Artist Bio

<p>Moyo Okediji is a professor of Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. He obtained his first degree in Fine Arts, specializing in painting at the University of Ife Nigeria. He latter obtained his MFA at the university of Benin. He taught at the University of Ife from 1977 till 1992, when he relocated to the United State. As a teacher, he has worked at various universities in addition to serving as a museum curator and center director. As an artist he has shown in Africa, Europe, Asia, and North Ameria. Moyo continues to promote his African heritage by building the<br>number one Sacred University in Nigeria called Akodi Orisha, and he is also the Chancellor of the University of African Art.</p>