Born 1973 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
EDUCATION:
Graduate of the School of Fine Arts, Addis Ababa
University, Ethiopia 1995
EXHIBITIONS:
1995 - Residence of the Cultural Attaché of the US Embassy, Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia Alliance Ethio-Francaise, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1996 - Africa Hall Rotunda, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
Blue
Tops, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ethiopian
National Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Group exhibition)
American
Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1997 - Pan Africa Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Group
exhibition)
German
Cultural Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1998 - Hotel Hilton, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1999 - Hotel Sheraton, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
UCD,
Dublin, Ireland
2000 - Le Petit Paris, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2001 - Taitu International Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
(Group
exhibition)
2002 - Galerie Alternance-Guy Lignier, Hardelot, France
Galerie
Daniel Besseiche, Paris, France (Group exhibition)
2003 - Galerie Daniel Besseiche, Courchevel, France (Group
exhibition)
American
Embassy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
National
Museum of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Galerie
Daniel Besseiche, Pont-Aven, France (Group exhibition)
Galerie
Daniel Besseiche, Dinard, France (Group exhibition)
Tina's
Gallery, North Potomac, USA (Group exhibition)
2004 - Galerie Alternance-Guy Lignier, Hardelot, France
Brest
2004, Brest, France (Group exhibition)
Nevin
Kelly Gallery, Washington DC, USA
SELECT AWARDS:
1986 - Award in International Children'S Art Competition, Beijing,
China
1994 - Award for the creation of a poster against Aids, Addis
Ababa,
Ethiopia
1995 - Award in a national competition for the creation of two
posters in
the
program "Population and Development" sponsored by the
office
of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
1997 - Award from the Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation, Montreal,
Canada
2002 - Award from the Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation, Montreal,
Canada
PRESS AND FILM:
Fikru and his art have been the feature of numerous articles in
newspapers and magazines in Ethiopia and France. In 1998, an
18-minute program titled "Fikru and his Life," was produced by
Ethiopian Television, and Fikru was featured on French television
in June 2004 in connection with his solo exhibition in Hardelot. A
free-lance documentary film maker in Washington, DC is currently
filming Fikru's preparation for the exhibition at the Nevin Kelly
Gallery with an eye towards preparing a documentary about the
artist.
