Berlin-Stipendium 2016 — Bildende Kunst

Robel Temesgen

1987 Born in Dessie, Ethiopia

2010 BFA in painting, Ale School of Fine Arts and Design, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia

2015  MA in contemporary art, Academy of Contemporary Art and Creative Writing, University of Tromsø, Norway

Robel Temesgen lives in Ethiopia

www.robeltemesgen.com

Awards, Prizes, Fellowships and Grants

2014–2015 
Quota Scheme, two-year scholarship, Tromso, Norway

2011 
Artist in Residence, Zoma Contemporary Art Center, Harla, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Freedom from Fear, Norman Rockwell Foundation, US Embassy, Addis Abeba,               
Ethiopia

2010 
Gold Medal for Outstanding Student of the Year, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia

2009  
Ethio-Japan Relations one-year scholarship

 

Awards, Prizes, Fellowships and Grants

2014–2015 
Quota Scheme, two-year scholarship, Tromso, Norway

2011  
Artist in Residence, Zoma Contemporary Art Center, Harla, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Freedom from Fear, Norman Rockwell Foundation, US Embassy, Addis Abeba,               
Ethiopia

2010  
Gold Medal for Outstanding Student of the Year, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia

2009  
Ethio-Japan Relations one-year scholarship

Solo Exhibitions (selection)

2016  
Adbar, Tiwani Contemporary, London (upcoming)

2015  
Adbar, Kurant Visningsrom, Tromsø, Norway

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2015  
Addis International Video Art Festival, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
MFA Show, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
Art Future/Future Signs, Riga, Latvia
Mondo, Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF), Svolvaer, Norway
Cinema Lada, Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Cinema Extension, RomeAfrica Film Festival, Rome
Grounded in Movement, Lumen Festival, New York, NY
Øyet I Handen, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo

2014  
Old News, Festival of Future Nows, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Freskt Kjott, Gallery Kurant, Tromsø, Norway
Collaborative Attempt, Gallery Snerk, Tromsø, Norway
Addis Art Fair, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

2013  
Fana Wogi, Modern Art Museum/Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Quansa Revisited, Listros Gallery, Berlin
50th Anniversary of the African Union, National Museum, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Heart to Heart from Rome to Addis, National Theatre Gallery, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

2012  
Jan Meda, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Café Town (two-person show with Emanuel Tegene), National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Survivart Exhibition, Gallerea Meinblau, Berlin
Ethiopian Visual Artists Association, Laphto Center, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

2011
Summer Festival, video documentary, Berlin
Free Thought #1, Nesta Art Village/Alliance Ethio-Français, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Four Freedoms, US Embassy, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

2010 
50th Anniversary of African Independence, Paris
BFA Graduation Show, ASFAD, Addis Abeba University, Ethiopia
2009 Listro Project, international artists, Berlin
Love Project, the art of artists’ books, Ethiopia/Zimbabwe/USA