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