Painting · Alumni

Dawit Tesfaye

Contemporary Painter

Dawit Tesfaye works at the intersection of memory and abstraction, layering pigment and found textile into large canvases that meditate on urban Addis and its shifting identities.

Education & Background

BFA, Alle School of Fine Arts & Design, Addis Ababa University

Exhibitions & Awards

Solo: 'Interior Weather', Zoma Museum (2025)
Group: 'New Addis', National Museum of Ethiopia (2023)

Selected Works