Moyo ogundipe biography of george

Moyo Ogundipe, a prominent Denver painter, was born in Nigeria and fled its military dictatorship in the 1980 s. Before leaving Nigeria, he was an art teacher, a graphic illustrator, an award-winning television producer/director and an independent filmmaker.

In spite of all his creative pursuits, he has always considered himself first and foremost a visual artist.

Ogundipe has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Art from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from The Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore.

One of Africa’s most celebrated and renowned artists, Ogundipe has exhibited extensively in Nigeria, Europe and the United States , including The Orlando Museum of Art, the Maryland Museum of African Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York, and recently, in “African Renaissance: Old Forms, New Images” at the Denver Art Museum.

Ogundipe’ s paintings have been