Chino Amobi is the son of Nigerian Immigrants. He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in 1984. He graduated and received his BFA Cum Laude from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2009. He currently resides in Richmond, Virginia.
EDUCATION:
2006-2003 John Tyler Community College, Chesterfield, VA
2009 - 2006 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Painting and Printmaking Department
Bachelor of Fine Arts candidate, May 2009
Major: Painting and Printmaking
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:
2007 Bon Air Painting Scholarship
2008-2007 Independent Research
Traveled extensively throughout the great art cities of Nigeria and
India
EXHIBITIONS:
2010
"PREGNANCY PACT", Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Marked: A Show Of Figure, Like the Spice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2009
Night Gallery Lagos, Nigeria
Interaction 34 The Fishbowl Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Post-Colonial Power Hour Student Art Space, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2008
Portrait Show Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2005
An Evening in Africa John Tyler Community College, Chester, VA
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