Presented and produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria
EMERGE - The Journey: From Ancient Ethiopia to Contemporary Melbourne
An exhibition by Befekir Kebede, Sutueal Bekele & Tamirat Gebremariam
Ethiopians in Melbourne by Befekir KebedeJune 10th - June 21st
Open hours: Tues - Fri 11am - 5pm & Sat 12pm - 4pm
@ 45 Downstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, MelbourneA first time collaborative exhibition by three extraordinary Ethiopian born visual artists now resident in Melbourne, Befekir Kebede, Sutueal Bekele and Tamirat Gebramariam. Centered on the themes of migration and settlement of Ethiopians in Melbourne, this will be an exciting and innovative contemporary visual arts exhibition combining photographs, paintings, digital images and sound.
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Opening 5pm Tuesday 10 June 2008 @ 45 Downstairs Flinders Lane, Melbourne
IN THE PRESS
Life and light from far away (Emerge Review), The Age, 5 June 2008
MEDIA RELEASE
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Ethiopians in Melbourne by Befekir KebedeTHE ARTISTS
Befekir Kebede came to Australia in 1997 and has completed a Diploma in Liberal Arts (VU) and a Bachelor of Multimedia (Swinburne Uni). Befekir works as a multimedia artist designing websites, creating documentary films and photographic exhibitions.
Befekir's web site
He runs one of the most successful websites on the cultural life of Ethiopia located at http://www.ethiopianmillennium.com.
Tamirat Gebremariam arrived in Australia in 2000. On graduating from Addis Ababa University in 1993 with a Fine Arts Degree Tamirat worked as an artist exhibiting in Ethiopia, Egypt and Australia, as well as an art educator, curator and studio/gallery director. Tamirat’s work has grown out of a strong training in traditional classical painting, being an accomplished portrait painter he is now exploring the emotional potential of abstraction to reflect his personal experiences.
Sutueal Bekele is an accomplished artist who studied art at Addis Ababa Fine Arts College (Ethiopia) and Kenyata University (Kenya) and exhibited for six years as a solo refugee artist throughout Africa. Sutueal arrived in Australia in 1999 where he has widely exhibited his vividly coloured and detailed paintings of daily Ethiopian life.
PRODUCED AND PRESENTED BY
Multicultural Arts Victoria www.multiculturalarts.com.au
SUPPORTERS
The project has been generously supported by the City of Melbourne and the Victorian Multicultural Commission.