Artist

Bio

Born in 1971, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
1988 - 1993 : School of Fine Arts, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2003 - 2005 : Stipendium DAAD, Berlin, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Solo Exhibition, Galerie Exler, Frankfurt
2013 Von dort bis hier, Listros, Berlin;
2011 Empty Room, Kirchengemeinde "Zum Guten Hirten", Berlin;
2010 Empty Room, Galerie am Schloss, Berlin;
Alliance Ethio-Française, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
2008 Kunsthof Darnstedt, Stendal, Germany;
2007 The Secret, Art Center Berlin;
Instant, Alliance Ethio-Francaise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
2006 The Red Carpet, South Side Residency Program Dallas, USA;
Fertility, Goethe-Institut Gebrekristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
2005 Breath, Alem Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
2004 La Casella, Eco Country Resort, Umbria, Italy;
2002-2003 ENGDA I, Zion Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
1998, 2000, 2003 ENGDA II, Alliance Ethio-Francaise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
1997, 1998, 2003 Spiritual Ethiopian Painting, Impressions of an Ethiopian in Berlin,
Magic Pillars, Portraits, Studio am Schloss, Berlin;
1996 Goethe-Institut, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
2012 Flying, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin;
Summer Show 2012, Skoto Gallery, New York
What makes you white? What makes you black?, Verein Berliner Künstler, Berlin;
2009 Mentalitäten, Salemer Kulturfestival, Schloss Salem, Konstanz, Germany;
2007-2008 Ethiopian Millennium Exhibition, Studio am Schloss, Berlin;
2007 Bilder für die Natur, GTZ Eschborn, Germany;
Africa today, Rome, Italy;
2006 Äthiopien und Deutschland. Sehnsucht nach der Ferne, National Ethnographic Collection,
GRASSI Museum, Leipzig, Germany;
2005 Africani in Africa, National Gallery Firenze, Florence, Italy;
Across Oceans, "The Black Academy of Arts and Letters", Dallas, USA;
You saw one - you know all, Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin;
2004 Sculture, Galleria Spazia, Bologne;
2003 For Black History Month, City Hall, London, UK;
2002 Feuer, Wasser, Erde, Luft, GTZ Eschborn, Germany;
2001 Tribal soul contemporary African Art, Galleria Spazia, Bologna, Italy;
Galerie Exler, Frankfurt, Germany;
2000 Il Ritorno dei Maghi, Palazzo Deisette, Orvieto, Italy;
Galerie Adler, Köln, Germany;
Roccardi Umbertide, Perugia, Italy;
Taitu Art Center, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia;
1999 Bridges, Heinrich-Böll-Foundation, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia;
1998 Bilder aus Ethiopien, GTZ-Eschborn, Germany;
1995 St. George Art Gallery, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia;
1993 Graduation Art Works, Fine Arts School, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

ART FAIRS
2014 Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
2013 Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
2012 Art Bodensee, Dornbirn
2001 MiArt, MiArt International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, Millan, Italy;

OPEN SPACE
2013 Der Rat der Welt, bis 2013 im Bürgerpark Altes Grün, Stadt Kenzingen

Press

Das vollendete Kunstwerk soll wie ein Raum wirken, Badische Zeitung. 27.8.2011

Video

Metropolis. ARTE - WDR 2015 (Autor: Horst Brandenburg. Kamera: Benjamin Wistorf, Schnitt: Frédéric Sapart)
David Dibiah's Thinktraces Studio. Interview : Engdaget. 2014
Engdaget Ethniopian Artist "Berlin". A Film by Peter Bennett. Camera Julia Geiss, Robert Neumann. 2012.
Empty Rooms. 2011. Engdaget Legesse.

Texts

2012 Own catalog;
2010 Künstler Überschreiten Grenzen, Kunsthof Dahrenstedt, Germany;
2007 Africa today, Rome, Italy;
2005 Africani in Africa, Luca Faccenda et Marco Parri, Exhibition's catalog,
National Gallery Firenze, Florence, Italy;
2001 Tribal soul contemporary African Art, Gallery Spazia, Bologna;
2000 Il Ritorno dei Maghi, Palazzo Deisette, Orvieto, Italy.