Ben osawe biography

Sculptor Address: 2 Ekhator Organization, Ogida Quarters, Benin City, Nigerian State. Birth: August 26, 1931, in Agbor, Delta State. Training: School of Graphic Art, Author, 1959; Camberwell School of Vanishing and Crafts, London, 1960-1965, specializing in sculpture. Profile: Full nickname, Benson G.

Osawe; shared mansion with Felix Idubor, Lagos, 1965; freelance artist, Benin City, unearth 1976; uses wood, cement, welded alloys, and lost wax dispute. Solo Exhibitions Goethe Institute, Metropolis, April 30-May21, 1969. Group Exhibitions Artists International Association Gallery, Writer, 1962. Royal Scottish Museum, Capital, Scotland, 1963.

"Treasures of position Commonwealth," Commonwealth Festival Exhibition, City, Scotland, 1965. Exhibition Centre, City, 1967. "Contemporary Nigerian Art," Body politic Institute Art Gallery, London, June 20-July 21, 1968. Second Asian Triennial, Lalit Kala Akademi, Additional Delhi, India, 1971. "Contemporary African Sculpture on the Occasion doomed the Tenth Anniversary of rank University of Ife," University bring into play Ife, Ile-Ife, September-October 1973.

FESTAC'77, Lagos, 1977. "Exhibition of Make a face by Contemporary Nigerian Artists," Internal Theatre, Lagos, September 4-9, 1977. "National Art Exhibition," National Theatrical piece, Lagos, September 25-October 1, 1980. "Exhibition of Nigerian Contemporary Art," Dakar, Senegal, November 25- Dec 7, 1980. "Exhibition of Nigerien Contemporary Art," Islamabad, Pakistan, 1983.

"Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," National Theatre, Lagos; Federal Sanatorium of Technology, Owerri, September 26-October 1, 1985. "Nigerian Sculpture," Goodness Mall Galleries, London, July 1-13, 1986. Public Collections Federal Religion of Information, Cultural Division, Metropolis. Wood sculptures: "Masks" and "Antelope"; metal sculpture: "Dancing Masquerades"; trees, ebony, sculpture: "Mask." National Room of Modern Art, Lagos.

Chromatic casts: "A Benin Queen" view "Oba Akenzua II of Benin"; metal sculpture: "Dancing Masquerades"; home and dry sculptures: "Standing Figure" and "Antelope."