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Tunde Odunlade

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Tunde Odunlade
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenNigeria Edit
Ein date of birth26 November 1954 Edit
Place dem born amIle Ife Edit
Ein occupationartist Edit
Artist files atSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Edit
Personal pronounL485 Edit

Tunde Odunlade (Túndé Ọdúnladé insyd Yoruba), dem born am 26 November 1954, be Nigerian artist, actor, den musician wey be known for ein Batik art tapestry den designs.[1] He dey specialise insyd textile arts, den floatography.[2][3] He be member of de Visual Artists Network of de United States of America (VAN) den frequent participant at de National Conference of Artists, New York. Na he be performing actor plus de Nigeria Cultural Troupe during Festac. He dey live insyd Ibadan, de southern western part of Nigeria.

Ein Early life den career

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Dem born Babatunde Samuel Odunlade insyd 26 November 1954 for Iremo, Ile-ife, wer he spend ein childhood.[2] He meet Yinka Adeyemi, sam member of de Osogbo school of arts, wey he start ein career insyd early 1970 as second generation artist of de school of art. He sana attend de Oguntimehin Art-workshop at de University of Ife insyd 1973.[4] Tunde dey use traditional techniques thru a unique batik appliqué process for textiles top. He sanso develop a style wich he dey bell floatograph, ein art dey draw from Yoruba history, culture den life insyd Nigeria plus specialty insyd batiks, linocut, den woodcut prints. Na he sanso be artist-in-residence insyd 1986 den 1989 at Stillman College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Na he serve as artistic director at de Toki Memorial Arts Centre, Ibadan insyd 1989, He sanso found International Campaign for Better Arts and Cultural Awareness (ICBACA).

Insyd December 2020, he establish de Tunde Odunlade Arts and Culture Connexions insyd Ibadan, Oyo State.[5]

Exhibitions

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Wikimedia Commons get media wey relate to Collections at the Tunde Odunlade Arts and Culture Connexions.

Na dem exhinit ein works within Nigeria den internationally, wey dey include:[6][7][8][9][10][11]

  • Federal Government College Sokoto, 1978, 1980, 1981.
  • Bakolori Dam Project, Talata, Mafara, Sokoto, 1978.
  • Education Center, Ministry of Education, Maiduguri. 1981 – 1982.
  • 27 January – 20 March 1999 "New Colours from Old Worlds: Contemporary Art from West Africa" October Gallery, London
  • 24 March – 8 May 1999. "Beauty Ravishes Me All Over Wherever I Find It." October Gallery, London
  • Feb – April 2010. "Dreaming Between Worlds." Hammonds House Museum Atlanta, GA.
  • October 2011. "Art as a Tool for Nation Building." Nigerian High Commission, Ottawa, Canada
  • July – August 2011. "New York Summer Show 2011". Corrine Jennings Gallery, New York, NY
  • December 2012. Lagos Art Expo. National Museum, Lagos, Nigeria.
  • February to April 2012. City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut.

References

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  1. ↑ "Indigo Arts Gallery". Indigo Arts. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "ODUNLADE, Tunde". Biographical Legacy and Research Foundation (in American English). 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Tunde Odunlade's "Music Lesson"". Smithsonian Music (in English). 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  4. ↑ "Tunde Odunlade". Tunde Odunlade (in English). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. ↑ "Odunlade Returns Ibadan to Cultural Roots". The News Nigeria.
  6. ↑ "Converging Paths". City Lights, Bridgeport, CT (in American English). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Moonlight Entertainment – Works – National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution". africa.si.edu (in English). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  8. ↑ Utilisateur, Super. "Exhibition: Tunde Odunlade's Oju'nu Agba Oye at the Museum of the Institute". ias-ibadan.org (in British English). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  9. ↑ "Exhibitions". Hammonds House Museum (in American English). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  10. ↑ "Exhibition Archives 1999". www.octobergallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  11. ↑ "Unity In Diversity". Museum of Fine Arts (in English). Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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