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AKIN’S CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

FULL NAME

           TOYINBO, LAWRENCE AKINBISAYO

 

STATE OF ORIGIN:

            

           ONDO

 

NATIONALITY

           NIGERIAN

 

PERMANENT ADDRESS:

No: 18 OBA ADEBOBAJO STR.ISIKAN,AKURE,ONDO STATE,NIGERIA

PRESENT ADDRESS:

No:13 JIMMEH DANBELLE OFF CHURCHILL'S

 

 

 

TOWN SERREKUNDA,THE GAMBIA.WEST AFRICA

 

CURRENT POSTAL ADDRESS:  P.O.BOX  4526, BAKAU,THE GAMBIA.

 

TELEPHONE:

 

220-4398216

220-7781969 mobile

 

e-mail address:

 

latoyinbo@hotmail.com               

WEB SITE

 

www.toyinbo.com

MARITAL STATUS:

 

MARRIED

NUMBER OF CHILDREN

THREE

 

                              

 

 

 

INSTITUTION ATTENDED

 

 

 

DATES

AQUINAS COLLEGE,AKURE,ONDO STATE,NIGERIA

1969-1977

YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY,YABA,LAGOS.NIGERIA

1975-1977

UNIVERSITY OF BENIN,BENIN-CITY,EDO STATE NIGERIA

1979-1982

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

 

 

DATE

WEST AFRICA SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

1973

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION A/L FINE ART

1975

DIPLOMA IN GENERAL ART(FINE ART)

 

 

1977

B.A FINE ART(2ND CLASS UPPER DIVISIION)

 

1982

WORKING EXPERIENCE

 

 

 

DATE

Art/craft Teacher-Aquinas College,Akure,Ondo stae,Nigeria.

1974-1975

Arts/Craft Teacher, Methodist Girls High School,Yaba,Lagos, Nigeria

1977-1979

Arts/Craft teacher-(part time) Adult Education,Palm Avenue,Mushin,Lagos.Nigeria (Evening Classes)

1977-1979

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arts/Craft Teacher-Federal Governement Girls' College,Oyo Oyo-State.Nigeria

1982-1990

Arts/Craft Teacher(part time)Oyo State College of Education,St.Andrews Campus Oyo State,Nigeria

1982-1984

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part Time Teacher,Art/Craft/H.O.D,on contract,Federal College of Education Oyo (special),Oyo State,Nigeria.

Arts/Craft Teacher :Head of Department.Federal Governent GIRL'S  College. Akure Ondo State,Nigeria.

Art/Craft Teacher -Ndows Comprehensive junior Secondary School,Annex  Kanifing,The Gambia                                                         (afternoon Section)  

Full Time Teacher: Arts/Craft, Gambia Methodist Academy,bakau,The Gambia      2000-to Date

1984-1988  

1990-1995 

 

1999-06-07-

 

2000 - to Date

 

 

  CREATIVE WORKS/EXHIBITION INVOLVED

   

1983  -  SOLO ART EXHIBITION, FEDERAL GIRLS COLLEGE,OYO NIGERIA.

1983 -GROUP EXHIBITION HELD AT THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS AT IBADAN NIGERIA.

1995  - COMPOSITIONAL PAINTING AT OYO GALLERY  IN     MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY, USA SPONSORED BY THE GALLERY MANAGEMENT .

1996 - JOINT ART EXHIBITION HELD AT THE CAIRO TRADE FAIR IN CAIRO EGYPT,SPONSORED BY CORPORATE IMAGE INTERNATIONAL,LAGOS NIGERIA.      

1996     - SOLO ART EXHIBITION HELD AT ANTWERP, BELGIUM, SPONSORED  BY LIES JACOBS .

1998   - GROUP ART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY ARTS STAMPEDE INTERNATIONAL,HELD AT THE ALLIANCE FRANCO-GAMBIA,KAIRABA AVE,THE GAMBIA.                  

1998    - GROUP ART EXHIBITION BY BSO IN THE GAMBIA HELD AT PALM GROVE HOTEL,BANJUL GROUP ART EXHIBITION BY BSO IN THE GAMBIA HELD AT PALMGROVE HOTEL,BANJUL .KAIRABA AVE, THE GAMBIA

1999     -GROUP ART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED FOR THE 1999 ROOTS ART FESTIVAL AT  ARCH 22ND BANJUL, ORGANIZED BY THE ART EXCHANGE – THE GAMBIA

2000     -GROUP ART EXHIBITION FOR THE 2000 ROOTS ART FESTIVAL AT ARCH 22nd  BANJUL, ORGANIZED BY THE ART EXCHANGE – THE GAMBIA 

2001    -JOINT ART EXHIBITION ORGANIZED BY ART XCHANGE AT THE VILLAGE GALLERY, KOLOLI - THE GAMBIA  

2002   - Participant-Africa arts Festival organised by Banjul American Embassy School (January 26 2002).       

2002   -Participant-African Art Fair sponsored by Corthia Atlantics2002   Hotel Banjul,Gaya  Gallery Fajara and TK Motors The Gambia on  1st-7th April 2002

 2003 -  The Artist, Mr. Lawrence Akin Toyinbo organised an art exhibition recently at the Franco Alliance-Gambianne de Banjul. 

 

                                                                      

                                                   EXTRA CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

1.     west Africa School Certificate Examiner, Nigeria

2.     Member-Society of Nigeria Artist, Ondo State chapter.

3.     Member-Art Xchange The Gambia

4.     Member Art Stampede International

5.     Member -National Council for Arts and culture, The Gambia

6.     Art Client  to many farms/Art workshop/Art Galleries e.g

      a.      African Heritage, bakau, The Gambia

      b.      Gaya Art Gallery, Fajara, The Gambia.

      c.       Topshop Kairaba hotel,Senegambia,The Gambia

      d.       Lies Jacobs Collections,Dendermonde

7.   Magazine illustration commissioned by WEC international Fajara Gold course The          

       Gambia 1998

8.    Magazine illustration in Jokokoo   Vol.8No.1.Dec.1998 an annual Magazine of the United             Nation  System in The Gambia .

 

 

 

REFEREES

1.    KUNLE FILANI

       DEAN OF FACULTY OF ART

       FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION(TECHNICAL)

       AKOKA,LAGOS,NIGERIA.

2.          MR. ISAAC GOODE

GAMBIA METHODIST ACADEMY

P.O.BOX 4005

BAKAU

THE GAMBIA

 

   

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A special thanks to these people without whose support this Artistic journey will not be possible.

Olumide Toyinbo     ----Web master

Adeolu Richard       

Stany Jacobs