PRINCE MERID TAFESSE
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PRINCE MERID TAFESSE DAMTEW
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Prince Merid Tafesse Damtew
Date of Birth: March 29, 1974
Nationality: Ethiopian
Educational Background
Addis Abeba University School of Fine Art and Design – 1994 to1998
Misrak Abdekaly Comprehensive Technical High School - 1989 to 1993
Experience
Studio Artist – Kazanches Residence/Studio. 1999 to present.
Art Director - DYMDC & Associates Children’s Village Project – Organize and supervise artist’s and children’s art activities, advise on exhibits and workshops. 2005 to 2015.
Co-Coordinator - Unity University College’s International Art Exhibition Committee June 2006 to August 2006.
Co-Curator – D.Y.M.D.C. Children’s Village, Addis Abeba, 2005-2009.
Co-Curator - Majestic Equality Fine Art Group Exhibition, Taitu Hotel, Addis Abeba, 2005.
Instructor - Asni Gallery – Basic drawing and art skills for adult private and group sessions. Addis Abeba, 2001.
Books Illustrated & Catalogues
I Love Locks – Children’s Book Illustrator. USA, 2011; 2nd edition for OHCHR and AU, Addis Abeba and Geneva, 2018.
RAS TAFARI: The Majesty & The Movement – Art in catalogue. D.Y.M.D.C. 2014.
Bridges International Exhibition Catalogue – Art in catalogue. Embassy of Portugal UNECA. 2013.
Poets of Yesterday and Tomorrow – Illustrator. Published by Alliance Ethio – Francais, Paris, France, 2005.
100 Year Commemoration of Arthur Rambo – Illustrator for Rambo Museum Harar, Ethiopia, 2005.
Museum and other Commissions/Collections
Coca Cola – Wall Art Mural, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018 and 2019.
UNOHCHR – Original Art for 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights unveiled by President of Ghana, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2018
USA Embassy in Addis Abeba, Permanent Collections. 2016
Embassy of Denmark, Permanent Collections. 2015
National Museum of Ethiopia – RAS TAFARI: The Majesty & The Movement, Addis Abeba, 2014.
Red Terror Martyr’s Museum - Permanent Paintings and drawings on display, Addis Abeba, 2010.
Modern Museum Of Art (MOMA) Archives – Charcoal Drawings, New York, 2004.
National Museum of Ethiopia – Permanent Archives – Drawings on Evolution in the Rift Valley Addis Abeba, 1999.
Exhibitions/Events
LEFT HAND – Solo Show, Alliance Ethio-Francaise, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. 2020
A STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS – Solo Show, Gallery Guichard, Chicago, Illinois. 2019
70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Group Show, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) – Addis Abeba, 2018
Rays – Solo – Guaramayne Art Center, Addis Abeba, 2017
Untitled – Solo – Dinq Art Gallery, Addis Abeba, 2016
Stream of Consciousness – Solo - Lela Gallery – Addis Abeba, 2016
ART| 420 – Group – Henao Art Center, Orlando, Fl. 2016
Tizita – Group- Art of Black, for Miami Art Basel, Miami, 2015
RAS TAFARI: The Majesty & The Movement – National Museum of Ethiopia, Historic and contemporary group exhibition. May –June 2014.
EXPAT EXPERIENCE, Solo - Radisson Blu Hotel, Addis Abeba, September 2013.
Space, Facts, Reality - Lela Gallery – Group Addis Abeba, April 2013.
Bridges International Exhibition- Group National Museum of Ethiopia, Embassy of Portugal Collection. March 2013.
Don’t Ask Me Why - Lela Gallery –Solo Exhibit. Addis Abeba, December 2012.
National Museum of Ethiopia – Solo Exhibit May 2012.
University of Miami CAS Gallery – Group African Artists of the Diaspora, February 2012.
Wynwood Art District for Miami Art Basel – Duo Performance Art with Jinmmy Malcolm, Native Films Production, Miami December 2011.
Martin Luther King Jr. Center, - Duo with Fahamu Pecou, Atlanta, November 2011.
De Ja Vous Too! – Solo Red Terror Martyr’s Museum Gallery, Addis Abeba, April 2011.
11/4/08 Group Exhibit – Damon Dash DD172 Gallery, New York City. October 2010.
George Washington Carver Gallery – Solo Brooklyn, NY October 2010.
Red Creative Studio & Lambert Street Studio - Solo Atlanta, GA. September, 2010.
Heart of Art – Solo University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 2010.
H*OTEL DYSTOPIA @ Al Bastakiya Art Fair - Group Exhibition – Dubai. March, 2010.
Symbol – Solo at Zemen Bank, Addis Ababa. October, 2009.
A Rush! – Solo – D.Y.M.D.C. Children’s Village, Addis Abeba, April 21st 2009.
4th African International Media Summit – Group show at African Union and Sheraton Addis. March 2009.
Greatmore Studios Thupelo Residency - Art residency/exhibition Cape Town, South Africa May to July 2008.
Telluride, Colorado Private show/Auction– Ethiopian Family Fund - July 2008.
UNDP Stop Early Childhood Marriage – Group Exhibition Meskel Square, Addis Abeba March 2008.
Zero Gravity –Group Exhibition at Lela Gallery, Addis Ababa March 2007.
View of Corners – Duo Exhibition with French artist Frederic Empis at Alliance Ethio Francais, Addis Abeba November 2006.
Tour of Africa – Ethio-Francais Alliance Group Exhibition to 20 African cities October to July 2006.
Seven Years in Black and White – Solo Exhibition D.Y.M.D.C. Children’s Village, Addis Abeba April 2006.
Africa Unite Bob Marley’s 60th Birthday Commemorative Exhibition – Group - Alem Gallery 2005.
Gelay – Group - Alliance Ethio Francais, Addis Abeba 2004.
Untitled - Group - Alem Gallery, Addis Abeba – 2004.
Selected Drawings – Group – Alliance Ethio Francais Paris, France 2004.
Wood, Fire, Charcoal – Solo - Alliance Ethio Francais, Addis Abeba 2003.
Gizeyahwe #1 – Group and Public Painting – Curated by Mesekerm Assegued. Meskel Square, Addis Abeba 2003.
Three Generations – Group Art Space @ Sheraton Hotel Addis Abeba 2002.
Africa Children’s Legends - Group – Rome, Italy 2002.
Eighty Portraits – Group -Taitu International 2002.
Existence – Group Taitu International, Addis Abeba 2001.
Black On White – Solo Asni Gallery, Addis Abeba 2001.
Black Flag – Residency and solo in Jerusalem, Israel 1999.
MEDIA LINKS
http://www.tadias.com/06/17/2019/summer-previews-of-ethiopian-art-in-the-diaspora-media-roundup/
https://www.carredartistes.com/en/blog/africa-refreshs-its-art-n127
https://www.zomamuseum.org/artists.html
https://arefe.wordpress.com/tag/merid-tafesse/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-01-ca-7054-story.html