Michael Tsegaye

Michael Tsegaye
Michael Tsegaye
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Michael Tsegaye wearing a hat
Birth name Michael Tsegaye
Born April 26, 1975(1975-04-26)
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia
Nationality Ethiopian
Field Photography

Michael Tsegaye (born 1975 in Addis Abeba) is an Ethiopian artist and photographer. Much of his work presents a glimpse of life in contemporary Ethiopia, although an extended catalogue of his images come from his travels abroad.

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Biography

Michael Tsegaye grew up in Addis Abeba where he attended Cathedral High School. He enrolled in the Economics Department of Addis Abeba University before transferring to its School of Fine Arts and Design. There, he received his diploma in painting in 2002, but soon gave up painting after he developed a severe allergy to oil paint.[1] He subsequently found his passion in photography. He currently lives and works in Addis on a freelance basis.

Exhibited works

Group exhibitions

  • 2011
  • 2010
  • African Journey, Galerie Sanaa. Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Selam Arts Festival. Toronto, Canada.
  • Visual Arts: Africa-World. Luanda, Angola.
  • Arte invisible/ARCO. Madrid, Spain.
  • H*tel Dystopia Room #25/55: Al Bastakiya Art Fair. Dubai, UAE.
  • 2009
  • Aksum Rediscovered: the Reinstallation of the Obelisk, UNESCO House. Paris, France.
  • Sicherheit Entwickeln–Entwicklung Sichern, GTZ House. Berlin, Germany.
  • Spot on …Bamako VII. Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie, Institute for 2009: Foreign Cultural Relations. Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 2008
  • Snap Judgments: Nieuwe standpunten in hedendaagse Afrikaans fotografie / New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, Het Stedelijk 2008 : 2008 : Museum. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Snap Judgments : New Positions in Contemporary African Photography, Brooks 2008 : Museum of Art. Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
  • 2007
  • Africa=Hot, Oude Kerk, World Press Photo Exhibition. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Africa=Hot, Tour & Taxis, World Press Photo Exhibition. Brussels, Belgium.
  • VII Rencontres Afrcaines de la photographie: In the city and beyond. Bamako, Mali.
  • Ethiopia on the Move, National Museum of Ethnology. Leiden, Netherlands.
  • Engineering Tomorrow, Addis Ababa University, Faculty of Technology. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography. Museo Tamayo. Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 2006
  • Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography. Miami Art Central. Miami, Florida, USA.
  • Snap Judgments: New Positions in Contemporary African Photography. International Centre of Photography. New York, USA.
  • Kwas Meda, Goethe-Institute, Gebrekristos Desta Centre. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 2005
  • Religious Ceremonies, Royal Netherlands Embassy. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Colours In Us, Alliance Éthio-Française. Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
  • 2004
  • Expressions 2, Bulgarian Embassy. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Guramayle, Alem Art Gallery. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Expressions, Alem Art Gallery. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Art for Solidarity, German School. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 2003
  • Foreign, Goethe-Institute, Gebrekristos Desta Centre. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Self-portrait, Alliance Éthio-Française. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Faces and Identities, Goethe-Institute. Gebrekristos Desta Centre, Addis Ababa.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2011
  • Medecins Sans Frontiers, National Museum. Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
  • 2008
  • Made in Ethiopia, GTZ Headquarters. Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 2007
  • Facets, Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Made in Ethiopia, Engineering Capacity Building Program (ecbp). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 2003
  • Out of the Blue, Goethe-Institute, Gebrekristos Desta Centre. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 2002
  • Visions of Addis, Goethe-Institute, Gebrekristos Desta Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Publications

  • 2011
  • 2009
  • Im blauen Lichtder Zukunft, DIE ZEIT, 29 January 2009
  • Ethiopia Shuts Down Coffee Exporters, New York Times Monday, April 6, 2009
  • 2008
  • Front cover, World Heritage Magazine, nos 51, October 2008
  • 2004
  • Front cover image African Politics magazine (France)

Awards

In 2011, Michael Tsegaye won the first place award for the European Union-African Union Professional Photography Competition as a representative for Eastern Africa.[2] He was also an artist-in-residence at the Thami Mnyele Foundation in 2010.[3]

References

External links

  1. Michael Tsegaye : Official Website
  2. "Working Girls." Photoquai 2011.
  3. "The Bathers." Culture and Climate Change, Goethe Institute.
  4. Interview. Africultures.com. 2010.
  5. Ethiopian photography.

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