Past
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When Home Won’t Let You Stay
Nahom Teklehaimanot 30 Jun - 31 Aug 2024 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Nahom Teklehaimanot’s first solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa. Nahom Tecklehaimanot’s (b. 1991) large-scale canvases speak to the poignant experience of migration and the unifying weight of lived experience. His works explore the emotional and physical toll inherent in leaving one’s... Read more -
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 8 - 31 May 2024 Addis Fine Art is thrilled to present a group exhibition of paintings, textile, and mixed-media works by artists from Ethiopia and its diasporas in New York this May. Hosted by the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) at their Lower East Side gallery space, the exhibition brings together a cross section... Read more -
ورد الجوري ‘Ward El Juri’
Amel Bashier 24 Apr - 29 Jun 2024 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Amel Bashier’s solo exhibition ورد الجوري ‘Ward el Juri,’ named for her daughter and translating to ‘damask rose.’ The exhibition features new paintings and recent works on paper. Amel’s works are reflections on the nature and possibilities of freedom. She paints towards the... Read more -
Floating City
Addis Gezahegn 31 Mar - 15 Jun 2024 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to present a solo exhibition of works by Addis Gezahegn at our Addis Ababa Gallery. Featuring large scale canvases, Addis Gezahegn continues to reimagine Addis Ababa and its unrestrained urbanity. Simplifying backgrounds of these floating cityscapes, Addis has painted a panoptic view of the state... Read more -
Surface Tension
Selome Muleta & Youssra Raouchi 7 Mar - 13 Apr 2024 London We are pleased to present a joint exhibition of Selome Muleta and Youssra Raouchi. Together, the artists explore the bodies and spaces we inhabit. They take on what it means to feel at home, the ways in which we curate our interior worlds, and the mythical and ephemeral nature of... Read more -
Floating Souls
Engdaye Lemma 18 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 London We are pleased to present Engdaye Lemma’s first solo exhibition, Floating Souls, at Addis Fine Art London. Engdaye Lemma’s (b. 1980) experimental print-making practice synthesises screen-printing, painting, and collage media. Exploring the many ways in which life and culture intertwine, his work interrogates the texture of society. Engdaye takes inspiration... Read more -
In the Presence of Light
Melaku Ayele 3 Dec 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 Addis Ababa We are pleased to announce Melaku Ayele's solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art Addis Ababa. The works in In the Presence of Light were produced in the past six years, inspired by Melaku's lived experiences and his perspective on modern society. Each piece is intentional and precise, drawing from the... Read more -
A World Grows Within
Merikokeb Berhanu 9 Nov 2023 - 13 Jan 2024 London Merikokeb Berhanu (b. 1977, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Addis Ababa University, Alle School Fine Arts and Design in 2002, where she studied painting under the tutelage of a generation of Ethiopian modernist painters. Following her graduation, Merikokeb and her contemporaries founded an artist-run studio... Read more -
Headfirst
Noah Beyene 7 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 London We are thrilled to be presenting Headfirst, a debut exhibition by Noah Beyene, at our London gallery's AFA Project Space in September 2023. 'A naked man is caught suspended, mid-dive, above a glassy, black lake. His torso and thighs are illuminated by a kind of parchment green, like an El... Read more -
Private Reputation of Colours
Eyasu Telayneh 7 Sep - 21 Oct 2023 We are pleased to present Eyasu Telayneh’s first European solo exhibition at our London gallery, opening 7 September. Eyasu lives and works in Addis Ababa, in his studio on Entoto mountain. He studied art at Addis Ababa University and graduated with a degree in painting from the Alle School of... Read more -
Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa
Group Show in collaboration with Afriart Gallery and Circle Art Gallery 1 Jun - 22 Jul 2023 London We are pleased to announce Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa, a group show featuring eighteen artists from Ethiopia, Kenya, Egypt, Uganda, Eritrea, and Sudan. This survey exhibition aims to foster dialogues and highlight synergies between artists and galleries working in East Africa today. Exhibiting artists include Adiskidan Ambaye,... Read more -
The Africa Centre x Addis Fine Art
23 May - 11 Jun 2023 London - Addis Fine Art is delighted to collaborate with the Africa Centre on a group exhibition highlighting and celebrating the gallery's commitment to showcasing artists from the Horn of Africa and its diaspora. The show will feature ten painters working in a variety of styles, including abstraction, collage, figuration,... Read more -
Energy Circles
Tesfaye Bekele 21 May - 19 Aug 2023 Addis Ababa Tesfaye Bekele (b.1982) is a painter living in Addis Ababa. Tesfaye searches for order within complex systems, a contemplative process that investigates his personal relationship with time and space. He zooms in and out of segments and subsections of the physical world, taking time to enrich his work in great... Read more -
Synthesis of Souls
Tizta Berhanu 27 Apr - 27 May 2023 London London - Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Tizta Berhanu: Synthesis of Souls. The exhibition marks her first European solo show. The exhibition opens in our London space on Thursday, April 27 and is on view until Saturday, May 27. Read more -
Woven Moments
Dawit Adnew 9 Feb - 15 Apr 2023 London Dawit Adnew is based in Addis Ababa and attended the Alle School of Fine Art and Design in Addis Ababa. Occasionally working from images or models, Dawit’s process is highly experimental. His practice is informed by studies in masks and iconography, and his use of patterns and fabric emerges from his experience as a textile designer. Surrounded by blooming flowers and creeping foliage, the women depicted in his canvases seem to communicate wordlessly with one another, drawing the viewer into their silent dialogue.
