Uche Okeke (Ex. Cat.).
Lagos: Pendulum Art Gallery, p.4
2002:
“Living in the Deep; Problems of
Propagating Art in Africa”, Changing
Attitudes (catalogue of the fourth
biennale of The Pan-African Circle
of Artists). Enugu: The Pan-African
Circle of Artists, pp. 136 – 142.
2002:
“Afrika Heritage 2002: An
Introduction” Changing Attitudes
(catalogue of the fourth biennale of
the Pan-African Circle of Artists).
Enugu: The Pan-African Circle of
Artists, pp. 8 – 12.
2001:
“A Peep through Ekwenchi’s Pinhole,”
in Pinhole: an Exhibition of
Sculptures and Paintings (exhibition
catalogue), Enugu: The artist, 2001,
p.2
2001:
“The Visual Orchestra: A New
Beginning,” in Visual Orchestra 2001
(exhibition catalogue), Enugu: The
Visual Orchestra, 2001, p.2
2000:
“In the Heart of Twilight,”
Crossroads: Africa in the Twilight
(Catalogue of the Pan-African Circle
of Artists 3rd Biennale). Enugu: The
Pan-African Circle of Artists, pp.
10-15
2000:
“Celebrating Survival: The Visual
Orchestra at Ten,” in The Visual
Orchestra 10th Anniversary
Exhibition Catalogue Enugu: The
Visual Orchestra.
1999:
“After a Bad Moon: Astride Memory
and Desire,” in Songs of Gold: an
exhibition in celebration of the
triumph of democracy (exhibition
catalogue), Lagos: The Pan-African
Circle of Artists and the National
Gallery of Art, 1999, pp9-14
1999:
“The Other Side of the Coin”, in
Textures of a Cosmos (an exhibition
in commemoration of Nigeria 1999)
Enugu: Art-in-Africa Project. April
1999.
1998:
“On Heroes and Songs”, in Orchids
and Songs (an exhibition in honour
of Ossie Enekwe), Enugu:
Art-in-Africa Project, June 1998.
1997:
“Between Oyeoku, Convention and
Adventure: A Personal Judgement,” in
The Turning Point (A solo exhibition
of ceramics by Okpan Oyeoku at the
British Council, Enugu, October
1997.”
1997:
“Burdens of the African Artist:
African Art and the Curse of
Postmodernism,” in Afrika Heritage
`97, Lagos, Nov. 1997.
1997:
“Workshop Notes,” in Dance of the
Lyrical Lines `97, Enugu, Sept.
1997.
1996:
“Portions of Genius,” in Visual
Orchestra `96 catalogue, Enugu, May
1996.
1996:
“Dance of the Lyrical Lines: an
introduction” in Dance of the
Lyrical Lines catalogue, Enugu, May
1996.
1996:
“The Nude Figure Never Sleeps:
Resilience of the Nude in Africa
Art” in The Nude Figure Never
Sleeps: the Nude and the African
Artist, Enugu: PACA-Nigeria,
November 1996.
1996:
“Ifekandu: A Triumph of Genius and
Immortality” introduction to Songs
for Idoto: A Celebration of
Christopher Okigbo, Enugu: Onix
Communications and Publishers,
November 1996.
1995:
“On the Pulse of the Morning,”
(Introduction to Visual Orchestra
`95 Exhibition Catalogue), May 1995.
1995:
“Introduction to the first PACA
Biennial Exhibition Catalogue,
July/August 1995.
1994:
“Visual Orchestra `94: the Saga Goes
On” (preface to Visual Orchestra
`94), June 1994.
1994:
“African Art: the Challenges of a
Tradition” Introduction to Salute to
the Withered Rose, (an exhibition of
PACA) April 1994.
1993:
“From the Horses’ Mouths” (preface
to Visual Orchestra `93, November
1993.
1992:
Preface to Visual Orchestra, June
1992.
1992:
Preface to PACA Inaugural Exhibition
Catalogue, June 1992.
1991:
Preface to Sacred Energies, June
1991.
1990:
Preface to Visual Orchestra, January
1990.
Writings for the Radio
1995:
“Abuse of Public Monuments in Enugu”
(a commentary read on January 12,
1995 on the ESBS Radio, Enugu).
