Tesfaye Bekele

Tesfaye Bekele's art is deeply connected to nostalgia and childhood memories. The conflict and struggle inherent in his artistic process manifest in the lines and forms he traces across the canvas.

Biography of Tesfaye Bekele

Tesfaye Bekele was born in 1982 in Ankober, Ethiopia. He was raised in Addis Ababa amidst a changing cultural and political landscape in the country. As a young child, he began drawing art out of curiosity as a means to document the images in his community.

In 2010, Bekele received a BFA in Art Education from Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts and Design. He continued his educational path, and in 2016, he obtained an MFA in Fine Art from Addis Ababa University, Alle School of Fine Art Design.

The artist serves as a teacher at the School of Fine Arts and participates in various group exhibitions and art workshops. His recent group exhibitions include "Unity" at Netzwerk Gallery in Trier, Germany (2022), "Expansive Corridor" at Gebre Kristos Desta Museum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021), "Behind This Face (The Human Face Evolution in Painting)" at Gravitart Gallery in Nairobi, Kenya (2019), and many more. 

Currently, Tesfaye Bekele lives and works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Tesfaye Bekele's Art Style

The artist's art is deeply connected to nostalgia and childhood memories. The conflict and struggle inherent in his artistic process manifest in the lines and forms he traces across the canvas.

He frequently paints with the canvas positioned on the ground, constructing imagined spaces to situate the body. His understanding of the structures within the human organism, gleaned from studies in biology and physiology, forms the foundation for his intuitive investigations into elaborate networks of synapses, muscles, and bones. These networks extend in skeins of entangled lines and colors applied through dripping, scratching, and pouring paint. The outcomes are potent expressions of a determination to surpass limitations and discover fulfillment in the freedoms of artistic creation.

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