Jimoh Buraimoh (Nigerian, born 1943)

Timeline

1943: Born Osogbo, Nigeria
1964: Summer Art School, Mbari-Mbayo Artists and Writers Club, Osogbo, Nigeria
1974: Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
1975: University of Ife, Ile-Ife
1976: Kunst Academy University, Berlin, Germany
: Public Collections
: National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
: National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos
: IWALEWA-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
: British Broadcasting Corporation, London
: Major Commissions
: City of Atlanta, Howell Park, Atlanta, GA
: UTC Head Quarters, Basel, Switzerland

2007: Contemporary African Art from the Collection of William Jones, Aljira, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark NJ
2003: Colors of Africa: Contemporary Art from the Continent, Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem NC
2002: Jimoh Buraimoh and Chief Z. O. Oloruntoba: Visions of the Yoruba, October Gallery, London (solo)
2002: The World Moves – We Follow: Celebrating African Art, McClung Museum, Knoxville, Tennessee
2000: A Concrete Vision: Oshogbo Art from the 1960s, National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
2000: Contemporary Art from Nigeria, October Gallery, London
1999: Afro American Cultural Center, Charlotte NC (solo)
1993: Iwalewa Haus, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany (solo)
1992: Nigerianische Kunst-Ausstellung, Nigerian Cultural Centre, Bonn, Germany
1985: Oshogbo Art, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London
1985: Oshogbo Art, Commonwealth Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland
1985: Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington DC (solo)
1980: Twenty Years of Oshogbo Art, Goethe Institute, Lagos
1975: Goethe Institut, Lagos (solo)
1973: Goethe Institut, Lagos (solo)
1970: Goethe Institut, Lagos (solo)
1969: Contemporary African Art, Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA
1967: Goethe Institut, Lagos (solo)

: FILANI, KUNLE, Patterns of Culture in Contemporary Yoruba Art, Symphony Books, 2005
: BEIER, ULLI, Thirty years of Oshogbo art, Bayreuth: Iwalewa-Haus, 1991
: KENNEDY, JEAN, New Currents, Ancient Rivers: Contemporary African Artists in a Generation of Change, Washington, DC: Smithsonian, 1991
: National Gallery of Modern Art, The Nucleus: A Catalogue of Works in the National Collection on the inception of the National Gallery of Modern Art (Lagos), Lagos: Federal Department of Culture, 1981

English (US)