1991: A
commentary on the need for tolerance
among Nigerian politicians (read on
the former ESBS Radio on the eve of
the governorship elections in
Nigeria in December 1991)
Film
(Documentary)
2005:
The Rediscovery of Tradition.
(researched and produced with funds
from Pendulum Centre for Culture and
Development)
2004:
Overcoming Maps 3. (produced with
funds from the Pan-African Circle of
Artists)
2001:
An African Epic (a documentary on
the sculptor, El Anatsui), Enugu,
Art-in-Africa Project (in video,
interactive CD and Video CD).
Creative
Writing
1999:
Burst of Green Suns (Four Nigerian
Poets), edited by ChukwuEmeka Agbayi
(Enugu: Charles & Charles and
Art-in-Africa Project, under
publication.
1996:
Poems published in Okike, No. 32,
1996, pp. 22-23.
Magazine/Newspaper Publications (Select)
2005: “The Rediscovery of Tradition:
Uli and the Challenge of Modernity”
(report co-authored with Ugochukwu
Nzewi) Vanguard, Thursday, March 31,
p. 34.
2005: “The Rediscovery of Tradition:
Uli and the Challenge of Modernity”
(report co-authored with Ugochukwu
Nzewi) This Day, Sunday, March 20, p.
24.
2004: “Art Appreciation Should
Emanate from the Content of a Work”
(interview with Tayo Adenaike) This
Day, Sunday, November 28, p. 24.
2004: “Afrika Heritage 2004:
Addresses State of Art,” This Day,
Sunday, November 14, p. 24.
2004: “Propagating the Gospel of
African Art” (interview with Ijeoma
Oguachuba), This Day, Sunday,
November 28, p. 24.
2004: “Visual Arts in the New
Democracy.” The Guardian, Friday,
January 9, 2004
2003: “Enugu puts creative hands on
edge”, Daily Independent, Wednesday,
August 20, p.E7
2003: “And Lessons from Dak’Art,”
(interview with Ousseynou Wade,
Secretary General of the Dakar
Biennale), The Guardian, Tuesday,
July 22, pp. 93-94
2002: “African Art in the New
Millennium” Sunday Vanguard, January
20, 2002, pp. 42 – 43.
2002: “Africa And the Search for New
Energies”, The Guardian, Saturday,
July 7, 2002, pp. 33, 34.
2002: “Before I Die” National
Interest, January 23, 2002, p. 17.
2002: “Redrawing Frontiers of
African Art”, The Guardian,
Saturday, September 15, 2001, p. 32.
2002: “African art in the new
millennium” Sunday Vanguard, January
20, 2002, pp. 42, 43.
2002: “Letter to Omotoso Eluyemi”,
Vanguard, Thursday, January 17,
2002, p. 46.
2002: “I see a very colorful event
coming” interview with Macphilips
Nwachukwu, Sunday Vanguard, October,
13, 2002, p. 41.
2001: “Africa and the Search for New
Energies,” The Guardian on Saturday,
Lagos, July 7, 2001, pp.33-34
2001: “Mercantilism Pauperizes art
in Nigeria” interview Macphilips
Nwachukwu, Vanguard, Thursday
December, 27, 2001, p. 37.
2001: “Redrawing the Frontiers of
African Art,” The Guardian on
Saturday, Lagos September 15, 2001,
p.32
2001: “Nigeria is a One-sided Coin”
(a conversation with Kingsley
Ene-Orji), National Interest, Lagos,
July19, 2001, pp. 32-33
2001: “Through Ekwenchi’s Pinhole: I
see a master of forms…,” Vanguard,
Lagos, Thursday, October 11, 2001,
p.30
2001: “Still in the Arena… Dancing”,
interview with Chimezie Chuta,
National Interest, June 1, 2001, p.
15.
2001: “Painter Seck, Senegalese, In
Love with Nigeria,” The Guardian,
Sunday, October 14, 2001,p.33
2000: “Much Ado About Myths,” The
Post Express, Lagos, September 20,
p.36
2000: “Without African Masks, Would
There Have Been Picasso’s Cubism?”
