Abayomi Barber - Artist Info

About Abayomi Barber

  • Biography

    Born in 1934 in Ile-Ife, Abayomi Barber received his early training at the Yaba technical Institute, now the Yaba College of technology. He subsequently attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London on a government scholarship, remaining in the UK for over a decade. Barber returned to Nigeria in 1971 as an art professor at the University of Lagos, where he set up the Centre for Creative Studies. (JB)

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