Natnael Ashebir (b.1995) completed a BFA from Alle School of Fine Art and Design in 2021, a Diploma from Entoto Polytechnic College in 2016, and a certificate from Abyssinia Fine Art School in 2013. His work focuses on the relations between history, identity, culture, and urban sprawl. Ashebir works across various media including painting, digital art, drawing and photography.
He was a second-prize winner of the Emerging Painting Invitational Prize EPI 2022. He currently lives and works in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Solo Exhibition: Layers of life, Guramayne art Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021).
Group Exhibitions: Common Space, Artawi Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2024), African Photo Fair, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (2023), Antifragile, Circle art gallery, Nairobi Kenya (2023), Contemporary Ethiopia, Quoz Arts Fest, AKKA Project Dubai, UAE (2023), Ethiopian Highlight, Artsy Show, Circle Art Gallery Nairobi, Kenya (2022), Young vigour, ETmetro Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2022), Ties that bind us, The cowrie culture, Accra, Ghana (2022), ART X Lagos, The Dada Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria (2021), BFA Graduation show, ASFAD, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2021), Memorial No 7, Italian Cultural Institution, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018), Bloom, Laphto Contemporary Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018), Reflection 3, Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2018), Three generation, Fendika Cultural Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2017), Reflection 2, Denq Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2017), Reflection 1, Taza Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2017), National Theatre Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2013).