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 (design)|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, http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/obiora.htm 
* 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.&nbsp;249.
* Profile/Biography of Obiora Udechukwu from kó Artspace in Lagos, Nigeria, 

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