Exhibition · Kristin Hjellegjerde
Dawit Abebe
Barefoot (ባዶ እግር)
Jan 16 – Feb 15
About the show
Kristin Hjellegjerde is pleased to present this exhibition by Dawit Abebe entitled Barefoot (ባዶ እግር).
Dawit Abebe (b. 1978, Ethiopia) graduated from the Alle School of Fine Art and Design, part of Addis Ababa University, with a diploma in painting, sculpture, graphics, photography, and industrial design in 2001.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) Barefoot (ባዶ እግር), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2025); የእጃችንን “Hands Matter”, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2023); መጠን "The Balance of Things", Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2022); Long Hands, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin (2021); Edit, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020); Mutual Identity, Addis Fine Art Gallery, Addis Ababa (2018); Liminal in the age of Mobile-ty, 68 Projects, Berlin (2018); “Quo Vadis?”, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2017); Volta Art Fair, with Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Pier 90, New York (2016); Background 2, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2015); Background 1, Lela Gallery, Addis Ababa (2014) and X Privacy, Alliance Ethio-Française, Addis Ababa (2012).
About Kristin Hjellegjerde
Kristin’s commitment to fostering cross-cultural dialogues has led to bold and impactful exhibitions both within her own gallery spaces and at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium where she curated ‘Kubatana’, the largest show dedicated to African artists ever staged in Scandinavia, and will stage her second major museum exhibition, focusing on Latin American artists, in 2028.
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