10 YEARS ADDIS FINE ART
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10 YEARS OF AFA
Launched in 2016 by Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, Addis Fine Art has redefined how artists from Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, and their diasporas are seen and celebrated on the world stage. Over the past decade, we are proud to have worked with 50 incredible artists, and we thank them for their trust, generosity, and ongoing contribution to the gallery’s journey.
Tegene Kunbi
Engdaye Lemma
Tsedaye Makonnen
Luam Melake
Tadesse Mesfin
Selome Muleta
Leikun Nahusenay
Youssra Raouchi
Lulseged Retta
Tariku Shiferaw
Abiy Solomon
Nirit Takele
Nahom Teklehaimanot
Eyasu Telayneh
Tibebe Terffa
Yohannes Tesfaye
Michael Tsegaye
Nigatu Tsehay
Tesfaye Urgessa
Wosene Worke Kosrof
Zerihun Yetimgeta
Noah Beyene
Wendemageng Demeke
Dereje Demissie
Daniela Yohannes
Addis Gezehagn
Henok Getachew
Girmachew Getnet
Micheal Hailu
Helina Metaferia
Eyerusalem Jiregna
Ermias Kifleyesus
Dawit Abebe
Yasmeen Abdullah
Dawit Adnew
Gouled Ahmed
Kerima Ahmed
Adiskidan Ambaye
Atong Atem
Amel Bashier
Merikokeb Berhanu
Tizta Berhanu
Girma Berta
Publication
10 Years of Addis Fine Art: A Decade of Discovery
£55.00
Celebrating a decade of exhibitions, artists, and exchange, 10 Years of Addis Fine Art: A Decade of Discovery offers an in-depth look at the gallery’s journey from its founding in Addis Ababa to its international presence today. Bringing together essays, artist profiles, and archival highlights, the book explores modern and contemporary practices from Ethiopia and its diaspora across generations. Thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated, it is both a record of artistic discovery and a reflection on the evolving landscape of African art.
Archive
Art Fair
15 — 21 Jun 2026
Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
Liste Art Fair Basel 2026
Addis Fine Art presented a solo booth by Amel Bashier at Liste Art Fair Basel 2026. Through intricate pen-and-ink and acrylic compositions, Amel explores womanhood, memory, migration, and the layered inheritances of lives lived between cultures, reflecting on the resilience of women and the persistence of cultural identity.
Press
09 Mar 2026
Toyota Tsusho
Tizta Berhanu Receives Toyota Tsusho CFAO African Art Award
Tizta Berhanu receives the Sponsor Award at the inaugural Toyota Tsusho CFAO African Art Award, recognising outstanding contemporary artists. Selected from nearly 100 nominations, her work will be presented in Togo, Japan, and France.
Exhibition
10 Jan — 20 Feb 2026
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tesfaye Bekele: Moments of Change
Tesfaye Bekele’s Moments of Change explores nature’s subtle power, using seasonal transformation to reflect lived experience, bodily vulnerability, and resilience through shifting colour, textile surfaces, and landscape-like forms.
Exhibition
30 Nov 2025 — 03 Jan 2026
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Dawit Adnew: Chromatic Bloom
Dawit Adnew’s solo exhibition Chromatic Bloom showcases his textile-influenced compositions, where patterned surfaces and serene figures create contemplative scenes rooted in colour, simplicity, and quiet emotional presence.
Exhibition
10 Oct — 01 Nov 2025
James Cohan, New York
Merikokeb Berhanu: Solo Exhibition at James Cohan
Merikokeb Berhanu’s solo exhibition at James Cohan expands her Cellular Universe series, blending cosmology, nature, and human presence through multi-layered abstract compositions.
Press
23 Oct 2025
ARTnews
ARTnews Features Selome Muleta in “Best Booths at Art Basel Paris 2025”
ARTnews highlighted Selome Muleta’s works at Jan Kaps’s booth as standout presentations at Art Basel Paris, praising the depth of her Motion series, co-presented with Helena Uambembe.
Art Fair
21 — 26 Oct 2025
Art Basel Paris
Jan Kaps & Addis Fine Art Co-RepresentATION of Selome Muleta
Jan Kaps and Addis Fine Art announce the co-representation of Selome Muleta. Her works feature in Jan Kaps’ dual presentation at Art Basel Paris 2025 alongside Helena Uambembe’s installation.
Exhibition
14 Sept — 01 Nov 2025
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Adiskidan Ambaye: Exile Within
Adiskidan Ambaye’s Exile Within explores spirituality, absence, and presence through gestural sculptures and semi-figurative paintings rich with layered circular forms.
Press
23 Oct 2025
ARTnews
Hyperallergic Features Helina Metaferia’s “When Civilizations Heal”
Hyperallergic reviews Helina Metaferia’s exhibition, highlighting thoughtful integration of pan-African aesthetics, protest iconography, and performance.
Art Fair
16 — 22 Jun 2025
LISTE Basel Art Fair
LISTE Basel 2025: Engdaye Lemma
Engdaye Lemma presents works on canvas and paper at LISTE Basel 2025, blending experimental printing, collage, and painting to explore the textures and layers of urban life.
Art Fair
15 — 21 Jun 2025
Basel Social Club
Basel Social Club 2025: Amel Bashier
Basel Social Club 2025 features Amel Bashier’s works on paper and canvas. Her practice explores ancestral strength, women’s rights, and the landscapes of contemporary Sudanese life.
Exhibition
16 Jun — 26 Jul 2025
Jan Kaps, Cologne
Selome Muleta: Motion
Selome Muleta’s debut exhibition at Jan Kaps features expressive figurative paintings of women in moments of suspended movement and introspection, rendered through colour fields and domestic settings.
Art Fair
08 — 21 May 2025
Independent New York
Independent 2025: Amel Bashier
Amel Bashier’s solo booth at Independent New York presents intricate pointillist paintings inspired by ancestral strength, feminist histories, and the resilience of women.
Press
09 May 2025
ARTnews
Artnews features Amel Bashier in "The Best Booths At Independent 2025"
ARTnews includes Addis Fine Art’s solo booth by Amel Bashier among the standout presentations at Independent 2025. Her intimate paintings feature strong female figures navigating various stages of romance.