(Interview with Chinwe Uwatse), The
Post Express Lagos, November 8, p.26
2000: “Painting is Natural for All
Seasons,” (interview with Jerry
Buhari) The Post Express, Lagos,
September 27, p.36
1999: “Redefining African Art in the
21st Century,” The Post Express
Lagos, September 13, pp.15-16
1999: “The Story of PACA,” Vanguard,
August 19, 1999, p.3
1999: “Ikwuemesi Reinforces
Igbo-centrism,” Sunday Vanguard,
August 22, 1999, p.29
1999: “Conversation with Chike
Aniakor”, This Day, Monday, May 3,
1999, p.32
1999: “Conversation with El Anatsui”,
Sunday Vanguard, Lagos, January 10,
1999 pp. 22-23.
1998: “Society must free the
artist”, Sunday Times, Lagos, July
12, 1998 p.18.
1998: “David Okongwu: The Passing of
an Unsung Talent”, Sunday Vanguard,
Lagos, November 29, 1998 p.23.
1998: “June 8: God’s Own Coup”,
Vanguard, Lagos, July (day and page
unknown).
1998: “The Trial of Obiora Udechukwu,”
Sunday Vanguard, Lagos, September
13, 1998, p.22.
1998: “Heroes and Songs”, Sunday
Vanguard, Lagos June 14, 1998, p.8
1996: “More than Rivulets”, Beacon
Magazine, Owerri, June 1996.
1995: “Upa Art is A Misnomer”, (a
logical reaction to Doris Weller’s
research procedure and claims Igbo
Uli Classics), Saturday Champion,
Lagos, March 4, 1995.
1995: “How Nigerian is Nigerian
Art?”, Daily Times, Lagos, March 5,
1995.
1995: “A Token of Hope”, Sunray
Weekend Special, Port Harcourt, July
22, 1995.
1995: “What is African Art?”,
Evening Times, Lagos, July 18, 1995.
1995: “Dreaming the Conscious”,
Sunray Weekend Special, November 25,
1993.
1994: “Solid Variety” (critique of
Chidi Okoye’s Teach them Young),
Point, Port Harcourt, November 15,
1993.
1994: “Messages in Clay”, (review of
Bridget Egbeji’s Solo Exhibition)
Sunray Weekend Special, Port
Harcourt, January 22, 1994.
1994: “For Clear Perspectives”,
(interview with Dr. Chike Aniakor,
Painter, Art Historian and Culture
Activist) Point, Port Harcourt,
January 3, 1994.
1994: “Ben Enwonwu Will Rise Again”
Sunray Weekend Special, Port
Harcourt, March 12, 1994.
1994: “Picasso as an African
Artist”, Daily Times, Lagos, August
6, 1994.
1994: “African Art: Beyond Masks” (a
continuation of the above and
originally “African Art: the Need
for Redefinition”) Daily Times,
Lagos, August 13, 1994.
1994: “Obiweluozor: An artist in
transition” (A review of (sculptor)
Obiweluozor’s work), Sunray Weekend
Special, Port Harcourt, August 27,
1994.
1994: “Rewards of Patience”
(critique of an exhibition by
Chijioke Onuora), Sunray Weekend
Special, Port Harcourt, August 27,
1994.
1994: “Akugha’s World of Fantasy” (A
review of Soloo Akugha’s work),
Sunray Weekend Special, Port
Harcourt, November 12, 1994.
1993: “PACA: A new re-awakening for
African art and artists”, Weekly
Sunray, Port Harcourt, January 3,
1993.
1993: “Afuba’s Dirge of Depleted
Wood”, Sunray, Port Harcourt,
January 10, 1993.
1993: “A Synthesis of Two Worlds”,
Sunray, Port Harcourt, May 2, 1993.
1993: “Emerging in Colour”, Point,
Port Harcourt, June 28, 1993.
1993: “A Second Rebirth”, Point,
Port Harcourt, July 5, 1993.
1993: “Critical Notes on
Contemporary Nigerian Art”, Sunray,
Port Harcourt, February 14 and 21,
1993.
1993: “From the Creators’ Hands”
(Review of Aka ‘93 Point, Port
Harcourt, July 12, 1993.
1993: “Colour Choreography” (A
rejoinder to Sola Iwala-Tomoloju’s
Review of an exhibition by Lara Ige)
Point, Port Harcourt, August 23,
1993.
