Ashenafe Mestika

Ashenafe is mostly interested in painting, drawing, and photography to express his thoughts and experiences. He considers himself a figure enthusiast, and as such, human figures are central to his work; they are the primary subject matter with other elements that he incorporates into his works, and he wants the figures to have their own universe, a space where they can be themselves or as he imagines them to be.

EDUCATIONAL

2017 – 2020 AAU Alle School of Fine Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ethiopia

2008 - 2010 Entoto Polytechnic College 10+3 Diploma, Fine Arts/Painting, Ethiopia

SOLO EXHIBITION

2024

"አሟሟቴን አሳምርልኝ" "Grant me my sovereign death" at Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2022

“Traces of a Moment” at Guramayne Art Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2015

“Strong Emotions and Expressions” Galleria TO. MO. CA. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

GROUP EXHIBITION

2024

“Water in Ethiopia” at the Modern Art Museum-Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2023

"Echoes of Abyssinia" at the National Museum of Unification Alba Iulia, Romania

“ANTIFRAGILE” East African artist at Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

“Contemporary Ethiopia” at Quoz Arts Fest 2023, AKKA Project Dubai, Dubai, UAE

2022

“Water in Ethiopia” Photography Exhibition at Goethe-Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“YOUNG VIGOR” at Ethiopian Metropolitan Gallery Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

“Triangular Relationship” RED Door Galley

2021

“Addis Contemporary II 6 Years On” Circle art gallery, Nairobi, Kenya

2020

AAU Alle School of Fine Art & Design, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

2018

MILLERNTOR GALLERY#8, Hamburg, Germany

2017

MILLERNTOR GALLERY #1 Kampala Uganda

MILLERNTOR GALLERY#7, Hamburg, Germany

2016

“HEXAGON” Laphto Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

MILLERNTOR GALLERY#6, Hamburg, Germany

2015

MILLERNTOR GALLERY#5, Hamb...