Exhibition
03 — 31 May 2025
Esther Schipper, Berlin
Merikokeb Berhanu at Esther Schipper
Merikokeb Berhanu’s debut exhibition with Esther Schipper features multi-layered abstract paintings exploring transformation, emotional resonance, and the boundary between the earthly and the ethereal.
Press
23 Apr 2025
Holding Up the Ladder
Holding Up the Ladder INTERVIEWS Rakeb Sile
Holding Up the Ladder interviews Addis Fine Art’s Co-Founder Rakeb Sile on founding journey, the importance of representation in the art world, and the role of African gallerists in shaping global narratives.
Press
28 Mar 2025
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Covers Merikokeb Berhanu’s Co-Representation
The Art Newspaper reports on Addis Fine Art’s collaboration with Esther Schipper and James Cohan to jointly represent Merikokeb Berhanu, contextualising her growing recognition following the Venice Biennale.
Press
06 Mar 2025
Independent
The independent Profiles Amel Bashier’s “Gateway to Freedom”
The Independent features Amel Bashier’s artistic practice ahead of her presentation at Independent New York with Addis Fine Art, noting her exploration of feminist narratives, ancestry, and self-expression.
Exhibition
01 Jan — 29 Mar 2025
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tizta Berhanu: Agape
Published by Addis Fine Art, this catalogue accompanies Tizta Berhanu’s solo exhibition Agape at Addis Fine Art, exploring divine and enduring forms of love through the artist’s practice.
Publication
2025
Exhibition Catalogue
Tizta Berhanu, 2025
Tizta Berhanu’s exhibition, Agape, presents works exploring divine and enduring forms of love. The exhibition is accompanied by a published catalogue documenting the artist’s practice.
Gallery Milestone
2024
8th Anniversary of Addis Fine Art
Marking eight years since its founding by Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, this film reflects on the gallery’s journey and its role in presenting artists from Ethiopia and its diasporas on an international stage.
Press
06 Dec 2024
NMAfA
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art Announces “Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary :: መቅደስ :: Mekdes”
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art announces Tsedaye Makonnen’s exhibition featuring seven light-tower sculptures exploring violence, memorialisation, and motherhood.
Art Fair
10 — 13 May 2025
Somerset House, London
1–54 London 2024
Addis Fine Art presents a group booth featuring Addis Gezehagn, Engdaye Lemma, and Nahom Teklehaimanot, bringing together collage-based practices that reflect on urbanisation and contemporary life in Ethiopia.
Press
18 Sept 2024
Artnet
Artnet Quotes Rakeb Sile on Market Asymmetry in “Can Britain’s Art Market Bounce Back?”
Artnet features Addis Fine Art Co-Founder Rakeb Sile discussing regulatory pressures, market imbalance between mega-galleries and small galleries, and the need for collaborative models that fairly reward small dealers.
Exhibition
15 Sept — 30 Nov 2024
Addis Fine Art & Vigo Gallery, London
Tadesse Mesfin: Where We Coalesce
Presented across Addis Fine Art and Vigo Gallery, Where We Coalesce showcases recent paintings by Tadesse Mesfin that celebrate women market vendors, elevating their presence as pillars of community and daily life in Ethiopia.
Publication
2024
Exhibition Catalogue
Tadesse Mesfin, 2024
Published by Addis Fine Art, Where We Coalesce documents Tadesse Mesfin’s recent paintings celebrating women market vendors in Ethiopia, elevating their quiet strength and essential role in daily life through moments of stillness.
Press
10 July 2024
Artsy
Artsy Reports on Addis Fine Art Closing Its London Gallery
Artsy reports on Addis Fine Art’s decision to close its London gallery amid rising costs and market uncertainty, while reaffirming its commitment to its Addis Ababa flagship and international fair and collaborative programming.
Gallery Milestone
28 Jun 2024
Addis Fine Art, London
Addis Fine Art Closes London Gallery
Addis Fine Art closes its London gallery to concentrate resources on its Addis Ababa base and an expanded programme of international art fairs and collaborations, marking a strategic shift in the gallery’s long-term development.
Exhibition
30 Jun — 31 Aug 2024
Addis Fine Art, London
Nahom Teklehaimanot: WHEN HOME WON’T LET YOU STAY
Nahom Teklehaimanot’s solo exhibition presents large-scale airbrushed canvases that address migration and the fractured emotional landscape of leaving home, balancing hazy memory with disruption.
Art Fair
10 — 16 Jun 2024
LISTE Art Fair Basel
LISTE Basel 2024: Selome Muleta
Selome Muleta presents a solo body of work, exploring the relationship between the female body and domestic space, using translucent colour fields and semi-transparent figures to depict introspective interiors.
Exhibition
08 — 31 May 2024
NADA, New York
Connected Threads: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE HORN OF AFRICA AND DIASPORA
At NADA’s Lower East Side gallery, Connected Threads brings together painting, textile, and mixed-media works by artists connected to Ethiopia and its diasporas, spanning different stages of their careers.
Exhibition
24 Apr — 29 Jun 2024
Addis Fine Art, London
Amel Bashier: ورد الجوري ‘Ward El Juri’
Amel Bashier’s exhibition, named after her daughter, presents new paintings and works on paper linking women’s liberation with the resilience of the natural world, portraying powerful female figures.
Press
14 Apr 2024
Artnet
Artnet Highlights Tesfaye Urgessa at the Venice Biennale
Artnet’s Venice Biennale buyer’s guide spotlights Tesfaye Urgessa, noting his fusion of Ethiopian Neo-Expressionism and symbolism, and rising demand for his work.
Art Fair
11 — 14 Jun 2024
EXPO Chicago
EXPO Chicago 2024: Merikokeb Berhanu
At EXPO Chicago, Addis Fine Art presents a solo booth of paintings and works on paper by Merikokeb Berhanu, showcasing her biomorphic abstractions and evolving visual language that meditates on lifeforms, technology, and ecological imbalance.
Art Fair
31 Mar — 15 Jun 2024
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Addis Gezehagn: Floating City
Floating City presents canvases by Addis Gezehagn that reimagine Addis Ababa’s rapid urban transformation as layered, patchwork cityscapes, reflecting interconnected social rituals rather than individual narratives.