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AFA Project Space Amel Bashier
Amel Bashier 9 Feb - 15 Apr 2023 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to announce the inauguration of our Project Space exhibition, a solo presentation of new works by Sudanese pointillist painter Amel Bashier.
AFA Project Space is our new initiative to invite and collaborate with select emerging galleries and artists, focusing on artists from the Global South.
AFA Project Space aims to provide a unique opportunity for international artists and galleries not based in London, to present exhibitions and events in our lower ground floor gallery space in central London. Read more -
Alle Legends
Group show 8 Jan - 1 Apr 2023 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to announce the opening of 'Alle Legends' at our Addis Ababa gallery. The exhibition opens Sunday, 8 January and runs until Sunday, 25 March 2023. This large-scale group show features the works of 19 artists who have played a pivotal role in shaping and influencing... Read more -
Column of Rhythm
Tadesse Mesfin 13 Oct - 16 Dec 2022 London Addis Fine Art is delighted to announce the second European solo exhibition by Tadesse Mesfin. Tadesse holds a unique position as both a figurehead of the Ethiopian modernist movement and as a long-time educator through his role as a professor at the influential Alle School of Fine Art and Design... Read more -
Addis Calling V
25 Sep - 24 Dec 2022 Addis Ababa We are delighted to announce the opening of Addis Calling V, at our Addis Ababa gallery this Sunday, 25 September. The fifth iteration of our annual Addis Calling group show continues to spotlight and showcase some of the most exciting emerging artists from the Addis Ababa art scene. We will... Read more -
In Between I
Girmachew Getnet 13 Sep - 1 Oct 2022 London Addis Fine Art London is pleased to announce our first European solo exhibition with Germany based figurative painter Girmachew Getnet. Through his work, Girmachew seeks to capture the universality of lived experience. His paintings abound with human figures, expressed in different colours in celebration of our multiplicity of perspectives, origins,... Read more -
Floating City
Addis Gezehagn 24 Jun - 23 Jul 2022 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to announce the first European solo show by Addis Gezehagn, opening at our London gallery in June, 2022. The works in Floating City are from his eponymous series, which explores the rapidly urbanising environment of Addis Ababa through abstract mixed media paintings. Gezehagn is known... Read more -
Pace of Life
Nigatu Tsehay 13 May - 11 Jun 2022 London Addis Fine Art, London is pleased to present Pace of Life, an exhibition of new paintings by Nigatu Tsehay. The exhibition is a part of the 2022 edition of London Gallery Weekend. For Nigatu Tsehay, art is a fundamentally interrogative process. While it may not always yield definitive answers, painting... Read more -
Where Cloudy Waters Collide...
