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Tesfaye Urgessa b. 1983

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  • Connected Threads: Contemporary Art from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora

    NADA Exhibition Space, 311 E Broadway, Floor 2, New York, NY | Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 6 pm
    Tadias Magazine, May 7, 2024
  • Portrait of Tesfaye Urgessa. Photo: Kameron Cooper. Courtesy of Tesfaye Urgessa and Saatchi Yates.

    A Buyer’s Guide to the Hottest Artists in This Year’s Venice Biennale

    Margaret Carrigan & Vivienne Chow, Artnet, April 14, 2024
  • Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, Courtesy of Bandele Zuberi and Addis Fine Art

    Ethiopian dealership launches London base

    Laura Chesters, Antiques Trade Gazette, April 25, 2022
  • Merikokeb Berhanu. Courtesy of Addis Fine Art.

    Programme announced for African Art in Venice Forum 2022

    Editor, Art Africa , April 6, 2022
  • Tesfaye Urgessa. Courtesy of

    Uffizi Gallery, Bastion of Tradition, Evolves (Slowly) With the Times

    Robin Pogrebin , The New York Times , January 31, 2022
  • Installation at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair.

    DIARY: OUT OF AFRICA

    Ayodeji Rotinwa, Artforum, October 28, 2021
  • Tesfaye Urgessa Untitled XXI, 2020. Courtesy of Addis Fine Art.

    Artsy Insider: Frieze Week’s Breakout Artists

    Benjamin Sutton, Artsy, October 24, 2021
  • Installation of Addis Fine Art at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (2021). Courtesy of Ridvan Bayrakoglu.

    ‘Are There Any Left?’: A Sales Frenzy at London’s 1-54 Fair Reflects the Heated Demand for African Contemporary Art

    Amah-Rose Abrams, Artnet, October 14, 2021
  • Installation view of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair. Courtesy of Ridvan Bayrakoglu and Addis Fine Art.

    Strong sales at 1-54 fair—with more African dealers than ever

    Gareth Harris, The Art Newspaper , October 14, 2021
  • Addis Fine Art London. Courtesy of Lucy Emms.

    Ethiopian gallery Addis Fine Art to open space in London

    Anna Brady, The Art Newspaper, September 16, 2021
  • Installation view of Addis Fine Art at 1-54 London (2021). Courtesy of Deniz Guzel.

    Autumn crush: our pick of art fairs and gallery weekends this September and October

    Kabir Jhala, The Art Newspaper, August 27, 2021
  • Installation view of 'From Modern to Contemporary', 2021. Courtesy of Sofia Johansson/CFHILL.

    Rakeb Sile, Mesai Haileleul and Michael Elmenbeck: Addis Fine Art x CFHILL

    Editor, Art Breath, June 30, 2021
  • Installation View of 'From Modern to Contemporary' at CFHILL Art Space, 2021. Courtesy of Sofia Johansson/ CFHILL.

    From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora – Group Show

    Editor, Contemporary&, June 16, 2021
  • Rakeb Sile & Mesai Haileleul. Courtesy of Addis Fine Art.

    Interview with Rakeb Sile & Mesai Haileleul | Addis Fine Art

    Editor, CFHILL, June 2, 2021
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, Self-Portrait IV, 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Addis Fine Art.

    One of Italy's most famous sites just reopened with a striking change

    Julia Buckley, CNN, May 7, 2021
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, Chasing After the Wind I, 2020, Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm

    A New Hybrid Auction-Fair Event Wants to De-Center the Established Art Capitals by Focusing on the Global South. Can It

    Naomi Rea, Artnet News, March 8, 2021
  • Addis Gezehagn Floating Tower V, 2018. Courtesy of the artist and Addis Fine Art

    Addis Calling: Vortic Edition

    Editor, Contemporary &, March 1, 2021
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, Chasing After the Wind I, 2020, Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Addis Fine Art.

    Addis Fine Art | Ermias Kifleyesus and Tesfaye Urgessa - South South

    Editor, Art Breath, February 22, 2021
  • Tadesse Mesfin, Pillars of Life: Saturday Market VI, 2020 Oil on canvas, 161.5 x 130 cm. Courtesy of the artist, Lucy Emms and Addis Fine Art.

    The London Collective: How 21 of the capital’s galleries teamed up for a pandemic-proof online art space

    Nancy Durrant, Evening Standard, February 22, 2021
  • Tadesse Mesfin, Pillars of Life:Market Day IV, 2020. Oil on canvas, 130 x 161.5 cm

    Spotlight on Ethiopian Art

    Daisy Bernard, Cromwell Place, November 16, 2020
  • Ermias Kifleyesus, Addis London, Oil on Canvas, 2020

    1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair — Five Artists To Watch

    Margarita Domuschieva, Quintessentially, October 10, 2020
  • Installation view at Addis Fine Art with work by Tsedaye Makonnen and Tesfaye Urgessa, at 1-54 Art ... [+]

    1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, The Only International Art Fair To Open In London This Autumn

    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, October 9, 2020
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, VUPs IX, 2019, Oil on canvas, 180 x 180 cm

    Buoyed By Interest in Young African Artists, London’s Only IRL Art Fair 1-54 Shows the Value of In-Person Events

    Naomi Rea, Art Net, October 9, 2020
  • Tsedaye Makonnen, Astral Sea II, 2019, Acrylic mirror and fabric, 457.2 x 91.44 cm

    Art 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair – Roundtable: How has Covid-19 impacted African art?

    OMAR BEN YEDDER, New Africa, October 8, 2020
  • Senait & Nahom: The Peacemaker & The Comforter Solo Show

    Frieze fair goes virtual as art crowd stays home due to Covid

    Lanre Bakare, Guardian, October 7, 2020
  • Addis Gezehagn, Floating City XVIII, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 170 cm

    1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair opens IRL tomorrow at Somerset House

    Mark Westall, FAD Magazine, October 7, 2020
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, No country for young men IX, 2019

    Art Dubai was online only this year, and there were 53,520 visits

    Alexandra Chaves, Arts & Culture, March 30, 2020
  • Tadesse Mesfin, Pillars of Life Grace III, 2020

    A New Future For Art Fairs? Highlights From Art Dubai’s First Digital Program

    Rebecca Anne Proctor, Arab News, March 24, 2020
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, 'A-Way', 2019, Oil and Graphite on paper (painted monotype), 100 x 70 cm

    Q&A - A Sense of Unbelonging

    Belinda Otas, Selamta Magazine, January 3, 2020
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