User:Paulbarbera

1975 Born London, UK

EDUCATION

1997-98 Post-graduate Diploma in Fine Art (Painting), Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

1994-96 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Art), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 The Hawker (performance), Roma Contemporary, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy

2012 The Other Art Fair, Ambika, London, UK

2012 Banana Republic, Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney, Australia

2001 Synthetic Abstractions, Rialto Project Space, Rome, Italy

1999 Jebila Wolfe-Okongwu: Inedito, Futuro Associazione Culturale, Rome, Italy

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 African and African-Caribbean Design Diaspora: Untold Gold, The Bargehouse, London, UK

2012 Savorr VIII, Samson and Hercules House, Norwich, UK

2011 XXXVIII Premio Sulmona, Civic Museum - Diocesano ex Convento di Santa Chiara, Sulmona, Italy

2011 Fabula in Art, Museum San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome, Italy

2011 Exhibition for International Dialogue and Peace, Iraq Embassy, Rome, Italy

2010 Passion Is The Difference, LipanjePuntin artecontemporanea, Trieste, Italy

2005 Five Painters, Critical Mass, Brooklyn, New York, USA

1999 Simbiosi: Il Segno e il Simbolo, Gallese Museum of Contemporary Art, Gallese, Italy

1999 12 Artisti: Collettiva d'Arte Contemporanea, Extra Gallery, Rome, Italy

1999 Riot, Vernice Associazione Culturale, Mattatoio di Testaccio, Rome, Italy

1998 Post-graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia

1997 Momentum: Graduate Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

PUBLICATIONS

2012 Art Monthly Australia, Rome is Home but the World is Wider, Jan Jones, Issue 252 August, p.48-50

2012 The Sydney Morning Herald, 24 Hours The Arts Diary, Thursday February 16th, No. 54403, p.14

2011 XXXVIII Premio Sulmona, Catalogue text by Giorgio di Genova, p.13-14

2011 Fabula in Art, Text by Jonathan Turner, Il Cigno GG Edizioni, Roma, p.138-139, ISBN 9788878312654

2010 Nigerian Compass, Jebila: Home from Rome with art, Chuka Nnabuife, vol. 3, no. 802, Friday August 6th, p.28-29

1999 ARTnews, Jebila Wolfe-Okongwu, Review of Exhibition at Futuro Rome, Jonathan Turner, vol. 98, no. 9, October, p.202 Jeblia is a artist based in rome. www.jeblia.com