Press
28 Mar 2024
Artforum
Artforum Explores “Circuit Bending: Ethiopian Art at a Crossroads”
Artforum’s feature on Circuit Bending: Ethiopian Art at a Crossroads reflects on the evolution of Ethiopian contemporary art and notes Addis Fine Art’s role in supporting artists such as Melaku Ayele and reintroducing key figures to new audiences.
Exhibition
07 Mar — 12 Apr 2024
Addis Fine Art, London
Selome Muleta & Youssra Raouchi: Surface Tension
In Surface Tension, Selome Muleta and Youssra Raouchi investigate how bodies inhabit domestic and psychological spaces, using colour, form, and overlapping figures to blur distinctions between interior and exterior, self and environment.
Publication
2024
Exhibition Catalogue
Sugarcane Magazine Names Addis Fine Art Among “11 Leading Global Galleries Nurturing the Art World in 2023”
Sugarcane Magazine names Addis Fine Art among the “11 Leading Global Galleries,” recognising its dual presence and its role in connecting African artists with international audiences.
Press
16 Jan 2024
Sugarcane Magazine
Selome Muleta and Youssra Raouchi: Surface Tension, 2024
Published by Addis Fine Art, Surface Tension accompanies the joint exhibition of Selome Muleta and Youssra Raouchi, documenting their explorations of bodies, interiors, and the porous boundaries between human and natural worlds.
Exhibition
09 Nov 2023 — 13 Jan 2024
Addis Fine Art, London
Merikokeb Berhanu: A World Grows Within
Merikokeb Berhanu’s exhibition presents new paintings that further develop her biomorphic, abstract visual language, refined over years of practice since her early days at Nubia Studio.
Publication
2023
Exhibition Catalogue
Merikokeb Berhanu, 2023
Published by Addis Fine Art, A World Grows Within documents Merikokeb Berhanu’s 2023 London solo exhibition, tracing the evolution of her distinctive abstract vocabulary developed between abstraction and recognisable form.
Art Fair
22 — 26 Nov 2023
Abu Duhai Art
Abu Dhabi Art 2023: Amel Bashier and Adiskidan Ambaye
Addis Fine Art presents a dual exhibition of works by Amel Bashier and Adiskidan Ambaye, bringing together Amel’s pointillist paintings on women’s experience in Sudan with Ambaye’s tactile sculptures inspired by gesture and natural.
Press
14 Oct 2023
Frieze
Frieze Highlights Helina Metaferia’s London Debut with Addis Fine Art at Frieze London 2023
Frieze spotlights Helina Metaferia’s first London presentation at Frieze London 2023, noting her tapestry works that incorporate archival material from the Black Cultural Archives and interrogate systemic oppression and interpersonal dynamics.
Press
13 Oct 2023
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Features Rakeb Sile on Frieze’s Influence
The Art Newspaper includes commentary from Addis Fine Art Co-Founder and CEO Rakeb Sile on Frieze’s role in supporting emerging artists and galleries, and the importance of innovative programming and engagement.
Art Fair
11 — 15 Oct 2023
Frieze London
Frieze London 2023: Helina Metaferia
Addis Fine Art presents new mixed-media works by Helina Metaferia at Frieze London, marking the artist’s first time exhibiting in London, including tapestries, video, and sculpture developed in collaboration with the Black Cultural Archives.
Press
21 Jun 2023
Artsy
Artsy Highlights Merikokeb Berhanu at Art Basel 2023
Artsy features Merikokeb Berhanu’s work in a collector’s reflections on Art Basel 2023, praising her celestial shapes and organic forms and describing her paintings as deeply introspective.
Art Fair
12 — 18 Jun 2023
LISTE Art Fair Basel
LISTE Basel 2023: SFMOMA Acquisition of Merikokeb Berhanu
Addis Fine Art debuts at LISTE Art Fair Basel with a solo presentation of new works by Merikokeb Berhanu, exploring technology’s growing estrangement from nature.
Exhibition
01 Jun — 22 Jul 2023
Addis Fine Art, London
Eastern Voices: Contemporary Artists from East Africa
In collaboration with Afriart Gallery and Circle Art Gallery, Eastern Voices gathers eighteen artists from across East Africa to foster dialogue and highlight synergies between regional practices in abstraction, figuration, collage, and mixed media.
Exhibition
23 May — 11 Jun 2023
The Africa Centre, London
The Africa Centre × Addis Fine Art
Addis Fine Art collaborates with The Africa Centre on a group exhibition exploring abstraction, collage, figuration, and pointillism, reflecting the gallery’s commitment to artists from the Horn of Africa and its diaspora.
Press
03 May 2023
Dazed
Dazed Features Tizta Berhanu’s “Synthesis of Souls”
Dazed includes Tizta Berhanu’s Synthesis of Souls at Addis Fine Art London in its “Art Shows to Leave the House For” guide, praising the dream-like quality of her paintings and their exploration of love and motherhood.
Exhibition
27 Apr — 27 May 2023
Addis Fine Art, London
Tizta Berhanu: Synthesis of Souls
Tizta Berhanu’s first European solo exhibition presents richly coloured figurative paintings that delve into the emotional spectrum of human relationships, with intertwined figures expressing intimacy, care, and the beauty of human touch.
Publication
2023
Exhibition Catalogue
Tizta Berhanu, 2023
Published by Addis Fine Art, Synthesis of Souls accompanies Tizta Berhanu’s 2023 exhibition, documenting her figurative paintings exploring love, faith, and motherhood through expressive gesture, colour harmonies, and intimacy of touch.
Press
22 Mar 2023
Tadias Magazine
Tadias Magazine Highlights Dawit Adnew First European Solo
Tadias Magazine covers Dawit Adnew’s first European solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art London, describing his paintings as transporting viewers into lush, dream-like gardens filled with languorous figures, colour, and pattern.
Exhibition
09 Feb — 15 Apr 2023
Addis Fine Art, London
Dawit Adnew: Woven Moments
Woven Moments, Dawit Adnew’s first European solo show, inaugurates Addis Fine Art London’s 2023 programme with paintings that depict serene, patterned scenes of figures in luxuriant gardens, rich with colour and decorative detail.
Publication
2023
Exhibition Catalogue
Dawit Adnew, 2023
Published by Addis Fine Art, Woven Moments accompanies Dawit Adnew’s first European solo exhibition, presenting dreamlike paintings in which languid figures, lush gardens, and patterned surfaces evoke sensuality, and painterly pleasure.
