Twin Seven Seven - Totobiroko (Audio)

Twin Seven-Seven
Ibeji Meje-Meje

Artiste Bio:

Circa @ 1970

Born in 1944 and christened Olaniyi Osuntoki, the artist renamed himself Twins Seven-Seven because he is the lone survivor of seven sets of twins born to his mother - an 'Abiku' who 'stayed' the seventh time after he and his twin sister were born. His career began in the 60s in Osogbo after he participated in a workshop organised by Georgina Beier.

Twins Seven-Seven is a member of the famous Osogbo Art School and his works draw extensively from Yoruba mythology and culture. He is a multi-talented artist who is also recognised as a musician, actor and poet.

His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions throughout the world. Twins Seven-Seven was named UNESCO Artist for Peace in 2005 in "recognition of his contribution to the promotion of dialogue and understanding among peoples, particularly in Africa and the African Diaspora."

Selected Exhibitions

1990: West Africa: Powerful Patterns, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, USA

1989: Third Biennial Exhibition, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba

1989: Influences: Contemporary African and African-American Art, Hodson Gallery, Tatem Arts Center, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, USA

1989: Magiciens de la Terre, Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France

1988: Art from the African Diaspora: Becoming Visible, Aljira, Newark, USA

1985: senegal bis Sambia: Neue Kunst aus Afrika, Bayreuth, Germany

1985: Oshogbo Art, Commonwealth Institute Art Gallery, London, UK

1984: Contemporary African Art, National Centre of Afro-American Artists, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

1971: Moderne Malerei in Afrika, Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna, Austria

1971: Second Indian Triennial, Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India

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