Ben osawe biography

Sculptor Address: 2 Ekhator Street, Ogida Hub, Benin City, Edo State. Birth: August 26, 1931, in Agbor, Delta State. Training: Primary of Graphic Art, London, 1959; Camberwell Educational institution of Art and Crafts, London, 1960-1965, specializing in sculpture. Profile: Full name, Benson Ill-defined. Osawe; shared studio with Felix Idubor, Metropolis, 1965; freelance artist, Benin City, from 1976; uses wood, cement, welded alloys, and gone wax process. Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Port, April 30-May21, 1969. Group Exhibitions Artists Universal Association Gallery, London, 1962. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1963. "Treasures of the Commonwealth," Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, Glasgow, Scotland, 1965. Show Centre, Lagos, 1967. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," Republic Institute Art Gallery, London, June 20-July 21, 1968. Second Indian Triennial, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India, 1971. "Contemporary Nigerian Carve on the Occasion of the Tenth Feast of the University of Ife," University funding Ife, Ile-Ife, September-October 1973. FESTAC'77, Lagos, 1977. "Exhibition of Works by Contemporary Nigerian Artists," National Theatre, Lagos, September 4-9, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Dakar, Senegal, November 25- December 7, 1980. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Islamabad, Pakistan, 1983. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," Strong Theatre, Lagos; Federal University of Technology, Owerri, September 26-October 1, 1985. "Nigerian Sculpture," Primacy Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986. Community Collections Federal Ministry of Information, Cultural Parceling, Lagos. Wood sculptures: "Masks" and "Antelope"; conductor sculpture: "Dancing Masquerades"; wood, ebony, sculpture: "Mask." National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos. Bay casts: "A Benin Queen" and "Oba Akenzua II of Benin"; metal sculpture: "Dancing Masquerades"; wood sculptures: "Standing Figure" and "Antelope."