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PRINCE MERID TAFESSE

PRICE LIST FOR FENDIKA EXHIBITION

JULY 2020

1. I CAN’T BREATHE #1

1M X 70CM

OIL ON PAPER

$ 2,875.00

2. NEW BLACK PANTHER

1M X 70CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$ 2,875.00

3. UNTITLED A

36CM X 28CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$750.00

4. COVID SERIES #1

36CM X 28CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$750.00

5. COVID SERIES #2

62CM X 46CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$750.00

6. UNTITLED B

75CM X 62CM

OIL ON BOARD

$2,895.00

7. COVID SERIES #3

 75CM X 62CM

OIL ON BOARD

$2,950.00

8. GUNS FOR FLOWERS

80CM X 62CM

CHARCOAL ON BOARD

$2,500.00

9. STAND OFF

80CM X 62CM

CHARCOAL ON BOARD

$2,500.00

10. I CAN’T BREATHE #2

80CM X 62CM

MIXED MEDIA ON BROWN PAPER

$1,900.00

11. COVID SERIES #4

29CM X 21CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$500.00

12. HIS-STORY

80CM X 62CM

CHARCOAL ON BOARD

$1900.00

13. WHAT DA F#@K IS DIS?

62CM X 45CM

CHARCOAL ON PAPER

$950.00

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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://rollingout.com/2019/06/11/gallery-guichard-gives-ethiopian-artist-the-royal-treatment-in-solo-exhibit/

https://www.carredartistes.com/en/blog/africa-refreshs-its-art-n127

https://www.zomamuseum.org/artists.html

https://africanah.org/wonder/

https://creativeloafing.com/content-214821-Ethiopia's-Merid-Tafesse-exhibits-new-paintings-at-the-King-Center

https://arefe.wordpress.com/tag/merid-tafesse/

https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/a-addis-de-jeunes-artistes-contemporains-veulent-depoussierer-l-art-ethiopien-15-04-2013-1655155_3.php

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-01-ca-7054-story.html