Tizta Berhanu

With training as a figurative painter, Tizta Berhanu employs the medium to explore human emotions introspectively.

Biography of Tizta Berhanu

Tizta Berhanu was born in 1991 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 2008, she received a Certificate in painting from Enlightenment Art Academy in Addis Ababa. Later, in 2019, she obtained a BFA in Painting from Addis Ababa University, Alle School of Fine Arts, where she studied under the guidance of the influential modernist painter Tadesse Mesfin.

In 2016, she served as a teaching assistant at Alle School of Fine Arts and Design, AAU. In 2020, she participated in Art Dubai 2020 Residents. 

Her recent solo exhibitions include "Synthesis of Souls" at Addis Fine Art in London in 2023, "Living Portraits" at Tonya Art Gallery in Seattle in 2017, and "Features of Emotions" at Lela Contemporary Art Gallery in Addis Ababa in 2017, among others.

Tizta Berhanu has also showcased her paintings at various art fairs, including That Art Fair in Cape Town (2016), Addis Art Fair at Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa (2014), and Cutlog Art Fair at Atelier Richelieu in Paris (2013).

Tizta Berhanu's Art Style 

With training as a figurative painter, Tizta Berhanu employs the medium to introspectively delve into human emotions. In her works, figures convey a range of sentiments; some find comfort and embrace, while others appear isolated, searching against the enigmatic canvases.

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All my artworks are derived directly or indirectly from my lived experience. For me it is impossible to do an imaginative work devoid of lived experience. For instance my works revolving around love involve my direct lived experience and belief; what goes through my head are intensified and impressed up on my works.
Tizta Berhanu for shado

Berhanu's paintings are filled with vivid colors flowing across the canvases through the use of heavy, undefined brush strokes. She portrays subjects expressing love, hate, sadness, and loneliness, inviting the observer into moments of vulnerability and intimacy.

Executed with expressive swirling brush strokes, Berhanu's work exudes a dreamlike atmosphere. The figures navigate through a tide of vibrant and subdued colors, with only their lips, weighted eyelids, and reassuringly outstretched hands clearly defined against the luminous haze.

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Some are people I capture with my camera while others are models, acquaintances or friends. The main thing is though I don’t use the exact copy of the captured models. When I start to paint I merge and combine different faces and bodies until I land on my intended mark. I also use the modern gift of the Internet to search for figures.
Tizta Berhanu for "She Curates"
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