1993: “From the Horses’ Mouths
(Preview of Visual Orchestra ‘93)
Weekly Sunray, Port Harcourt,
October 24, 1993.
1993: “Massy Messages”, (Review of
Okay Ikenegbu’s work) Point, Port
Harcourt, August 9, 1993.
1993: “Pretty Strokes”, (Review of
Obiora Udechukwu’s So Far) Point,
Port Harcourt, August 9, 1993.
1993: “Thought Hunt”, (Critique of
the 2nd International Conference on
Contemporary Nigerian Art held at
Lagos, April/May 1993) Point, Port
Harcourt, September 27, 1993.
1993: “Moving On” (an article on the
late Professor Chuka Amaefuna)
Point, Port Harcourt, December 1,
1993.
1993: “Strokes’ Speech”, (a critique
of Nigerian Portrait Painters)
Point, Port Harcourt, November 15,
1993.
1993: “Why Christianity in Africa is
in Crisis”, Satellite, Lagos,
February 24, 1993
1993: “Doris Weller’s Homage to an
Igbo Tradition”, Satellite, Lagos,
January 24, 1993.
1992: “Re-reading Udechukwu: In
Search of the Plagiaristic Madman”,
Satellite, May 26, 1992 Enugu,
December 2, 1990.
1991: “Lyricism in Uliism”,
Vanguard, Lagos, January 31, 1991.
1991: “African Art and Uglification”,
The Outlook, Enugu, February 3,
1991.
1991: “Realism and the Budding
Artist”, The Outlook, Enugu, March
31, 1991.
1991: “Artists Are Coming!”. The
Outlook, Enugu, April 21, 1991.
1991: “Making Wood Talk: The Art of
El Anatsui”, The Guardian, Lagos,
March 3, 1991.
1991: “What the Madman Said” (Review
of Udechukwu’s collection of Poems)
The Outlook, Enugu January 8, 1991.
1991: “Africa in World Civilisation”,
The Outlook on Sunday, Enugu,
January 6, 1991.
1991: “The Religious Quest: From
Animism to Monotheism”, The Outlook,
Enugu, March 29, 1991.
1991: “Religion: Random Thoughts”,
The Outlook, Enugu, March 22, 1991.
1991: “Homage to Zik through Art”,
The Outlook, Enugu, June 6, 1991.
1991: “Aka: Six Years of Artistic
Conquests”, The Outlook, Enugu,
August 1991.
1991: “The Wages of Corruption” Tell
(A Weekly Magazine), Lagos, November
18, 1991.
1990: “Abstract Art: Advanced Art or
Escapism?” The Outlook, Enugu,
August 5 & 12, 1990.
1990: “Uliism: A Creative Force”,
The Outlook, December 16, 1990.
1990: “Essay on African Art”, The
Outlook, Enugu, Dec. 2, 1990.
1990: “Nwabueze’s
Foods-for-Thought”, The Outlook on
Sunday, Enugu July 22 and 29, 1990.
References (Selected Reviews/Mention of
the Artist’s Work)
2005:
Enam Obiosio, “Artists place Uli in
the perspective of modernity”
Business Day, Friday, February 11,
p.8B
2004:
“Collapsing borders with African
Arts” The Guardian, Tuesday, April
20, 2004, p.82
2004:
Peter Ezeh, “Going to the Roots.”
News Africa (London), February 27,
p.50
2004:
Edgard Zinsou, “Porto-Novo a
l’hononeur.” Adjinakou (Porto-Novo),
Monday, January 12, p.10
2004:
Euloge Agnikpe, “La culture
africaine au centre des
preoccupation.” La Tribune de la
Capital (Cotonou), Monday, January
12, 2004, p. 8
2004:
Euloge Agnikpe, “La rencontre se
poursuit a Porto-Novo.” La Tribune
de la Capital (Cotonou), Tuesday,
January 13, 2004, p. 2
2003:
Ozolua Uhakheme, “Photography, the
unexplored genre” Daily Independent,
Wednesday, August 27 , pp.E1-E4.
2003:
“Centrum Resident Exhibits at
Northwind.” Jefferson County Week
(Port Townsend), November 5-11, p.4.
2003:
“Gallery Hosting Centrum Exhibit.”
Peninsula Spotlight (Port Townsend),
October 31 - November 6, p.3.
