I am a visual artist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After studying painting at Addis Ababa University’s School of Fine Arts and Design, I have worked as a studio artist and graphic designer. I have participated in exhibitions, residency programs, workshops and festivals in Africa, Europe and the US.
After focusing on painting for several years, my artistic practice shifted towards photography, video, and performance art. Since 2015, I have been creating a platform for visual, conceptual, and public dialogue on social issues through site-specific works and public art interventions.
Painting at Addis Ababa University’s Alle School of Fine Arts and Design
“Welcome” at Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“DISS-PLACED VOICES” Photography and Video art exhibition, Institut-Francais in Kinshasa, DRC
“The dialogue within” painting exhibition, Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“Wondering” exhibition, Goethe-Institut Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Virginia Creative Center for the Arts (VCCA), USA
Volkshochschule Leipzig, Germany
Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
“After Our Dear Country Failed” DIGITAL ART CENTER, Taipei, Taiwan
“Ghosts of the Civil Dead” at Tranzit.sk in Bratislava, Slovakia
“FAMILIARITY. IMPERIAL Myths” Vereinigung bildender Kunstlerinnen Osterreichs (VBKO) Vienna, Austria
“KLA ART 014” Kampala Contemporary Art Festival, Kampala. Uganda
“Addis Ababa-The enigma of the ‘New’ and the ‘Modern’ ” at the Modern Art Museum: Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
‘Wax and Gold’ performance art on freedom of artistic expression, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“1st Tbilisi Triennial-Offside Effect” at State Museum of Georgian Literature, Georgia
“Future Makers” Traveling Photography exhibition at Landes Museum in Bonn, Berlin, Germany, Addis Ababa National Museum and Angola
“BOLERO”, Part of MANIFESTA 9 Parallel Events at TVL café / Bibliotheek, Genk, Belgium
“9th Dakart Biennale 2010” Dakar, Senegal
“Contemporary Art in Africa” Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, Italy
“Ethiopian New Millennium Exhibition” Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
“Abro Ethiopia-Embryo” Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
“Ethiopian New Millennium Exhibition” Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
“You saw one You know all” Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany
Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts & Design, Ethiopia
Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany
ESPACIO ABIERTO Festival in Madrid, Spain
2nd Addis Video Art Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Boda Boda Launge Video Art Festival screened in 16 cities of the African countries
ast Addis Video Art Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Szczecin European Film Festival in Szczecin, Poland
The Streaming Festival, online platform
Asni Contemporary Art
Institut-Francais in Kinshasa, DRC
Vienna Art Academy in Vienna, Austria
32 degree East – Uganda Arts Trust. Kampala, Uganda
Virginia Creative Center for the Arts (VCCA), USA
Innovation Award on “KLA ART 014” Festival Exhibition in Kampala, Uganda