Aïda Muluneh

Aïda Muluneh (born 1974) is an Ethiopian photographer and contemporary artist,[1][2][3] based in Addis Ababa.[4] She does commercial work, as well as photojournalism in Addis Ababa and elsewhere.[4]

Muluneh has won the European Union Prize at African Photography Encounters and the CRAF International Award of Photography.

Biography

Muluneh was born in Ethiopia.[4] She spent her childhood in the UK, Yemen and Greece / Cyprus, before settling in Canada.[4][5]

She received her BA in film, radio, and television from Howard University in 2000.[1][2] After her studies she worked as a photojournalist at The Washington Post[1][4] and since then her work has been shown in many publications.[6]

She has since returned to Ethiopia and is based in Addis Ababa.[4]

Muluneh founded Developing and Educating Societies Through the Arts (DESTA) through which she continues to facilitate and expand cultural projects.[1][2][3][4]

Her work has been exhibited at the National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC. One of her pieces was selected as the poster picture for The Divine Comedy, Contemporary African Artists travelling exhibition.

She is the founder and director of the international photography festival Addis Foto Fest,[1][2] a biennial exhibition of global photography.[4]

Publications

Publications by Muluneh

  • Ethiopia: Past, Forward. Brussels: Africalia Editions and Roularta, 2009. ISBN 9789086792009. With an introduction and text by Eddy Boutmans and Simon Njami. Text in English, Dutch and French.
  • The World is 9. Johannesburg: David Krut, 2016. OCLC 1021854566. Includes "A stronger light" by Lemn Sissay. In English with subtitles also in Amharic.

Publications with contributions by Muluneh

  • Firecrackers: Female Photographers Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. By Fiona Rogers and Max Houghton. ISBN 978-0500544747.

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Ethiopia Past/forward, Christiansand Kunstforening, Christianssand, 2011
  • The World is 9, David Krut Projects, New York City, 2016
  • Work from The World is Nine and 99 Series, VivaneArt, Calgary, part of Alberta’s Exposure Photography Festival, 2017[4][8]

Group exhibitions

  • Ethiopian Passages - Dialogues in the Diaspora, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2003[7]
  • Imágenes Havana, Havana, Cuba, 2003[7]
  • 8th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2005
  • Body of Evidence (Selections from the Contemporary African Art Collection), National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 2006
  • Spot on..., ifa-Galerie Berlin, 2008
  • Spot On… Bamako, Vii. African Photography Encounters, ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, 2009
  • Always Moving Forward, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON, 2010
  • The Divine Comedy - Heaven, Purgatory And Hell Revisited By Contemporary African Artists, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, 2014; SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
  • 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, David Krut Projects Booth, Brooklyn, New York, 2016
  • I love Africa, Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo, Austria, 2018[3][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Aïda Muluneh: founder and director Addis Foto Fest, Canada/Ethiopia". World Press Photo. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kiunguyu, Kylie (27 August 2018). "Ethiopia's Acclaimed Photographer Aida Muluneh Uses Visual Art to Share Her Heritage". AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 2018-08-30 – via AllAfrica.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Helen's Heroine - Aïda Muluneh". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Coloured skin: the body art of Aida Muluneh – in pictures". The Guardian. 21 February 2017. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Watch: 'Nterini' from our next cover star, Fatoumata Diawara". Songlines. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  6. ↑ "Aida Muluneh: Changing the narrative on Ethiopia, one photo at a time". CNN Style. 2018-08-20. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  7. 1 2 3 4 ""The testament to one's strength is determined on what we choose to do with the challenges that we face" - Addis Standard". Addis Standard. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  8. ↑ "Aida Muluneh - VivianeArt". vivianeart.gallery. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
  9. ↑ "Africa, Baden and Honorary Fellows". Royal Photographic Society. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
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