Gallery Milestone
09 Feb — 15 Apr 2023
Addis Fine Art, London
AFA Project Space: Inaugural Exhibition with Amel Bashier
Addis Fine Art launches AFA Project Space with a solo exhibition of new works by Sudanese artist Amel Bashier, inaugurating a new platform dedicated to collaborations with emerging artists from the Global South.
Press
04 Feb 2023
The Reporter
The Reporter Ethiopia Spotlights Addis Fine Art’s “Alle Legends”
The Reporter Ethiopia covers Alle Legends at Addis Fine Art, highlighting the exhibition’s focus on influential educators from the Alle School of Fine Art and Design and the gallery’s role in connecting local art communities.
Exhibition
08 Jan — 01 Apr 2023
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Group Exhibition: Alle Legends
Alle Legends brings together works by nineteen artists who have shaped generations of graduates from the Alle School of Fine Art and Design, turning the focus onto the teachers whose practices have been foundational to Ethiopian art.
Art Fair
29 Nov — 03 Dec 2022
Untitled Art Miami Beach
Untitled Art Miami Beach: Nigatu Tsehay
Addis Fine Art returns to Untitled Art Miami Beach with figurative works by Nigatu Tsehay. His paintings depict distorted bodies in tense, cinematic scenes, blending abstraction and figuration to explore human existence.
Press
14 Oct 2022
AMAKA
AMAKA Spotlights Rakeb Sile Among African Women Gallerists at 1–54
AMAKA spotlights four influential African women gallerists at 1–54 London, including Addis Fine Art Co-Founder Rakeb Sile, recognising her role in shaping the African art landscape.
Press
13 Oct 2022
Artsy
Artsy Names Selome Muleta Booth Among “The 10 Best Booths at Frieze London 2022”
Artsy features Selome Muleta’s Frieze London debut, praising her vivid, contemplative canvases and noting strong sales, including placement of a work into a major U.S. institution.
Exhibition
13 Oct — 16 Dec 2022
Addis Fine Art, London
Tadesse Mesfin: Column of Rhythm
Tadesse Mesfin’s second European solo exhibition continues his celebrated series honouring Ethiopian market vendors, elevating their presence and centrality within urban community.
Art Fair
12 — 16 Oct 2022
Frieze London
Frieze London 2022: Selome Muleta
At its second Frieze London presentation, Addis Fine Art showcases a solo booth of works by Selome Muleta, whose contemplative paintings merge portraiture and still life in explorations of womanhood and interior states.
Press
12 Oct 2022
Vogue
Vogue Highlights Selome Muleta in “Everything Worth Seeing at Frieze London 2022”
Vogue recommends Selome Muleta’s vividly hued works at Addis Fine Art’s Frieze booth, noting her paintings as standout contributions to the fair’s “not-to-miss” presentations.
Art Fair
12 — 17 Oct 2022
Somerset House, London
Group Presentation: 1–54 London 2022
Addis Fine Art presents new works by Atong Atem, Dawit Adnew, and Yasmeen Abdullah at 1–54 London, exploring migrant identity, textile-influenced figuration, and poetic painting inspired by Mahmoud Darwish across three African and diasporic voices.
Exhibition
25 Sept — 24 Dec 2022
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Group Exhibition: Addis Calling V
The fifth edition of Addis Calling highlights new works by emerging artists from Addis Ababa, showcasing the breadth of contemporary practices shaping the city’s creative landscape.
Art Fair
08 — 11 Sept 2022
The Armory Show, New York
The Armory Show 2022: Helina Metaferia
Addis Fine Art presents new collage, textile, and video works by Helina Metaferia, whose interdisciplinary practice centres overlooked narratives within the Black experience through archival research, material experimentation.
Exhibition
24 Jun — 23 Jul 2022
Addis Fine Art, London
Addis Gezehagn: Floating City
Addis Gezehagn’s exhibition features works from his Floating City series, composed through layered collage and acrylic to depict the rapidly urbanising environment of Addis Ababa.
Publication
2022
Exhibition Catalogue
Addis Gezehagn, 2022
Published by Addis Fine Art, Floating City accompanies Addis Gezehagn’s first European solo exhibition, presenting abstract mixed-media paintings from his eponymous series exploring the rapidly urbanising landscape of Addis Ababa.
Exhibition
23 Apr — 27 Nov 2022
Venice Biennale, Main Pavilion
Merikokeb Berhanu: BIENNALE ARTE 2022, THE MILK OF DREAMS
Merikokeb Berhanu is featured in the main pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2022, exploring ecofeminist mythologies and the shifting boundaries between organic and technological forms.
Publication
2022
Exhibition Catalogue
Merikokeb Berhanu, 2022
Published by Addis Fine Art, La Biennale di Venezia accompanies Merikokeb Berhanu’s presentation at the 59th Venice Biennale, documenting her visual language fusing abstraction and figuration, rooted in natural symbolism and years of practice.
Art Fair
11 — 14 May 2022
Eye of the Collector, London
Group Exhibition: Eye of the Collector
Addis Fine Art participates in Eye of the Collector for the first time with a group exhibition, presenting works by Tadesse Mesfin, Nigatu Tsehay, and Tizta Berhanu at Two Temple Place.
Exhibition
13 May — 11 Jun 2022
Addis Fine Art, London
Nigatu Tsehay: Pace of Life
Presented during London Gallery Weekend, Pace of Life showcases Nigatu Tsehay’s evocative figurative paintings, where fragmented forms and shifting perspectives explore themes of existence, time, and experience.
Publication
2022
Exhibition Catalogue
Nigatu Tsehay, 2022
Published by Addis Fine Art, Pace of Life accompanies Nigatu Tsehay’s 2022 exhibition, documenting his interrogative painting practice as a means of reflection and communication, through symbolic figures and objects that weave together universal themes of existence and perception.
Press
06 May 2022
Christie’s
Christie’s Highlights Tizta Berhanu at Eye of the Collector
Christie’s features Tizta Berhanu among the standout artists at Eye of the Collector, noting her emotionally resonant exploration of intimacy, togetherness, and separation.
