For African artists wishing to show their work to an international audience, interrogation and mistreatment are part of the equation—even after they have jumped the hurdles of sponsorship and visas. Boundaries Bound is about the unjust limitations that prevent African artists and people from traveling and exploring the world freely, a protestation against the freedom of movement that most Africans don’t have.
I was born in 1970 in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. I studied painting at the Alle School of Fine Arts and Design of Addis Ababa University. I have participated in several local and international solo and group exhibitions; among many, “WAX and GOLD” Performance Art in a Public Spaces, Addis Ababa, the Goethe Institute Addis Ababa, Asni Gallery Addis Ababa, Virginia Creative Center for the Arts (VCCA), USA, Volkshochschule Leipzig Germany, Studio Am Schloss Berlin, “1st Tbilisi Triennial-Offside Effect” in Tbilisi Georgia, Landes Museum in Bonn Germany, “BOLERO” Part of MANIFESTA 9 Parallel Events at TVL café / Bibliotheek, Genk Belgium, “9th Dakart Biennale 2010” Dakar, Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Italy. I have also participated in several artistic workshops and residency programs.
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