Turtel Onli
| Turtel Onli | |
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| Born |
January 25, 1952 Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
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Notable works
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NOG, Protector of the Pyramides |
| Awards | Glyph Comics Awards Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006 |
| http://www.onlistudios.com/ | |
Turtel Onli (born January 25, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist, entrepreneur, author, art therapist, educator, and publisher.
Over Onli's career, his work has touched upon a variety of disciplines in fine and applied visual art, producing works in painting, drawing, illustration, publishing, fashion, and multimedia production. Onli has authored and illustrated several comic books and graphic novels, including NOG, Protector of the Pyramids. He is known as "the father" of the "Black Age of Comics," a movement dedicated to the promotion, creation, and support of Afrocentric comic books and graphic novels. Onli coined the term "Rhythmism" to define and interpret his stylizations, which fuse primitive and futuristic concepts. A public school art teacher, now retired, Onli has worked in the Chicago Public Schools for more than two decades.
Onli graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He later returned to the Art Institute and earned a Master of Arts in Art Therapy. His education includes studies in Paris, France, at The Sorbonne and the Centre Georges Pompidou.
In 1970, Onli founded the Black Arts Guild (BAG), which featured touring art exhibitions and published work by its members. In 1974, in conjunction with BAG, he published Funk Book and a series of greeting cards. In 1980, he co-published a zine called PAPER with the Osun Center of the Arts. In the early 1980s he created five issues of another early comics zine, Future Funk.
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