Obiora Udechukwu

Obiora Udechukwulisten ( bɛ dɔɣi o la yuuni 1946) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Nigerian painter ni yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi tira.

O Biography

Obiora Udechukwu nyɛla bɛ ni daa dɔɣi silimiingoli June dabaa dali , yuuni 1946, tinŋyuli booni Onitsha yuunib1946 ŋun laambi yina tiŋyuli booni Agulu n be Anambra State, din be southeastern region of Nigeria. Agulu n nyɛ tuuli luɣishɛli o ni daa nyɛ uli murals mabiligu mini tingbana.

O Exhibition nim taarihi

Udechukwu nyɛla ŋun mali exhibition nim din gari pishi ni anahi ka di zaa be tingbana kamani Nigeria, England, Zimbabwe, Germany, and United States. O exhibit nima tum yuuni 1969- hali ni yuuni 1990:

1967: "Five Young Artists," 1967

1969: "Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Biafra,"1969

1972: "New Painters from Nsukka, 1972

1973: Nigeria Prints 1973, "Odunke Art Exhibition,"1973

1974: "Contemporary Nigerian Plastic Art Exhibition," 1974

1975: "Obiora Udechukwu: Genesis of His Art, 1975

1977: "Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, 1977. "Nsukka School: A Step Forward," 1977. "The Living Art of the Igbo,"1977. "Lagos International Trade Fair,"1977

1978: "Entries for the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Art Competition," 1978. "Introducing Ana Gallery," January 1978. "Exhibition of Graphics," July 1978. "National Art Exhibition," 1978. "East Zonal Exhibition: Society of Nigerian Artists,"1978

1979:   "Christian Arts in Nigeria,"1979. "The Nsukka School: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Sculpture, Ceramics," 1979

1980: "Five Themes: Fifty-Five Works," 1980. "Neue Kunst in Afrika," 1980; Bayreuth, 1980. "Contemporary Art from the Eastern States," 1980. "National Art Exhibition,"1980. "20th Nigerian Independence Anniversary Exhibition of Art, Crafts & Antiquities," 1980. "Afrikanische Kunst Heute," 1980

1981: "No Water," 1981. "Exhibition of Original Prints," 1981,

1982: "Zeichnungen," 1982. "Nigerianische Kunst Ausstellung," 1982;"De Goden Zijn Niet Dood," 1982. "Drawings, Prints & Watercolours: Okike 10th Anniversary," 1982. "Ausstellung Nigerianische Kunst der Gegenwart," 1982. "People and Streets: Prints and Drawings," 1982

1984: Consultant, "Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos" exhibition, Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 1984. "Selected Sketches, 1965-1983, and Recent Drawings and Watercolours," National Theatre, Lagos, March 23-April 6, 1984."Evolution in Nigerian Art," Lagos, 1984

1985: "Onye Ndidi," 1985. "Rhythms of Hunger," 1985. "Senegal bis Sambia: Neue Kunst aus Afrika," 1985. "Werbung fur Biafra," 1985. "Echo: UNN Silver Jubilee Exhibition of Nsukka Students' Art 1970-1984," 1985. "Contemporary Art from Anambra State," 1985. "Iwalewa: Afrikanische Kunst Heute,"1985. "Dialog mit Grafik," Iwalewa-Haus, 1985. "Silver Jubilee National Art Exhibition," 1985.

1986: "Man in Focus," 1986. "Mystic Artists," 1986. "Grafisches Design," 1986. "AKA '86," 1986. "Nigerian-German Prints,"1986.

1987: "AKA '87," 1987; National Gallery of Crafts & Design, 1987. "Original Prints from the Third Nsukka Workshop, 1987," 1987; Franco-German Auditorium,1987.,

1988: "AKA '88,"1988; Institute of African Studies, 1988; National Gallery of Crafts & Design,1988. "SSART Exhibition 1988," 1988.  "Treasures of Asele Institute," 1988. "Uli: Drawings and Prints," 1988.

1989: "Nsukka Landscape," 1989. Eric Clark Library, Dennis Memorial Grammar School, 1989. "AKA '89," 1989; National Gallery of Crafts & Design, 1989. Third Biennial Exhibition, 1989. "Zeitgenossische Nigerianische Kunst," 1989.

1990: "Uli: Traditional Wall Painting and Modern Art from Nigeria," 1989; Continuing Education Centre, 1990. "Achebe Celebration Exhibition 1990", 1990. "AKA '90,",1990. "Unity Through Art," 1990. "Images of the Nigerian Nation," 1990. Mural, "Uli Aja," 1990. "Moderne Africanische Kunst aus Nigeria: Bilder von Obiora Udechukwu,"1990. "Drawings, Watercolours, Prints," Mbari Art, 1990. Mural, "Uli Aja,", 1990.   

O Public collection nima

His art work is in the collections of National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos; National Council of Arts and Culture, Lagos; Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Lagos; Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Museum fur Volkderkunde, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Bradford City Museums and Galleries, Bradford, England; Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC; Newark Museum of Art, USA.

O yɛltɔɣa taɣimalisi nima

• What the Madman Said, (1990), winner of Association of Nigerian Authors Poetry Prize, 1990.

Karimbu nim yaha

• Chika Okeke-Agulu, Obiora Udechukwu: Line, Image, Text (Milan: Skira Editore, 2016)
• Kristen Windmuller-Luna, “A Nigerian Song literatus: Chinese literati painting concepts from the Song Dynasty in the contemporary art of Obiora Udechukwu,” Rutgers Art Review Vol. 29, 2014
• Simon Ottenberg, Sources and themes in the art of Obiora Udechukwu, African Arts 35:2 (2002), 30–43, 91-92
• Chika Okeke-Agulu, “Obiora Udechukwu,” Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 9 (1998), 46–51.

• Bio from the National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C,
• Profile of the poet, Sentinel Poetry
• Marie-Helene Boisdur de Toffol and others, An Anthology of African Art: The Twentieth Century, Distributed Art Publishers/Editions Revue Noire; English edition (2002), ISBN 1-891024-38-8 - p. 249.
• Profile/Biography of Obiora Udechukwu from kó Artspace in Lagos, Nigeria, [1]