2003:
“Sharing culture through art:
Centrum.” Jefferson County Week,
(Port Townsend) November 12-18, p.8.
2003:
………………“The missing links at Dakar
art congress,” Daily Independent,
Wednesday, July 16,p. E5
2003:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Beyond an artist
Minister,” The Guardian, Tuesday,
July 22, p.92
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife , “In Lagos,
pan-African artists bring drum and
discourse,” The Guardian, Tuesday,
October 8, p.81
2002:
Ijeoma Oguachuba, “PACA’s Vision for
the Artist”, Sunday This Day, March
24, p. 24.
2002:
Eva Obodo, “I admire the idea of
exploration” (interview with Ozioma
Onuzulike), Vanguard, Thursday,
August 1, 2002, p. 29.
2002:
Ijeoma Oguachuba, “PACA’s vision for
the Artist”, ThisDay, Sunday, March
24, 2002, p. 24.
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Pan-Africa artists
more across frontiers” The Guardian,
Tuesday, March 19, 2002, p. 80.
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Pan-African artists
hold biennale” The Guardian,
Tuesday, September 17, 2002, p. 81.
2002:
“Artists want new culture Policy,
curriculum”, National Interest, June
28, 2001, p. 12.
2002:
Okechukwu Uwaezuoke, “A matter of
attitudes”, The Comet, Tuesday,
September 17, 2002, p. 35.
2002:
Ifeanyi Aniude, “Tales from the
Pan-African artists”, The Guardian,
Tuesday, January 15, 2002, p. 80.
2002:
Kingsley Ene-Orji, “A dip in the pot
of wisdom”, The Guardian, Tuesday,
January 15, 2002, p. 80.
2002:
Kingsley Ene-Orji, “Views on
tomorrow’s Pan-Artists’ Conference”,
The Guardian, Tuesday, April 30,
2002, pg. 82.
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife, Pan-Africa artists’
meet… low in crowd loaded in show”,
The Guardian, Tuesday October 29,
2002, p. 81.
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Documenta xi: .A
Tie in Lagos rates hope for Africa”,
The Guardian, Tuesday, February 5,
2002, p. 80.
2002:
Mike Jimoh, “For writers, a new
romance”, The Guardian, Tuesday,
March 19, 2002, p. 81.
2002:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Documenta: Apathy
at home as the world comes around”,
The Guardian, Tuesday, March 12,
2002, p. 80.
2002:
“An Initiative to revive Art”, This
Day, Sunday, June 23, 2002.
2001:
Peter Eze, “Peace and The Artist”,
The Guardian, Saturday, March 16,
2002, p. 32.
2001:
“We should be working together, say
Pan-African artists,” The Guardian,
Tuesday, November 27, 2001, p. 87.
2001:
Ozolua Uhakheme, “Redefining the
frontiers of arts for relevance”,
The Guardian, Tuesday, June 17, 2001
p. 32.
2001:
Chuka Nnabuife, “Season of Styles in
Lagos Galleries,” The Guardian,
Lagos, Tuesday, October 23, 2001, p.
79
2001:
Ozolua Uhakheme, “Redefining the
Frontiers of Arts for Relevance,”
The Guardian, Lagos, Tueday, June
12, 2001, p.80
2001:
Kingsley Ene-Orji, “Dialogue of
Theory and Practice in Today’s Art,”
The Guardian, Lagos, Tuesday, June
26, 2001
2001:
Peter Ezeh, “When the masters meet
…” (Review of Afrika Heritage 2000)
New African (London), No. 394, March
2001, p.46.
2000:
Chuka Nnabuife, “For African Art,
identity still a dilemma,” The
Guardian, Lagos, September 19, p.65
2000:
C.I.D. Oguagha, “Art Paradigms Above
Social Paradox,” The Post Express,
Lagos, October 4, p. 37
2000:
.........................
“Roundtable on Re-imaging African
Art in the 21st Century,” The Post
Express, Lagos, October 4, p.37
2000:
Kazeem Adeleke, “PACA Mirrors the
Times,” ThisDay, Lagos, September
13, p.29
2000:
Peter Ezeh , “Art? But We Are
Nigerians,” New African (London),
March, 2000
2000:
................... “A State in a
State of Becoming,” The Post
Express, February 26, 2000, p.19
2000:
................... “Yours
Hopefully,” New African (London),
January, 2000,
1999:
Ozioma Onuzulike, “Again, the
‘Stranger’ Called Postmodernism,”
The Guardian, October 12, 1999,
pp.66-67.
