Mulugeta Gebrekidan Fine Artist Portfolio

Mulugeta Gebrekidan -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Mulugeta is a graduate of Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts & Design with a diploma in Painting (1992).
He is an independent artist works in his private studio called Minab Art Studio based in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. As part time bases he works as a graphic designer and illustrator for vireos organizations. He has successfully exhibited and sold his work in Berlin, Hamburg, Leipzig, Washington DC, Virginia and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Exhibitions

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005: Virginia Creative Center for the Arts (VCCA), USA.

2005: Volkshochschule Leipzig, Germany.

2005: Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008: “Abro Ethiopia-Embryo” Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa.

2008: “Free Art-Filega 2” Gebrekristos Desta Center, Goethe
         Institute of Addis Ababa.

2007: “Ethiopian New Millennium Exhibition” Studio Am Schloss,
         Berlin, Germany.

2007: “Freedom In Love” a Performance Art Exhibition, on the
         Occasion of Celebrating Partnership Between the European
         Union and the African Union at Addis Ababa City Hall, Addis
         Ababa.

2006: Saron art Studio, Addis Ababa.

2005: Ethiopian Community Development Center, Washington DC,
        USA.

2005: Galerie Peter Herrmann, Berlin, Germany.

2004: Alem Gallery (‘Africa Unite’ in celebration of Bob Marley’s
        60th Birthday Art Festival), Addis Ababa.

2004: Bulgarian Embassy, Addis Ababa.

2004: Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts & Design.

2004: Goethe Institute of Addis Ababa.

2004: One-day exhibition, organized by the Asia-Africa-
         Institute of Hamburg University (Asien-Afrika Institut,
         Universitaet Hamburg), at the Museum of Art & Handicraft
         (Museum fuer Kunst und Gewerbe), Hamburg, Germany.

2003: Studio Am Schloss, Berlin, Germany.

2003: Hamburg University, Germany.

2003: “OLOMPIACOS” Greek Club, Addis Ababa.

2002: Addis Ababa Hilton International.

1995: Mekele (Northern part of Ethiopia).

1992: Addis Ababa National Museum.

Residency

2005: August and September, Virginia Creative Center for the Arts
(VCCA), USA.

Projects

1992 - Present: Professional studio artist.

2005 - Present: Background artist and voice actor, Whiz Kids
             Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2001 - 2003: Illustrator, cartoonist, designer "Brilliant Children's
             Newsletter” Two Wings Academy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2001 - 2003: Computer graphics artist, Unity University College,
             Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

1999 - 2000: Stage designer, make up artist, costume designer
            Tigray Theatre Enterprise, Tigray, Ethiopia

1995 - 2000: Workshop designer and trainer in arts education
            for GTZ/PEAP (German development program),
            USAID/BESSO (US development program), Tigray, Ethiopia.

1993 - 1995: Fine arts curriculum developer and illustrator for
           educational materials Tigray Bureau of Education, Tigray,
           Ethiopia.