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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

Past exhibition
8 - 31 May 2024
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Tesfaye Bekele, Mirroring, 2022
Tesfaye Bekele, Mirroring, 2022

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 of artists in different stages of their careers. The exhibition features Dawit Adnew, Gouled Ahmed, Adiskidan Ambaye, Tesfaye Bekele, Merikokeb Berhanu, Tizta Berhanu, Noah Beyene, Henok Getachew, Engdaye Lemma, Tadesse Mesfin, Helina Metaferia, Selome Muleta, Nirit Takele, and Tesfaye Urgessa.


This group show highlights the ongoing contributions of artists from the Horn of Africa, both on and off the continent, at a moment when Ethiopia’s rich art history is gaining increasing recognition. Recent institutional surveys such as Africa and Byzantium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY and Ethiopia at the Crossroads travelling between the Walters Museum, Baltimore, MD, the Peabody Essex Museum of Art, Salem, MA, and the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH speak to the growing international focus on Ethiopian and East African art. 


Ethiopian American artist Julie Mehretu recently unveiled the largest solo presentation of her work to date at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy to coincide with the 2024 Venice Biennale, and this year’s Biennale Arte will also inaugurate the first ever Ethiopia National Pavilion with paintings by Tesfaye Urgessa curated by Lemn Sissay. 


We are excited to have the opportunity to contribute to this long overdue global dialogue with this presentation of artists from across our programme, and to continue to shine a light on the richness and diversity of contemporary talent from the region, defined by transnational and cross-generational links.

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Works
  • Tesfaye Bekele, Mirroring, 2022
    Tesfaye Bekele, Mirroring, 2022
  • Noah Beyene, Reveal Twice As Much, 2024
    Noah Beyene, Reveal Twice As Much, 2024
  • Tesfaye Urgessa, Ich Halte Dich Fest Halten IV (I Hold You Tight IV), 2020
    Tesfaye Urgessa, Ich Halte Dich Fest Halten IV (I Hold You Tight IV), 2020
  • Merikokeb Berhanu, Untitled XCII, 2024
    Merikokeb Berhanu, Untitled XCII, 2024
  • Tadesse Mesfin, Column of Rhythm VII, 2022
    Tadesse Mesfin, Column of Rhythm VII, 2022
  • Nirit Takele, Couple with Red Bracelet, 2024
    Nirit Takele, Couple with Red Bracelet, 2024
  • Tizta Berhanu, Love Triangle, 2023
    Tizta Berhanu, Love Triangle, 2023
Publications
  • Connected Threads

    Connected Threads

    NADA Space, Group Exhibition, 2024 2024
    Softback 36 pages
    Publisher: Addis Fine Art
    Dimensions: 21 x 14.8 cm
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Related artists

  • Dawit Adnew

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  • Adiskidan Ambaye

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  • Tesfaye Bekele

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  • Merikokeb Berhanu

    Merikokeb Berhanu

  • Noah Beyene

    Noah Beyene

  • Engdaye Lemma

    Engdaye Lemma

  • Tadesse Mesfin

    Tadesse Mesfin

  • Helina Metaferia

    Helina Metaferia

  • Selome Muleta

    Selome Muleta

  • Nirit Takele

    Nirit Takele

  • Tesfaye Urgessa

    Tesfaye Urgessa

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