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Name:
Gabriel Chris Oribhabor
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Education:
Academy of Fine Arts Florence, Italy
University of Florence, Italy

Knotting the chords of arts.
Gabriel Chris Oribhabor is the present managing director of Arts-Den  in Lagos, Nigeria, a company committed to the making of the motion, the non-motion pictures and other creative arts for film, television and fine arts productions.

Publications:

  • Gino Gentili in the Italian Art magazine "PEGGASO" , 1997

  • Nduka Nwosu in Nigerian newspaper "DAILY TIMES" July 19, 1980 "Gabriel Oribhabor's Ambition of killing two birds with one stone"

  • Lasun Olaboye in "NIGERIAN HERALD" newspaper, 19 July 1981

Exhibitions: (Personal and Collective)

1.    Gara Nazionale (of painting extempora 1976, 1977, 1978” in Florence, Italy.  

2.    He represented Nigeria through the African arts movement, at the 56th international trade fare exhibitions in Milan, 1978 (14-27 April).  

3.    A personal art exhibition, sponsored by the national museum, Lagos, declared open by Dr. Yinka Gbajumo in June/July 1980.  

4.    A personal art exhibition at the Kware hotel conference hall declare open by the Kwara State Commisisoner for social development, youths, sports and culture, Malam Muhammed Umar.  

5.    He won prices and awards, including three diploma certiciates from art competitions abroad and a state award at the end of his service with the Nigerian television Ilorin as a youth corper in Kwara State. 

6.    Many more are ideas (in pictures) from his future films, due on the television and cinema screens soon

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