Jinadu Oladepo  (1924 - ?)

Born in Oshogbo, Oshun state, Nigeria in 1924.  The younger brother of Asiru Olatunde, Jinadu Oladepo was trained as a blacksmith through family apprenticeship.  Encouraged by Susanne Wenger and Georgina Beier through the Oshogbo workshops, Oladepo created figurines, pendants, bangles, rings and buttons from 1965 (information from Nigerian Artists:  A Who's Who and Bibliography - Bernice M. Kelly and Janet L. Stanley, and other sources).  In addition to sculpture, Oladepo was known for his paintings.  A collection of his paintings are in the collection of the Glasgow Museums.