Exhibition
16 May — 04 Jun 2022
Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London
Group Exhibition: Where Cloudy Waters Collide…
Merikokeb Berhanu features in Where Cloudy Waters Collide…, a group exhibition exploring relation, opacity, and inter-cultural exchange through works that question conventional cartography.
Press
25 Apr 2022
Antiques Trade Gazette
Antiques Trade Gazette on Addis Fine Art’s London Opening
Coverage highlights Addis Fine Art’s launch of its permanent London gallery, positioning the gallery as a key player in the growing global market for contemporary African art.
Press
25 Apr 2022
ALT
ALT A Review Announces Merikokeb Berhanu’s Invitation to the Venice Biennale
ALT A Review reports Merikokeb Berhanu’s invitation to exhibit in the 59th Venice Biennale’s main pavilion, marking the first time an Addis Fine Art artist is featured at this level.
Press
25 Apr 2022
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Highlights Merikokeb Berhanu in Biennale
The Art Newspaper includes Merikokeb Berhanu in its Venice Biennale preview, noting her ecofeminist visual language and the fusion of bodily, cellular, and landscape forms in her paintings.
Exhibition
11 Mar — 23 Apr 2022
Addis Fine Art, London
Selome Muleta: Collapsing Space
Selome Muleta’s debut European solo exhibition explores womanhood and interiority through layered compositions that merge portraiture, still life, and vivid patterned environments.
Publication
2022
Exhibition Catalogue
Selome Muleta, 2022
Published by Addis Fine Art, Collapsing Space accompanies Selome Muleta’s 2022 exhibition, documenting her meditative paintings that merge portraiture and still life to explore womanhood, interiority, and the blurred boundaries between living and inanimate forms.
Press
19 Jan 2022
AMAKA
AMAKA Profiles Rakeb Sile’s Multi-Hyphenate Career
AMAKA features Rakeb Sile reflecting on designing a multi-hyphenate career, exploring how her roles as entrepreneur and gallery co-founder shape her professional and creative trajectory.
Exhibition
12 Nov — 11 Dec 2021
Addis Fine Art, London
Ermias Kifleyesus: Cascade of Knowledge
Ermias Kifleyesus presents a solo exhibition exploring cultural tension between Africa and the West, reflecting on migration, hybridity, and the historical appropriation of African aesthetics.
Exhibition
28 Sept 2021 — 15 Jan 2022
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Group Exhibition: Addis Calling IV
The fourth iteration of the Addis Calling series highlights artists across the Horn of Africa, featuring new works by Eyasu Telayneh, Kerima Ahmed, Micheal Hailu, Wendimagegn Demeke, Yasmeen Abdullah, and Michal Mamit Worke.
Art Fair
13 — 17 Oct 2021
Frieze London
Frieze London 2021: Merikokeb Berhanu Solo Presentation
Addis Fine Art’s debut at Frieze London features a solo booth of new works by Merikokeb Berhanu, showcasing her fusion of abstraction and organic symbolism. The booth sells out with multiple institutional acquisitions.
Press
18 Oct 2021
Artsy
Artsy Highlights Sold-Out Merikokeb Berhanu Booth at Frieze London
Artsy reports that Addis Fine Art’s Frieze London presentation sold out on opening day, noting strong market response and institutional interest in Berhanu’s work.
Art Fair
14 — 17 Oct 2021
Somerset House, London
1–54 London 2021
Addis Fine Art presents four diasporic Ethiopian artists whose practices explore global Blackness, migration, systemic racism, and cultural memory across mixed media.
Press
14 Oct 2021
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Reports Strong Sales for Addis Fine Art at 1–54
The Art Newspaper highlights Addis Fine Art’s dual participation at Frieze London and 1–54, reporting robust sales including multiple works by Tesfaye Urgessa placed during VIP previews.
Press
13 Oct 2021
AMAKA
AMAKA Spotlights African Women in Art and Profiles Rakeb Sile
AMAKA examines roadblocks for African women in the global art industry, profiling Rakeb Sile’s leadership and the significance of Addis Fine Art’s Addis–London gallery model.
Exhibition
08 — 30 Oct 2021
Addis Fine Art, London
Nirit Takele: The Space Between Us
The inaugural exhibition in AFA’s new Fitzrovia space, Takele’s vibrant figurative paintings examine Ethiopian-Israeli identity, gender, race, and everyday narratives.
Publication
2021
Exhibition Catalogue
Nirit Takele, 2021
Published by Addis Fine Art, The Space Between Us accompanies Nirit Takele’s 2021 solo exhibition, documenting her vibrant figurative works shaped by pandemic-era upheaval, protest and community, and the lived realities of the Beta Israel population.
Gallery Milestone
Addis Fine Art, London
Addis Fine Art Opens Permanent Fitzrovia Gallery
Addis Fine Art opens a new 2,000 sq. ft permanent gallery space in Fitzrovia, marking an expansion of its London presence and programme.
Press
16 Sept 2021
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Announces Addis Fine Art’s Gallery Opening
The Art Newspaper reports on AFA’s new London space, highlighting the expansion’s ambition during a period when many galleries were reducing physical premises.
Art Fair
09 — 12 Sept 2021
The Armory Show
The Armory show 2021: Tizta Berhanu
Tizta Berhanu’s emotionally charged figurative works explore vulnerability, love, and psychological depth through saturated colour, layered compositions, and expressive gestures.
Exhibition
11 Jun — 17 Aug 2021
CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm
Group Exhibition: From Modern to Contemporary
Nineteen artists from the Horn of Africa and its diaspora, presented in partnership with CFHILL, showcasing sculpture, textiles, painting, video, and photography across generations.
Press
02 Jun 2021
CFHILL
CFHILL Interviews ADDIS FINE ART’s Founders on From Modern to Contemporary
The interview explores the gallery’s mission, its roster of modern and contemporary artists, and the significance of presenting artists from Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa in Scandinavia.
Press
27 May 2021
Financial Times
Addis Fine Art cited in Financial Times on BLM’s impact on the art world
The Financial Times references Addis Fine Art’s representation of Helina Metaferia as part of a broader recognition of Black women’s political and cultural narratives in contemporary art.
Press
02 May 2021
Culture Type
Culture Type features Helina Metaferia’s Representation by Addis Fine Art
Culture Type reports on Addis Fine Art’s European representation of Helina Metaferia, announcing her solo debut with the gallery during Frieze New York, presenting collage works and film online.
