Obiora Udechukwu

Obiora Udechukwu ( 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),  - p. 249.
 Profile/Biography of Obiora Udechukwu from kó Artspace in Lagos, Nigeria, [1]

Kundivihira

Category:1946 births
Category:Living people
Category:Artists from Onitsha
Category:Igbo painters
Category:21st-century Nigerian painters
Category:University of Nigeria alumni