President of Globalpie Solutions, Inc.

Master of Science: Information Systems Technology, 2004, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.
Master of Fine Art: Printmaking and Drawing, 1990, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Bachelor of Fine Art: Graphic Design, 1984, Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma


SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
 Indoctrinated into the Marquis book of Who’s who in American Artists in 1999
 Awarded, Artist Fellowship by Arts International " the Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund" for Artist in Giverny, France 1995
 Awarded, Artist Fellowship Grant By The State Of Illinois Arts Council, 1990 & 1994
 Award of Distinction, Mid West Pastel Society, 1994
 Awarded, Artist Fellowship Grant in Visual Arts By The National Endowment For The Arts, 1993
 Awarded, Community Arts Assistance Program Grant, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, 1990 & 1991
 Anonymous Award of Merit, Union League Club of Chicago, 1987
 Oklahoma University Museum of Art Cash Award, 1985

RELATED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005
Adjunct Professor of Information Technology at Malcolm X College, Chicago Illinois
1999-2000
Lecturer on "Art Appreciation": Olive Harvey College in Chicago
Peer review panel member [Visual Arts] for the City of Chicago's Community arts assistance grant [CAAP]
1998
Visiting Artist: School of the art Institute of Chicago
Director: Pi Gallery of Chicago
Juror: 22nd annual Baer art competition, Beverly Art Center, Chicago IL.
1993 - 1995
Visiting Artist and Instructor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Illinois.
Public Art Advisory Panelist, Chicago Public Art Program.
1992
Visiting Artist at Governor's State University, University Park IL: Demonstration and Lecture on drawing techniques.
Visiting Artist, American Academy of Fine Art, Chicago, lecture and demonstration of drawing techniques
1990
Panelist, “The Self as Other”, hosted by the Maurice Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
“The Nude” featuring Etienne Gros, Obaji Nyambi and William Utermohlen, at Jennifer Norback Fine Arts Inc. Chicago, IL
1999
"Harvesting the Urban Landscape": Recycling in Art, Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, IL
Obaji Nyambi at Guild Complex: A preview of new work in printmaking and Collage.
1998
Pentimenti Gallery of Philadelphia, "Arround the world" New work by three Gallery Artists.
"Flash of Spirit" a solo travelling exhibition of prints and drawings, hosted by Libreria Pegaso en Casa Lamm, Mexico City, and, Del Centro Cultural del Nigromante, Instituto de Belles Artes, S.M.A; Gto; Mexico.
Satori fine art gallery, Chicago: Group exhibition of gallery artists.
1997
Beret International Gallery, Chicago: “Designer Show Vol. 2”.
Satori Fine Art Gallery, Group exhibition of Gallery artists.
1996
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago's Gallery 2, "The African American Presence at the School” -Group exhibition of African American Faculty members.
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii; "Naked Truths": An invitational group exhibition on figure representations, curetted by Dr. Koan-Jeff Baysa of the Whitney, NY.
1995
The Cottman Gallery, Kings College School, S. Wimbledon Common, London, England; "General Suit and selections from six members of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative"
Beret International Gallery, Chicago, IL. "Another Group Exhibition" featuring new work by Gallery Artists.
1994.
"Go Figure" Invitational Exhibition of figurative works on paper by Chicago area Artists, at The Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
"Chop Marks" an invitational exhibition of prints by Chicago area print shop affiliates, curetted by Sherrl Olson Sklar, and hosted by the Moraine Valley Community college's Fine and Performing Arts Center, Palos Hills IL.
1993
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: "Portraits", Group exhibition of portraiture curetted by Lori Batman.
Foster Bank, "First International Exhibition," a group exhibition of five international Artists, resident in Chicago, hosted at the Korean Cultural Center.
Print Workshop Gallery Chicago IL: "Cross Currents."An exhibition of current prints by Obaji Nyambi and Elise Hughes
1992
Isobel Neal Gallery Ltd. Chicago: "The December exhibition" of Gallery Artists.
" Layaway": Group exhibition of work by Chicago area Artists, curetted by Oskar Fridl Gallery, Chicago.
Lorenzo Rodriguez Gallery, Chicago: a two-person exhibition of new work by Obaji Nyambi and Tony Fitzpatric.
“The Boxing Show”, a group exhibition of six Artists on boxing, organized by World Tattoo Gallery in Chicago.
1991
Claussen Gallery, Kenilworth, Illinois, selections by the Chicago print maker's Collaborative
North Lakeside Cultural Center: “Figuration, Large and Small”, a three-person exhibition
1990
Erie Street Gallery, Chicago, "interfacing insights" a two-person exhibition of new work
“Perceptions of the Other”, sponsored by the Chicago Women's Caucus of Art, hosted by The Peace Museum, and the Beacon Street Gallery, Chicago
WAM Gallery, Chicago: “Hard & Soft”, an invitational exhibition on erotic art
1989
Isobel Neal Gallery Ltd.; Chicago, a three person exhibition of new works.
Crane Gallery, Chicago: an exhibition of prints and drawings.
WAM Gallery, Chicago: “Relicons”, an invitational exhibition on the Iconography of Relics
Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago: “Inalienable Rights, Alienable Wrongs:, a city wide exhibition of freedom of expression in the arts, sponsored by the Committee for Artists' Rights, Chicago
Navy Pier, Chicago, “The Chicago 30 Group Show”,
1987
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: MFA Thesis Exhibition
1986
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York NY, The Hale Woodruff Memorial Annual Exhibition
SAIC Gallery and the Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, 2X2 Show
The Governor's Gallery, State Capitol Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a group exhibition of six Oklahoma artists
Kansas Pastel Society Third Annual Exhibition, Wichita, Kansas
1985
Karl Oskar Gallery, Kansas, “The Summer Group show”.
Oklahoma University Museum of Art, a student show
1983-1984
Oklahoma Art Center at the Art Annex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a two-person show
Oklahoma Art Center at the Art Annex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, The Print Show
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