Press
06 Apr 2021
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Examines African Galleries Expanding West and Profiles Addis Fine Art
Addis Fine Art is positioned as a key example of a gallery expanding internationally to shape the markets of artists from the Horn of Africa.
Press
02 Apr 2021
Culture Type
Culture Type ON Addis Fine Art’s Presentation at Art Dubai
Culture Type spotlights works by Tadesse Mesfin, Addis Gezehagn, Tsedaye Makonnen, and Tizta Berhanu, noting shared themes of resilience and the human condition.
Art Fair
29 Mar— 03 Apr 2021
Art Dubai
Group Presentation: Art Dubai 2021
A four-artist presentation featuring Tadesse Mesfin, Addis Gezehagn, Tsedaye Makonnen, and Tizta Berhanu, exploring human experience through themes of urban transformation, migration, and social realities.
Press
08 Mar 2021
Artnet News
Artnet News features AFA’s Participation in South South VEZA
Artnet reports new institutional interest in works by Ermias Kifleyesus and Tesfaye Urgessa through the South South platform.
Exhibition
21 Dec 2020 — 27 Feb 2021
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tadesse Mesfin: Pillars of Life
Marking Addis Fine Art’s launch at Cromwell Place and Mesfin’s first European solo exhibition, Pillars of Life celebrates Ethiopian market women as central pillars of society through monumentally composed, modernist figurative works.
Exhibition
28 Oct — 13 Dec 2020
Cromwell Place
Tizta Berhanu: Hēber
Tizta Berhanu’s solo exhibition Hēber opens Addis Fine Art’s new exhibition space in Addis Ababa, presenting emotionally charged figurative paintings that explore love, sorrow, and the role of community through bold colour and intertwined bodies.
Press
25 Nov 2020
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Quotes Rakeb Sile on 2022 Market Shifts
The Art Newspaper’s year-end feature on the art market’s “shocking, tumultuous” 2020 includes commentary from Rakeb Sile on increased collaborations, rising local collector bases, and the need to rethink art fair.
Press
05 Dec 2020
The Guardian
The Guardian FEATURES Pillars of Life and Addis Fine Art’s Cromwell Place Move
The Guardian’s “On My Radar” column spotlights Addis Fine Art as the first Ethiopian gallery in British history and praises Tadesse Mesfin’s Pillars of Life for exalting market women as the true heroines of Ethiopian society.
Art Fair
08 — 10 Oct 2020
Somerset House, London
Group Presentation: 1–54 London 2020
At its fifth 1–54 London participation, Addis Fine Art presents new works by four artists whose practices explore migration, race, identity, and the human condition, alongside a parallel presentation in Christie’s online viewing room.
Press
20 Oct 2020
The New York Times
The New York Times Visits Addis Fine Art’s 1–54 Booth
The New York Times reports from 1–54 London, highlighting Addis Fine Art’s booth and quoting Rakeb Sile on maintaining momentum and expanding nuanced narratives around African art.
Exhibition
14 Sept — 21 Nov 2020
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Selome Muleta: Tsédal
Selome Muleta’s exhibition Tsédal continues her exploration of women’s interior lives, presenting intimate, domestic portraits where female figures, sparse objects, and plants intertwine to question womanhood and nature.
Exhibition
03 — 25 Sept 2020
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tizta Berhanu: Draw Closer
Tizta Berhanu deepens her investigation into human emotion, using intense blues, greens and tightly cropped compositions to bring viewers into close, almost uncomfortable proximity with sorrow, love, and vulnerability.
Press
01 Sept 2020
British Vogue
British Vogue Highlights Addis Fine Art Among Black-Owned Spaces Shaping London’s Art Scene
British Vogue profiles Addis Fine Art as a key Black-owned gallery reshaping London’s art landscape, noting its role in platforming modern and contemporary art from the Horn of Africa and its embrace of VR exhibitions during the pandemic.
Art Fair
31 Jul — 09 Aug 2020
Online
Untitled, Art Online: Tsedaye Makonnen
Addis Fine Art joins the first edition of Untitled, Art Online with a presentation of works by Tsedaye Makonnen, whose multidisciplinary practice weaves together Black feminist histories, forced migration, and sanctuary for Black lives.
Press
31 Jul 2020
CNN
CNN Explores Ethiopian Art’s Global Rise and Features Addis Fine Art
CNN’s feature on Ethiopian art’s growing international profile highlights Addis Fine Art’s role in championing artists trained at Alle School of Fine Art and Design and warns that Ethiopia’s “goldmine” of talent is only beginning to be recognised.
Press
31 Jul 2020
Dazed
Dazed Lists Addis Fine Art Among Global Black-Owned and Founded Galleries
Dazed includes Addis Fine Art in a global list of Black-owned and founded galleries, recognising its pioneering space in Addis Ababa and its rapidly growing influence through its London programme.
Press
31 Jul 2020
Culture Type
Culture Type Profiles Tadesse Mesfin and His Pillars of Life Series
Culture Type’s feature on Tadesse Mesfin examines his Pillars of Life paintings that honour market women and their central place in community life, alongside the online exhibition.
Art Fair
08 — 15 May 2020
Frieze New York (Online)
Frieze New York 2020: Tariku Shiferaw
Addis Fine Art makes its Frieze New York debut, presenting new works from Tariku Shiferaw’s ongoing series One of These Black Boys, which draws on song titles to examine Black identity, music, and the structures shaping social and cultural experience.
Art Fair
25 — 28 Mar 2020
Art Dubai (Online)
Group Presentation: Art Dubai 2020
Following the cancellation of the physical fair, Addis Fine Art presents new works by five artists in Art Dubai’s online programme, continuing to showcase practices that address urban change, resilience, and social realities across the Horn of Africa.
Gallery Milestone
Online
Addis Fine Art Transitions to Fully Digital During COVID-19
In response to the pandemic, Addis Fine Art shifts its programme online, using digital platforms, online viewing rooms, Artsy, and social media to sustain visibility during global lockdowns.
Art Fair
05 — 08 Mar 2020
The Armory Show, New York
The Armory Show 2020: Merikokeb Berhanu
At The Armory Show, Addis Fine Art presents a solo booth of new works by Merikokeb Berhanu, further establishing her presence on major US fair stages through dense, biomorphic compositions that intertwine abstraction, bodies, and ecology.