1999:
……………..Ozioma Onuzulike, “At Nsukka,
a return to drawing”, The Guardian,
Tuesday, September 21, 1999, p. 74.
1999:
…………………… “Pan-African Artists Test
Pulse of Art,” The Guardian, Lagos,
Tuesday, August 31, 1999
1999:
Chimezie Chuta, “Conversation with
C. Krydz Ikwuemesi,” Sunday
Vanguard, October 10, 1999, p.29.
1999:
“PACA On The Triumph of Democracy”
The Post Express, October 27, 1999,
p.29
1999:
Maurice Archibong, “Cheery Return of
a Literary Journal” ThisDay, Vol. 5
No. 1529, June 30, 1999, p.28.
1999:
………………..“Garlands from the Coal
City” ThisDay, Vol.5 No. 1538, July
9, 1999, p.27
1999:
.......................... “No Room
For Euphemisms,” ThisDay, July 13,
1999, p.28
1995:
............ “A Harvest of Promise,”
The Winner, Enugu, August 16, 1995.
1995:
........... “Triumph of
Persistence,” Sunray Weekend
Special, Port Harcourt.
1995:
Dapo Adeniyi “PACA Biennale Comes to
Didi,” Daily Times, Lagos, July 22,
1995.
1995:
Abayomi Ogundeji: “The Art of
Continuity,” The Week, August 14,
1995.
1995:
Akin Adesokan, “Heaven In Spite of
Hell,” TNT, October 18, 1995.
1995:
Maurice Archbong, “Ikwuemesi’s
Peculiar Nuptial,” Daily Times,
October 21, 1995.
1995:
Chijioke Edeoga, “Tribute to Okpu
Eze,” Saturday Champion, October 28,
1995.
1995:
Dayo Ajigbotosho, “A Paradise That
Never Was,” Tell (Weekly Magazine),
November 20, 1995.
1995:
Drawings published in Okike No. 31,
1995.
1995:
Tayo Ogunlewe, “Charting A New
Course,” Dateline, Lagos, September
28, 1995.
1995:
Emeka Agbayi, “Marriage of Heaven
and Hell,” The Guardian, Lagos,
December 22, 1995, p.29.
1995:
Jude Nwauzor, “Feeling the Pulse of
Society with the Brush,” Sunday
Times, Lagos, Oct. 29, 1995, p.14.
1995:
Peter Ezeh, “Melodies in Quotes,”
The Statesman, Owerri, September 15,
1995.
1994:
Etin-Osa Omuemu: Tribute to the
Withered Rose” Sunray Weekend
Special, Port Harcourt, April 23,
1994.
1994:
Peter Ezeh, “PACA-ing Amaefuna,” The
Statesman, Owerri, May 14, 1994.
1994:
Emeka Azuine: :Artists Re-echo
Political Crisis” (A Review of
Visual Orchestra `94), Sunray
Weekend Special, Port Harcourt,
August 20, 1994.
1994:
Etin-Osa Omuemu: “Art works need
proffer no solutions,” (based on a
short interview with the artist)
Sunray Weekend Special, Port
Harcourt, January 29, 1994.
1993:
Adedisi Adereounmu: “Finger on the
Pulse”, Newswatch, Lagos, February
1, 1993.
1993:
Boniface Akpan: “Art from
Soliloquies,” Poise, Lagos, February
15, 1993.
1993:
Danlami Mmodu: “Brush of Sorrow,”
Tell, Lagos, March 22, 1993.
1993:
Chioma Ihedigbo, “Soliloquies,” The
Financial Post, Lagos March 13,
1993.
1993:
Olu Fapoluyi; Maison de France Holds
Soliloquies,” Lagos Life, Lagos,
February 18, 1993.
1993:
Bello Abdulahi, “Krydz Ikwuemesi,
not quite Soliloquising,” Evening
Times, Lagos, February 11, 1993.
1993:
Robert Obioha, “Soliloquies: Songs
of Life and Being,” The Guardian,
Lagos, February 13, 1993.