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery 6 May - 4 Jun 2022 Addis Fine Art is pleased to share that Merikokeb Berhanu will be featured in a group show at Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, titled Where cloudy waters collide… The exhibition brings together works by Merikokeb Berhanu, Nasim Hantehzadeh, Isaac Julien, Abdoulaye Konaté, Tamar Mason, José Vera Matos, and Alyina Zaidi, each of... Read more -
Biennale Arte 2022: The Milk of Dreams
Venice Biennale 23 Apr - 27 Nov 2022 “The Milk of Dreams takes its title from a book by Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) – Cecilia Alemani stated – in which the Surrealist artist describes a magical world where life is constantly re-envisioned through the prism of the imagination. It is a world where everyone can change, be transformed, become... Read more -
Silent Dialogues
Dawit Adnew & Seyoum Ayalew 18 Apr - 4 Jun 2022 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa is pleased to present Silent Dialogues, an exhibition of new paintings by rising stars of the Addis Ababa art scene, Dawit Adnew & Seyoum Ayalew. Seyoum Ayalew (b. 1970) lives and works in Addis Ababa, and studied art formally at the Alle School of Fine... Read more -
Collapsing Space
Selome Muleta 11 Mar - 23 Apr 2022 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Selome Muleta’s debut European solo show, Collapsing Space . This exhibition of the artist’s latest works explores womanhood through the playful merging of portraiture and still life, and examines the relationship between the internal self and the external world. In Collapsing Space, Selome... Read more -
I Surrender my Body to Water and Fire
Daniela Yohannes 21 Jan - 19 Feb 2022 London Daniela Yohannes (b. 1982) lives and works in Guadeloupe, in the French Caribbean. Yohannes’ latest body of work is a response to contemporary migration discourse, rendered through a personal, emotive, and Diasporic lens. These paintings meditate on and lament issues surrounding politics of place, freedom of movement, and the desperate... Read more -
Cascade of Knowledge
Ermias Kifleyesus 12 Nov - 11 Dec 2021 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Cascade of Knowledge, a solo exhibition by Ermias Kifleyesus. In his latest body of work, informed by his experience as an immigrant inhabiting the liminal point of intersection between two dramatically different cultures, Kifleyesus explores the complex and tense relationship between Africa and... Read more -
The Space Between Us
Nirit Takele 8 - 30 Oct 2021 London LAUNCH VIEWING ROOM In Autumn 2021, Addis Fine Art London will be moving into expanded premises in London, opening a two-storey permanent gallery space in the heart of Fitzrovia. The gallery will be launching their new location with a solo exhibition of new paintings by Ethiopian-Israeli Nirit Takele titled, The... Read more -
Addis Calling IV Group Show
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa 28 Sep 2021 - 15 Jan 2022 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is proud to present Addis Calling IV, our regular group show featuring new works by a selection of exciting talent across Addis Ababa and the Horn of Africa. This year, Addis Fine Art is proud to introduce the following artists: Eyasu Telayneh, Kerima Ahmed, Micheal Hailu, Wendemageng Gashawm, Yasmeen Abdullah and Michal Mamit Worke. Read more -
From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora
Group show, in partnership with CFHILL Art Space 11 Jun - 17 Aug 2021 Addis Fine Art in partnership with CFHILL Art Space are pleased to present From Modern to Contemporary: Artists from the Horn of Africa and Diaspora, a multi-generational survey featuring artists of Ethiopian, Eritrean and Sudanese descent. These artists are brought together for a large-scale exhibition in CFHILL Art Space in... Read more -
ህብር (Hēber)
Tizta Berhanu 21 Dec 2020 - 27 Feb 2021 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is delighted to announce Hēber an exhibition by Ethiopian painter Tizta Berhanu, on view to the public from 21 December 2020 – 27 February 2021. This marks the opening of the gallery’s large exhibition space in Addis Ababa.
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Pillars of Life
Tadesse Mesfin 28 Oct - 13 Dec 2020 London In Autumn 2020, Addis Fine Art London will be permanently relocating to South Kensington’s Cromwell Place. We are launching our new location with an exhibition of Ethiopian modernist Tadesse Mesfin, which will also mark Mesfin’s first-ever European solo show. Read more -
Tsédal (Inner Radiance)
Selome Muleta 14 Sep - 21 Nov 2020 Addis Ababa Selome Muleta (b. 1992) is quickly becoming one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the Ethiopian visual arts scene. Her latest work, a series of figurative portraits, is a continuation of Selome’s thematic interest in the lives of women behind closed doors. Selome uses these female figures as an entry point into a wider investigation into nature; thereby positing femininity as an essential element of the natural world. Read more -
Draw Closer
Tizta Berhanu 3 Sep 2020 - 25 Sep 2021 Tizta Berhanu was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in 1991 where she has lived and worked her entire life. Tizta developed her passion for painting and drawing at an early age. Her love for drawing led her to study art in a private school called 'Enlightenment Art Academy' after two... Read more -
Liberty
Adiskidan Ambaye 2 Mar - 30 May 2020 Addis Ababa Adiskidan Ambaye's abstract sculptures are nearly always preceded by gestural two-dimensional sketches, which delineate the foundations for her three-dimensional compositions. The wooden sculptures appear moulded from a single block of wood but are actually composed of as many as sixty handcrafted smaller slices of plywood. Read more -