Exhibition
02 — 30 May 2020
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Adiskidan Ambaye: Liberty
Adiskidan Ambaye’s Liberty showcases abstract sculptures constructed from layered plywood segments, whose ringed surfaces evoke tree growth rings and cyclical time, embodying her process of “sculpting from the inside out.”
Press
06 Mar 2020
Art & Object
Art & Object Highlights Merikokeb Berhanu’s Armory Show Booth with Addis Fine Art
Art & Object’s coverage of The Armory Show features Merikokeb Berhanu as one of Ethiopia’s most compelling contemporary artists, underscoring AFA’s growing on US fair platforms.
Press
02 Feb 2020
Artsy
Artsy Announces AFA as a Founding Member of Cromwell Place
Artsy reports on Cromwell Place’s founding members, noting Addis Fine Art’s strategic London expansion and positioning within the innovative shared gallery hub in South Kensington.
Exhibition
30 Dec 2019 — 15 Feb 2020
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tesfaye Urgessa: No Country for Young Men
Tesfaye Urgessa’s debut exhibition with Addis Fine Art presents a powerful series of portraits confronting the realities of being perceived as “other,” reflecting on migration, race, and identity through distorted, charged figurative compositions.
Art Fair
04 — 08 Dec 2019
Untitled, Art Miami Beach
Untitled, Art Miami Beach: Tariku Shiferaw
Addis Fine Art’s first participation at Untitled, Art Miami Beach features Tariku Shiferaw’s One of These Black Boysseries, abstract minimalist paintings that use song titles from Black musical histories to encode narratives of Black experience.
Press
03 Dec 2019
The New York Times
The New York Times Profiles Addis Fine Art’s Global Impact
The New York Times Arts section features Addis Fine Art and co-founders Mesai Haileleul and Rakeb Sile, highlighting the gallery’s role in connecting Ethiopian artists to global audiences and expanding its presence through international fairs.
Press
05 Nov 2019
Artnet
Artnet Reports Sold-Out Tizta Berhanu Booth at Art X Lagos
Artnet News notes Addis Fine Art’s strong results at Art X Lagos, reporting the sale of all eight Tizta Berhanu work to local collectors amid efforts to grow West Africa’s largest art economy.
Exhibition
25 Oct — 14 Dec 2019
Online
Wosene Worke Kosrof: Painting Amharic
The online exhibition Painting Amharic presents works by Wosene Worke Kosrof spanning six years, showcasing his signature use of Fidel script from Amharic fused with abstraction and jazz influences to explore an American–Ethiopian visual language.
Art Fair
03 — 06 Oct 2019
Somerset House, London
1–54 London 2019
At its fourth 1–54 London participation, Addis Fine Art presents new works by Tadesse Mesfin, Ermias Kifleyesus, and Merikokeb Berhanu, introducing London audiences to a dialogue between Ethiopian modernism and emergent contemporary practices.
Press
03 Oct 2019
Artnet
Artnet Highlights Merikokeb Berhanu at 1–54 LondoN
Artnet’s report from 1–54 London spotlights Merikokeb Berhanu’s booth, praising her poetic balance of figuration and abstraction and noting strong value for collectors discovering her work.
Press
02 Oct 2019
Artnet
Artnet Features AFA in “Contemporary Art From Africa Is Seizing Global Attention”
Artnet’s Intelligence Report names Addis Ababa an emerging global art hub, featuring insights from Rakeb Sile and positioning Addis Fine Art as a key force in Ethiopia’s art scene.
Press
11 Jun 2019
Artsy
Artsy Names Addis Fine Art Among “The Most Important Young Galleries in the World”
Artsy recognises Addis Fine Art as one of the world’s most important young galleries, noting its pioneering Addis Ababa base, upcoming expansion to Cromwell Place in London, and commitment to bridging local and diasporic narratives.
Art Fair
03 — 05 Oct 2019
Industria, West Village
1–54 New York 2019: Nirit Takele
In its first participation at 1–54 New York, Addis Fine Art presents new works by Ethiopian–Israeli artist Nirit Takele, introducing North American audiences to her vivid figurative paintings grounded in the lived experiences of the Beta Israel community.
Exhibition
24 Apr — 11 May 2019
Addis Fine Art Project Space, London
Merikokeb Berhanu: Beneath the Surface
Merikokeb Berhanu’s second solo exhibition with the gallery presents dense, biomorphic compositions where seeds, cells, and saplings rise through fog-like atmospheres, meditating on growth, decay, and the complexities of experience.
Press
02 Apr 2019
Christie’s
Christie’s “Artists in Focus” Features Addis Gezehagn
Christie’s profiles Addis Gezehagn, exploring his floating cityscapes and describing how his layered depictions of unplanned urban growth convey the poetry of Addis Ababa.
Exhibition
29 Jan — 23 Mar 2019
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Group Exhibition: Addis Calling III
The third edition of Addis Calling brings together works by Frew Kebede, Tizta Berhanu, and Yohannes Tesfaye, continuing the gallery’s annual survey of emerging talent from Addis Ababa.
Exhibition
25 Oct — 17 Nov 2018
Addis Fine Art Project Space, London
Nirit Takele: Flying with Angels
Nirit Takele’s exhibition presents vivid, faceted figurative paintings inspired by her Ethiopian–Israeli heritage, everyday life in the Ethiopian community, and folkloric sagas, developed following her Addis Ababa residency with Addis Fine Art.
Art Fair
04 — 07 Oct 2018
Somerset House, London
1–54 London 2018: Addis Gezehagn
At 1–54 London, Addis Fine Art presents Addis Gezehagn’s Floating Cities series, where collaged and painted city towers hover above the ground, documenting Addis Ababa’s rapidly changing urban landscape through layered architectures.
Press
Oct 2018
Culture Type
Culture Type FEATURES Addis Gezehagn’s Solo Booth at 1–54 London
Culture Type’s 1–54 London coverage singles out Addis Fine Art’s presentation of Addis Gezehagn as a key fair highlight, noting the strength of his Floating Cities works in the African art landscape.
