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“The human intellectuality and or reason are but a shell of the inward ground. It cannot comprehend the truth. When we let go and connect to source energy, dormant powers come alive and give birth beyond visual perception. It is the duty of the artist as vehicles of change, to work to purify and exalt our Soul forces if we are to positively impact, uplift, and transform society.”
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Nigerian born artist, Felix Osiemi graduated with several honors and awards from the famous Yaba College of Technology, School of Art and Design. He attracted international attention when he won the Bulgarian Embassy scholarship for outstanding academic excellence in 1983. Felix Osiemi is noted for his elongated transparent dance forms, and portrait paintings, some of which are on permanent display at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Nigeria. Osiemi currently resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A painter for over twenty three years, Felix Osiemi has consistently exhibited his works in private and public art galleries and museums regionally and internationally. Osiemi’s works are in numerous corporate, private and public collections in the United States and around the world. Some of his works are on display at the UBA Bank in New York, Presidential State House at Abuja in Nigeria, International Airports Nigeria, National Gallery of Modern Art Nigeria, Goethe Institute Germany. In addition his works have been published on a national as well as international basis. Publications include: “Who’s Who and Bibliography” at the National Museum of African Art Library at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.; “DECO Limited Irish Prints”, The New Haven Arts in Connecticut; The Times International Lagos; “ADEC Guide for Contemporary African Art” in Paris; Goethe Institute Germany, “Zeitgenosische Nigerianische Kunst” Germany; From the Atmospheric to the Transparent”: A Progressive View of Osiemi’s Art: MA thesis, Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan Nigeria. Osiemi has significantly contributed to the success of the distinguished Mural Arts Program in Philadelphia, with murals including, “Women of Jazz” at the famous Strawberry Mansion and “Dance Through The Ages” at the Hill Freedman School, both located in Philadelphia. Through city wide exposure with the mural arts program, Osiemi’s works have appeared in mass media with featured segments on “Living It Up with Patti Labelle” show on TVONE and The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program documentary “Beautifying Schools Transforming Lives”, The Art Institute of Philadelphia, WHYY TV.
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