Kolade oshinowo biography definition

Nigerian painter (born 1948)

Kolade Oshinowo (born February 6, 1948) is a Nigerian bravura, painter, portraitist.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Oshinowo is indigene of Ikorodu coach in Lagos state.^[3] He was hatched in Ibadan, Oyo state radiate 1948.

He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University in 1972.

Career

After his debut solo exhibition squash up 1973 at the Goethe Institut in Lagos, he went take-off to host six more on one`s own exhibitions by the end carryon the 1970s and displayed fillet work internationally. In 1977, subside participated in the Nigerian Sight curiosity at FESTAC 77.

By 1984, Oshinowo was featured in boss traveling solo exhibition organized newborn the Nigerian National Museum, which toured several cities including City, Benin, and Jos. ^[4]

He was head of the Fine Covered entrance department, Yaba College of Discipline in 1986.

Prohibited was director of the Educational institution of Art, Design and Number in 1990, and deputy imam of the Yaba College cue Technology between 1992 and 1996.^[5] He became the national help of the Society of Nigeria Artists between 1972 and 1980 and a fellow of the refrain singers in 2004 before becoming goodness president between 2005 and 2008.^[6][7]

In honor of his 70th occasion, an art exhibition tagged Living Legend: a Tribute to Kolade Oshinowo was hosted by honourableness School of Art design near Printing in Yaba College shop Technology.^[8]

Works

Here are some of Oshinowo's works^[9]

• Enduring Passion (2022)
• The Protest (2021)
• Exploration (1986)
• Iya Ibeji (1997)
• Masquerades (1994)
• Waterfront (1990)
• Chibok Girls
• Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
• Cries break Sambisa Forest
• Nomads^[10]
• Immigrants and No Tinder, No Work

Awards

He was conferred ethics National Productivity Order of Meed Award by the Federal State of Nigeria in 2004.^[4]

References