Thw hall of fame category are the past heads of the Society Of Nigerian Artists.
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Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Kolade Adekunle Oshinowo was born in 1948. He graduated with a second class (upper division) degree in fine art with a specialisation in painting from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1972. Oshinowo is one of the leading figures of the famous Yaba School of Art. After a brief period teaching Art at King's College, Lagos from 1972—1974, he served in various administrative and teaching capacities at Yaba College of Technology. In 1986, he was appointed head of the department of Fine Art and in 1990, director, School of Art, Design and Printing. Oshinowo was also deputy rector of the same institution from 1992 to 1996. From 1975-1980, he served as national secretary of the Society of Nigerian Artists. In 2005, he was elected president, a position he held till 2008. Kolade Oshinowo is one of Nigeria's best-known and versatile artists. Some of his major work includes portraits of the Oba of Benin (Omo N'Oba Erediauwa II), Chief S.L. Edu, Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe and Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa. Oshinowo has participated in several international exhibitions from 1972 till date. He has held 22 solo and participated in over 90 group exhibitions in Nigeria and abroad. He has won numerous awards and prizes including; the National Productivity Order of Merit Award (2004); Award of Excellence by Yaba College of Technology for distinguished service as deputy rector (1996); and the 50th Anniversary Five Star Award for excellence and meritorious service to Yaba College of Technology (1998).
David Herbert Dale was born in 1947 and is one of Nigeria’s most significant artists. He studied fine art and art history at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria specialising in illustration and graphic design. Dale is proficient in over 23 different media, including stained glass, watercolour, beads and deep etching. He has staged major solo exhibitions in Nigeria and all over the world. Some of his works are the stained glasses for Our Saviour’s Church, Race Course, Lagos and the Holy Family Church, Festac Town.
Influential painter and teacher, Gani Odutokun was born in 1946. He earned his BA (Hons) in fine art in1975 and an MA in painting in 1980 from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He would serve as a lecturer at the same institution till his death in 1995.
Painter, art historian, cartoonist, curator, art critic, art administrator and teacher, Dele Jegede was born in 1945. He holds a first degree in fine art from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and a Masters and doctorate from the Indiana University, United States. jegede is a Senior Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, (1995). A former president of the Society of Nigerian Artists, he taught at Spelman College, Atlanta as Visiting Fulbright Scholar and was Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. jegede is a recipient of the Distinguished Africanist Award of the University of Texas.
Josy Ajiboye was born in 1945. After his secondary education, he worked as a trainee for African Challenge Magazine, a division of the Sudan Interior Mission. He would later study fine art at Yaba College of Technology. From 1971, he gained early recognition as a cartoonist at the Morning Post and Daily Times, where he commented regularly on cultural and socio-political issues in Nigeria. Ajiboye is also well known as a painter and held his first exhibition in 1977 at the Gong Gallery, Lagos.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
Chief (Mrs) Nike Davies-Okundaye was born in 1951. Davies-Okundaye’s skills were nurtured at a young age by her parents and great grandmother who were musicians and excelled in crafts. She also spent part of her childhood in Osogbo, where she trained informally in batik. A notable Nigerian leading painter, Davies-Okundaye founded and directs four art centres, which offer free training to young people in music, visual and the performing arts. She also owns one of the largest art galleries in West Africa, with over 4,000 artworks. The centres serve as a rich source of research on traditional arts and culture for scholars and institutions. Chief Nike Davies-Okundaye continues to promote her designs through exhibitions and workshops across Nigeria, United States, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy and the United Kingdom.
