Ellis Oyekola

Born in 1954 to a family of Yoruba wood carvers in South West Nigeria.I was in Ghana  for  my primary and secondary schools. I came back to  Nigeria  in 1969 to complete my secondary and tertiary  education. I have BA Fine art in Painting from Ahmadu Bello University, MA Visual Art in African art history and Ph.D in Art History from Commonwealth Open University, British  Virginia Island, UK.I taught art for 35 years in The Polytechnic Ibadan Nigeria, where I retired.I have attended  artist  in residence  and workshops both nationally  and internationally, in Africa, USA,Europe  and Asia.My collections are in public  and private  collections including  the World Bank Headquarters  Washington DC. I am currently  the CEO and founder, Centre for Afrikan art and Designs Awotan Ibadan Nigeria.I have national awards and 6 international ones.I'm happily  married  with children. 

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