born in 1983 in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. From 2002 to 2005 he studied at the School of Fine Arts and Design, University Addis Abeba, where Tadesse Mesfin was his most important lecturer. There he recieved a B.A. in Industrial Design.
He was born in 1983 in Addis Abeba, being based and working in the district Guleley of the Ethiopian Capital. In his studio of traditional architecture he mainly works on abstract paintings dominated by the colours red, white and black. Already in the 9th grade he had taken private drawing lessons which he continued until the beginning of his studies in 2002. Until 2005 he attended the School of Fine Arts and Design, University Addis Abeba, where Tadesse Mesfin was his most important lecturer, and recieved a B.A. in Industrial Design. He works as Cartoonist, graphic and storyboard designer. His works have been shown in numerous exhibitions in Addis Abeba and in Berlin.
© Text: Kerstin Volker-Saad, Berlin (Katalog: Free Art Felega III, Goethe-Institut Addis Abeba)
