SELECTED GROUP & INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2007 – 2005 / 1999 – 2002
“Dance In History and Art,”
International traveling educational exhibition (The Smithsonian)
“When the Spirit Moves, African-American Art Inspired by Dance”
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., national tour (earlier dates)
2006
“Indian Summer! Archibald Arts own gallery artists”
2003
“In the Name of Martin: The Living Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.”
The Smithsonian Institution national tour
1999-1997
“Seeing Jazz” Lila Wallace Readers Digest Foundation and, The Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C., national tour
1998
“A Son Comes Home: Ademola Olugebefola Responding to Dance”
The New York Public Library For the performing Arts, Dance Collection Reading Room,
January 28 –April 28, New York, New York
“Ademola Graphic Art & Design,” A retrospective survey of graphic and illustrative art by Ademola Olugebefola. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts Archives and Rare Books Reading Room, April 28 – June 30,
New York, New York
“Ademola Olugebefola: 1970’s & 1980’s Drawings and Recent Works on Paper”
Archibald Arts, New York, New York
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2006
Stage Set designer for REAL BLACK MEN DON’T SIT CROSSLEGGED ON THE FLOOR – A COLLAGE IN BLUES, written by Malik (playwright), Directed by Passion, a production of, New Federal Theatre, *read: the new York Times, Theatre review,
Feb. 9,’06, Thurs.: 40 Years of black Male History in 2 ˝ Hours, by Andrea Stevens
Drama Mamas! the film
Ademola Olugebefola is Executive Producer for this forthcoming film of African-American female directors, their history and experiences; creator, director, & producer: Rhonda Hansome Passion
RECENT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Shattered Gourd: Yoruba Forms in Twentieth Century American Art, Author: Moyo Okediji; Publisher: University of Washington Press, 2003
Artists And Influence, edited by James Hatch, Camille Billops, India Amos, Judy Blum; journal volume 23, 2004; publisher: Hatch-Billops Collection
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, New York
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, New York
National African-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio
Chase Manhattan Bank, outdoors commissioned mural, 135th St. & St Nicholas Av.,
New York, New York
The Greater of Harlem Chamber of Commerce, commissioned mural, New York, N.Y.
Banco Popular, commissioned mural, Harlem, New York, N.Y.
RESOURCE:
www.ademola@art-alive.com