Public Commissions:
2006 — 3 freestanding sculptures for the New Columbia neighborhood
Housing Authority of Portland, Portland, OR

2005 — Blue Heron sculpture made as part of artist-in-residence
John Jacob Astor Public Elementary School, Portland, Oregon

2005 — Twenty two cast bronze sculptural benches , New Columbia Project
Housing Authority of Portland, Portland, Oregon

Solo Exhibitions:
2003 — Gods and Goddesses of Nigeria
Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington

2003 — Gods and Goddesses of Nigeria
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

2003 — Schrott Art aus Nigeria
Hilton Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Group Exhibitions:
2004 — Culture Expressed in Art
Glenn & Viola Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, Oregon

2004 — Kwanzaa Show
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

2003 — Black History Month
Belinki and Duprey Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2003 — Art for Life
Cascade AIDS Project Benefit Auction, Portland, Oregon

2002 — Masks, Music & Motion: Community Healing Among the Yoruba of West Africa
Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington

2002 — Interpret the Dream
Belinki and Duprey Gallery, Portland, OR,

2002 — Solo Installation
Multnomah County Community Services Building, Gresham, Oregon

2002 — Art in the Park 2002
Belinki and Duprey Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2002 — Hawthorne Street Art Fair
Portland, Oregon

2001 — Group Show
Black Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2001 — Concepts in Steel
World Forestry Center, Portland, Oregon

2001 — Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery
Portland, Oregon

2001 — KwanzaaShow
Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

2000 — Expo 2000
Nigerian Pavilion, Hannover, Germany

2000 — German Cultural Institute
Lagos, Nigeria

1999 — Group Show
Hilton Hotel, Frankfurt, Germany

1999 — Group Show
Nitendorf, Germany

1999 — Group Show
Black Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1999 — Group Show Galerie Im Schlossgarten
Leimen, Germany

1996 —Kunst aus Oshogbo
Galerie Im Schlossgarten, Leiman, Germany

1994 — Galerie Im Schlossarten
Leiman, Germany

1994 — Kunst aus Oshogbo
Iwalewa Haus, African Study Center,

1994 — Bayreuth University
Bayreuth, Germany

1994 — Group Show
German Cultural Institute, Lagos, Nigeria

Professional Experience:
1994- Sculptor of fine art, functional and architectural work, present public and private commissions

2003-2006 Design team member for the New Columbia housing development, Housing Authority of Portland, Portland, Oregon

2003 Batik and tie-dye summer workshops for children, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, Oregon

2003 Tie-and-dye class for children, Harambee Centre, Portland, Oregon

2002 Batik demonstration, Homowo Festival, Portland, Oregon

1999 Indigo Dyeing Workshop Assistant, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1998-1999 Gallery Coordinator, Nike Centre for Art and Culture, Oshogbo, Nigeria

1993-2001 Head of Metal Sculpture Department; Instructor in Welding, Quilting and Batik, Nike Centre for Art and Culture, Oshogbo, Nigeria

Background:
Born in Ede, Nigeria

Education:
1982 Teaching Certificate, St. Andrews College, Oyo, Nigeria
Primary Education—all subjects

1989-1990 Nike Centre for Art and Culture, Oshogbo, Nigeria
Metal Sculpture, Quilting and Batik

Publications:
The Patient Man Will Be Crowned By God: Survival of an Artist in Nigeria, Biography by Ulli Beier from interviews with Mufu Ahmed. University of Bayreuth Press, Bayreuth, Germany, 1995

Ein Meer aus Indigo: Adire, Yoruba-Textilekunst im Wandel, by Ulli Beier, Peter Hammer Publisher, 2003.