Press
09 Sept 2018
Harper’s Bazaar
Harper’s Bazaar Arabia Profiles Addis Fine Art
Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia publishes a feature tracing the founding of Addis Fine Art by Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul, positioning the gallery as a pioneering force in Ethiopian art.
Exhibition
12 Jun — 28 Jul 2018
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tadesse Mesfin: Pillars of Life
Tadesse Mesfin’s landmark solo exhibition presents new works from his Pillars of Life series, honouring Ethiopian market women as monumental figures and affirming his influence as a leading modernist.
Art Fair
21 — 24 May 2018
Art Dubai, Madinat Jumeirah
Group Exhibition: Art Dubai 2018
Marking Addis Fine Art’s inaugural participation at Art Dubai, it presents works by Wosene Worke Kosrof and Girma Berta, introducing Ethiopian modernist painting and contemporary photography to one of the region’s most important art fairs.
Press
21 Mar 2018
The Art Newspaper
The Art Newspaper Profiles Addis Fine Art’s Influence in the Middle Eastern Market
The Art Newspaper, written by Anny Shaw, highlights Addis Fine Art’s role in expanding the visibility of modern and contemporary African art in the Middle East, featuring insights from Rakeb Sile and rising collector interest at Art Dubai.
Art Fair
15 — 18 Feb 2018
Investec Cape Town Art Fair
Group Exhibition: Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2018
Returning to Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Addis Fine Art presents works by Merikokeb Berhanu, Girma Berta, Addis Gezehagn, Wosene Worke Kosrof, and Eyerusalem Jiregna, showcasing a cross-generational of Ethiopian painting and photography.
Exhibition
30 Jan — 31 Mar 2018
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Addis Gezehagn: Floating Cities / Detached Perceptions
Addis Gezehagn’s solo exhibition brings together nine new paintings that reinterpret Addis Ababa’s evolving neighbourhoods as stacked, patchwork city towers, probing class, social space, and changing fabric of urban life.
Press
06 Sept 2017
Contemporary And
Contemporary And Features Tariku Shiferaw’s “Erase Me”
Contemporary And covers Tariku Shiferaw’s inaugural London solo exhibition Erase Me at AFA Project Space, exploring his One of These Black Boys series and its investigations of mark-making, and Black cultural narratives shaped by Hip-Hop, Jazz, and R&B.
Art Fair
05 — 08 Oct 2017
Somerset House, London
Group Presentation: 1–54 London 2017
Addis Fine Art presents Michael Tsegaye, Addis Gezehagn, and Wosene Worke Kosrof at the 1–54 London, highlighting distinctive photographic and painterly approaches to documenting cultural memory, language, and urban transformation.
Exhibition
14 Sept — 08 Oct 2017
Addis Fine Art Project Space, London
Tariku Shiferaw: Erase Me
Tariku Shiferaw’s solo exhibition Erase Me brings together works from his series “One of These Black Boys,” which investigates visibility, musical lineage, and the politics of mark-making through minimalist yet conceptually charged abstractions.
Press
06 Sept 2017
Hyperallergic
Hyperallergic Spotlights Tariku Shiferaw’s Practice
Hyperallergic profiles Tariku Shiferaw as part of a wider conversation on a new generation of Black abstract artists, examining how his restrained visual language interrogates identity, cultural inheritance, and the boundaries of abstraction.
Exhibition
10 Jun — 22 Jul 2017
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Tibebe Terffa: Enduring Spirit
This solo exhibition surveys Tibebe Terffa’s diverse painterly approaches, revealing meditative explorations of landscape, form, and spirituality through works created across different periods of his artistic journey.
Exhibition
25 Mar — 20 May 2017
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Group Exhibition: Addis Calling II
The second edition of Addis Calling features new works by Addis Gezehagn, Mulugeta Kassa, Abiy Solomon, and Bezawit Wondwosen, highlighting a dynamic selection of emerging talent from Addis Ababa’s art scene.
Art Fair
17 — 19 Feb 2017
Cape Town International Convention Centre
Group Exhibition: Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2017
Addis Fine Art participates in the fifth edition of ICTTAF, presenting works across painting, photography, and abstraction by Ethiopian artists Merikokeb Berhanu, Girma Berta, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Leikun Nahusenay, and Michael Tsegaye.
Art Fair
06 — 09 Oct 2017
Somerset House, London
First Participation: 1–54 London 2016
Addis Fine Art exhibits for the first time at 1–54 London, presenting works by Merikokeb Berhanu, Woubetu Berta, Wosene Worke Kosrof, Leikun Nahusenay, and Michael Tsegaye among at Somerset House.
Exhibition
02 Jul — 27 Aug 2016
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
First Participation: The Armory Show 2016
Addis Fine Art makes its international debut at The Armory Show, presenting works by Emanuel Tegene and becoming the first Ethiopian gallery to exhibit at this major New York fair.
Art Fair
03 — 06 Oct 2016
The Armory Show, New York
Merikokeb Berhanu: Corporeal Contemplation
Merikokeb Berhanu’s first solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art, presenting new paintings that explore themes of introspection, corporeality, and the emotional landscape of the human form.
Press
06 Sept 2016
Conceptual Fine Arts
Conceptual Fine Arts Highlights AFA at The Armory Show’s “Focus: African Perspectives”
Conceptual Fine Arts reports on The Armory Show’s Focus: African Perspectives, highlighting AFA’s role in representing Ethiopian art internationally, with insights from Emanuel Tegene.
Press
06 Sept 2016
Contemporary And
Contemporary And Features AFA in “A New Gallery Caters to Growing Interest in Ethiopian Art”
Contemporary And publishes a feature on the launch of Addis Fine Art, highlighting the gallery’s mission and the growing international interest in contemporary Ethiopian art.
Exhibition
09 Jan — 26 Mar 2016
Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa
Addis Calling: Inaugural Exhibition
Addis Fine Art launches its new gallery with Addis Calling, a group exhibition presenting seven contemporary artists working in Addis Ababa. Featuring painting, photography, and mixed media, the exhibition showcases the breadth of artistic practice in Ethiopia.
Gallery Milestone
07 Jan 2016
Addis Ababa
Founding of Addis Fine Art & Opening of Gallery
Addis Fine Art was founded by Rakeb Sile and Mesai Haileleul and opened its first permanent gallery space in Addis Ababa, marking the beginning of the gallery’s mission to champion artists from Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa.