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George Edozie (born 1972), [1] is a Nigerian painter. living in Lagos, Nigeria. [2]
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George Edozie (born 1972), [1] is a Nigerian painter. living in Lagos, Nigeria. [2]
George Edozie was born on 11 May 1972. He attended the University Primary School, Nsukka, Enugu State, Washington Memorial School, Onitsha, Anambra State. Edozie studied Fine & Applied Arts at the University of Benin in Benin City, Edo State, south-south Nigeria where he majored in painting and graduated with a BA degree in 1996. [1]
George Edozie has featured widely in group exhibitions in Nigeria and abroad. Some of them include: "Six Egbeda Artists" at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, 2002; "The Search" at the French Cultural Centre, Ikoyi, Lagos, 2004; "With a Human Face" at the Pan-African University, Lagos, 2006; and "A Kaleidoscope of Nigerian traditional costumes" at Abuja, 2009. [3] [4]
His work is part of the collection at the Pan-African Heritage Museum in Accra, Ghana. [5]
He has been on several exhibitions alongside other veteran Nigerian artists Ebenezer Akinola, Olusegun Adejumo and Gerald Chukwuma. [6] [7]
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