Exhibitions

Tony Nsofor has featured widely in group exhibitions in Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 and abroad. Some of them are:
"6 new painters from Nsukka 1997"The British Council, Enugu,
"With a Human Face" Pan-African University, Lagos

Pan-African University, Lagos

The Pan-African University, Lagos is a private, non-profit educational institution in Lagos, Nigeria.The university had its origin as the Lagos Business School , established in 1991...

, 2008, "Afrika Heritage 2006: The 6th Biennale of the Pan-African Circle of Artists"
"Art for hope", The Grind Gallery, Los Angeles, 2008,

Biography

Born in Oguta, Nigeria in May, 1973. He studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria

University of Nigeria

The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. Founded in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has four campuses – Nsukka, Enugu and Ituku-Ozalla – located in Enugu State and one in Aba, Abia...

, Nsukka

Nsukka

Nsukka is a town and Local Government Area in South-East Nigeria in Enugu State. Other towns that share common border with Nsukka, such as Enugu Ezike, Orba and Obollo-Afor , Ede-Oballa, Uzo Uwani and Mkpologwu, now also claim the name Nsukka, hence they all collectively fall into the political...

 and majored in Painting in 1997. After graduation he worked with Comet Newspapers for a year before going into full time studio practice. Since 2008 he is working part-time as an art instructor at Whitesands School, Lagos, Nigeria.

External links

• http://jesscastellote.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/tony-nsofor/
• http://www.art-in-nigeria.com/glimpse/Nsofor.htm
• http://www.panafricanartists.org/heritage2006/songs_of_gold/Tony%20Nsofor/profile.htm
• http://nsukkaartschool.info/index.php?option=com_rsgallery2&Itemid=58&page=inline&gid=13&limit=1&limitstart=39