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Born 1940 Iragbiji/Nigeria. Known for: Painting.
Born in 1940, Muraina Oyelami is a consummate Renaissance man, as well as a musician, stage actor and renowned painter. Oyelami was discovered in the mid-1960s at Mbari Mbayo, an experimental arts... Read full biography
Born in 1940, Muraina Oyelami is a consummate Renaissance man, as well as a musician, stage actor and renowned painter. Oyelami was discovered in the mid-1960s at Mbari Mbayo, an experimental arts workshop program in Osogbo (Osun State, Nigeria). The Mbari Club received creative direction from... Read full biography
Born in 1940, Muraina Oyelami is a consummate Renaissance man, as well as a musician, stage actor and renowned painter. Oyelami was discovered in the mid-1960s at Mbari Mbayo, an experimental arts workshop program in Osogbo (Osun State, Nigeria). The Mbari Club received creative direction from German professor Ulli Beier, art instruction from English painter Georgina Beier, and patronage from Nigerian theater luminary Duro Ladipo and traditional ruler Oba Samuel Adenle, the Ataojo of Osogbo.... Read full biography
Born in 1940, Muraina Oyelami is a consummate Renaissance man, as well as a musician, stage actor and renowned painter. Oyelami was discovered in the mid-1960s at Mbari Mbayo, an experimental arts workshop program in Osogbo (Osun State, Nigeria). The Mbari Club received creative direction from German professor Ulli Beier, art instruction from English painter Georgina Beier, and patronage from Nigerian theater luminary Duro Ladipo and traditional ruler Oba Samuel Adenle, the Ataojo of Osogbo. The success of the workshops led to the creation of the Osogbo Arts Movement, whose founding members — Twins Seven Seven, Adebisi Fabunmi, Jimoh Buraimoh, Rufus Ogundele — thematically emphasised the quotidian and the festive in Osun cultural life,... Read full biography
Born in 1940, Muraina Oyelami is a consummate Renaissance man, as well as a musician, stage actor and renowned painter. Oyelami was discovered in the mid-1960s at Mbari Mbayo, an experimental arts workshop program in Osogbo (Osun State, Nigeria). The Mbari Club received creative direction from German professor Ulli Beier, art instruction from English painter Georgina Beier, and patronage from Nigerian theater luminary Duro Ladipo and traditional ruler Oba Samuel Adenle, the Ataojo of Osogbo. The success of the workshops led to the creation of the Osogbo Arts Movement, whose founding members — Twins Seven Seven, Adebisi Fabunmi, Jimoh Buraimoh, Rufus Ogundele — thematically emphasised the quotidian and the festive in Osun cultural life, folktales and mythologies. As Oyelami explained in his 1982 essay on the movement, “at first our works looked rather similar, but with tim... Read full biography
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