No Country for Young Men
Tesfaye Urgessa 30 Dec 2019 - 15 Feb 2020 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Tesfaye Urgessa’s solo exhibition No Country for Young Men. Opening to the public in Addis Ababa, on 30th December 2019 and running until 15th February 2020, the show celebrates the artist’s debut with the gallery. Read more -
Painting Amharic
Wosene Worke Kosrof 25 Oct - 14 Dec 2019 Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Painting Amharic, an online solo exhibition of 7 works by abstract master Wosene Worke Kosrof (b. 1950). Open from 25th October to 14th December , the carefully-curated selection features artworks from Addis Fine Art collection and covers a time period of 6 years... Read more -
Meklit
Lulseged Retta 23 Sep - 9 Nov 2019 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to present, Lulseged Retta’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. The show will take place at the Addis Fine Art Gallery in Addis Ababa, opening on Saturday 21 September from 6 – 9 PM, and on view from Monday 23 September – 9 November 2019 and 10 am – 1 pm & 2 – 6 pm. Read more -
The Fall: A Woman’s Descent into the Unconscious
Daniela Yohannes 28 Jun - 20 Jul 2019 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to present, The Fall: A Woman’s Descent into the Unconscious, Daniela Yohannes’ first solo exhibition with the gallery. The show will take place at the Addis Fine Art Project Space in London, opening on Thursday 27 May from 6 – 9 PM, and on view from 28 June – 20 July 2019, Tues – Sun 12 – 6 PM. Read more -
Beneath the Surface: The Mysteries of Living and Dying
Merikokeb Berhanu 24 Apr - 11 May 2019 London Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Beneath the Surface: The Mysteries of Living and Dying, Merikokeb Berhanu’s second solo exhibition with the gallery. The show will take place at the Addis Fine Art Project Space in London, opening on Tuesday 23 April from 6 – 9 PM, and on view from 24 April to 11 May 2019, Tues – Sun 12 – 6 PM. Read more -
Addis Calling III Group Show
Yohannes Tesfaye | Tizta Berhanu | Frew Kebede 29 Jan - 23 Mar 2019 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is proud to present Addis Calling III a yearly recurrent group show featuring new works by a selection of exciting talents, Frew Kebede, Tizta Berhanu and Yohannes Tesfaye. Read more -
Flying with Angels
Nirit Takele 25 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 London Addis Fine Art is delighted to present “Flying with Angels” a solo exhibition of paintings by Nirit Takele, at the AFA Project Space in London from 25 October to 17 November 2018. Read more -
Mutual Identity
Dawit Abebe 18 Sep - 22 Dec 2018 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to announce Mutual Identity, Dawit Abebe's first solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art's main gallery space in Addis Ababa from 18 September - 10 November 2018. Read more -
Pillars of Life: the power and grace of market life
Tadesse Mesfin 12 Jun - 28 Jul 2018 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is very privileged to present Pillars of Life: the power and grace of market life, a solo exhibition of new oil paintings by legendary modernist painter and veteran professor at the Addis Ababa School of Fine Art, Tadesse Mesfin, at Addis Fine Art Gallery 3rd Floor Wold Fiker Building, Bole Medhane Alem, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 12 June - 28 July 2018. Read more -
FLOATING CITIES / DETACHED PERCEPTIONS
Solo Exhibition by Addis Gezehagn 30 Jan - 31 Mar 2018 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art is pleased to present, Floating Cities / Detached Perceptions, a solo exhibition of nine new works by emerging painter, Addis Gezehagn, sponsored by East African Properties. Read more -
Erase Me
Solo Exhibition by Tariku Shiferaw 14 Sep - 8 Oct 2017 London Addis Fine Art London Project Space is pleased to present Erase Me, a solo exhibition of works by artist Tariku Shiferaw (b.1983). Read more -
ENDURING SPIRIT
Solo Exhibition by Tibebe Terffa 10 Jun - 22 Jul 2017 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art gallery is pleased to present, Enduring Spirit, a solo exhibition of works by Tibebe Terffa (b.1948). Read more -
Addis Calling II Group Show
Annual Group Exhibition of New Talent From Addis Ababa 25 Mar - 20 May 2017 Addis Ababa Addis Calling II, a group exhibition featuring works by Addis Gezehagn, Mulugeta Kassa, Abiy Solomon and Bezawit Wondwossen is an exciting mix of painting, glass mono-prints and photography, representing a new selection of local talent engaged in a diverse range of artistic expression. Read more -
Corporeal Contemplation
Merikokeb Berhanu 2 Jul - 27 Aug 2016 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art gallery is pleased to present, Corporeal Contemplation, a solo exhibition of new and recent works by emerging female painter, Merikokeb Berhanu (b.1977). Read more -
Process & Progression
Leikun Nahusenay Solo Exhibition 16 Apr - 11 Jun 2016 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art gallery is pleased to continue its programme with a solo exhibition of works by multidisciplinary artist Leikun Nahusenay (b.1982), featuring works in photography, painting, mixed media, and sculpture. Read more -
Addis Calling
Inaugural Exhibition at AFA Gallery Addis Ababa 9 Jan - 26 Mar 2016 Addis Ababa Addis Fine Art announces the official launch of its new gallery space with the inaugural exhibition Addis Calling. Read more
