Bekele Mekonnen, an associate professor at the Ethiopian Fine Art School, stands as one of Ethiopia’s most revered ...

Life puts you in a position that tears you apart: the question of survival on one hand and the artistic call on the other. I think that is the dilemma facing most exiled artists of Ethiopian descent.

The Guya family represents a profound legacy in the landscape of Ethiopian art, bearing witness to the concept that art is not merely a profession, but an intrinsic part of one's identity. This family ...