The cities and landscapes that shaped Afewerk Tekle and carried his work into the world.
The ancient royal capital of Shewa, set high on a ridge in the Ethiopian highlands. Afewerk Tekle was born here on Octob…
The city where Afewerk lived and worked for most of his adult life. Home of Villa Alpha, Africa Hall, and the National M…
Afewerk studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Slade School of Fine Art. England gave him technique an…
The Uffizi Gallery holds a work by Afewerk in its permanent collection — a distinction that made him the first African a…
The Musée d'Art Moderne holds works by Afewerk. His relationship with French artistic culture — which he both admired an…