1993:
Danjuma Bawa, “Dreams of Better
Tomorrow on Canvas” Sunday Champion,
Lagos, February 14, 1993.
1993:
Awawa Bassey Eka-Enang, “Creative
humanism in Krydz Ikwuemesi’s
Soliloquies,” The Punch, Lagos,
February 17, 1993.
1993:
Taofik Akanni, “Wordless History is
it,” The Guardian on Sunday, Lagos,
February 21, 1993.
1993:
Peter Ezeh “Beautiful Sadness,”
Point, Port Harcourt, June 21, 1993.
1993:
.......... “Assessing the Fighter,”
Point, Port Harcourt, August 30,
1993.
1993:
.......... Musical Lines,” (Preview
of Visual Orchestra `93) Point, Port
Harcourt, November 1, 1993.
1993:
.......... “Sad Beats,” (Review of
Visual Orchestra `93) Point, Port
Harcourt, December 27, 1993.
1993:
Emeka Azuine: “Feeling the pulse of
the earth through art,” Sunray, Port
Harcourt, July 17, 1993.
1992:
Oni Okeke, “Random Thoughts of
Ikwuemesi,” Today’s Choice, Lagos,
May 20-26, 1992.
1992:
Emeka Azuine: “PACA: An Inky
Consciousness,” Sunday Statesman,
Owerri, September 20, 1992.
1992:
Nicole Guez, Guide to Contemporary
African Art (A directory of African
artists [Paris: A.D.E.C./French
Ministry of Culture, 1992]), 1st
Edition.
Commissions
2004-
2005: Director, The Rediscovery of
Tradition, Lagos and Cape Town (with
support from Pendulum Art Gallery)
2004: Project Director, Overcoming
Maps 3, the PACA Study Tour of
Africa (January)
1999-
2000: Illustration for UNICEF
Non-Formal Education Reading
Material
1998: Illustrations for a UNICEF
publication, Gender & Development:
Awareness and Sensitisation in
Nigeria, Enugu: UNICEF, 1998.
1996: Logo for the Pan African
Circle of Artists.
1996: Logo for the Art-in-Africa
Project.
1995-
Date: Director, Afrika Heritage, the
PACA Biennale
1995: Four cover illustrations for
the French Cultural Centre’s Monthly
Programmes, Lagos, Nigeria.
1995: Water Fountain with Sculpture
for Chief V.I. Ikwuemesi’s Country
Home, Ogidi, Anambra State, Nigeria.
1993-
1994: Paintings, drawings and
sculptural fountains for Hotel
Caprisage Onitsha, Nigeria.
1994: Illustration for the French
Cultural Centre’s Seasons Greeting
Card for 1994, Lagos, Nigeria.
1992: Cover illustration for When
the Arrow Rebounds (a stage
adaptation of Chinua Achebe’s Arrow
of God) by Emeka Nwabueze (Enugu:
Abic Books, 1992).
1991: Writing commission from the
UNESCO Courier in Paris, France.
Designs
1996: Design of Posters, Catalogue
and Cards for Songs for Idoto
Exhibition.
1996: Design of Catalogue for Dance
of the Lyrical Lines `96.
1995: Design of Catalogue for The
Marriage of Heaven and Hell.
1993: Design of Catalogue for
Soliloquies Exhibition.
1992: Design of Posters, Catalogue
and Cards for Random Thoughts
Exhibition.
1992: Design of Posters, Catalogue
and Cards for PACA Inaugural
Exhibition.
1992: Design of Posters, Catalogues
and Cards for Visual Orchestra `92.
1992: Design of Card, Catalogue and
Posters for Sacred Energies.
1990: Design of Catalogue and Poster
for Visual Orchestra ‘90.
1992:
Faculty Prize to the best final year
student of the Faculty of Art,
University of Nigeria, 1992.
1992:
Departmental Prize to the best final
year student in the Department of Fine
and Applied Arts, University of Nigeria,
1992.
1992:
Artgrads-UNN Prize to te best Project
Report by a graduating Student, Dept. of
Fine and Applied Arts, University of
Nigeria, 1992.
1992:
National Council for Arts and Culture
Prize to the best overall graduating
student in the Dept. of Fine and Applied
Arts (University of Nigeria), 1992.
