David Dale

He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University in 1971 and moved back to Lagos to practice, working with Onobrakpeya for a few years before setting up his own studio, Onobrakpeya’s influence can be seen in Dale’s lino and foil printmaking methods practiced by Onobrakpeya. Dale went beyond printmaking to working with over twenty media including charcoal, metal sculpture, mosaics, coloured beads, and stained glass.

Dale has exhibited in numerous countries across continents, including; USA, Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, Spain, Germany, the former USSR, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Cuba, Japan, and Holland - by 1997, he had featured in 58 exhibitions, worldwide. His works can be found in major collections including the collections of Swedish royalty; The Governor-General of Australia; Former Prime Minister of Tanganyika, Julius Nyerere; Ford Foundation, New York; Howard University, Washington DC; The Nigerian Stock Exchange; Mbari Art, Washington DC; Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife; Chisborough Product Industries, Lagos; former NAL Merchant Bank, and Alfa Romeo, Italy.

In addition to art practice, Dale explored advertising and teaching part-time at the University of Lagos in the eighties. He collected coins, stamps, and musical records, his collection of stamps were sold in July 1996, in the UK. Dale also wrote a book titled Explanatory notes on Deep Etching. He died in 2019.

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