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| City Life by Muluneh |
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| Romance is Dead |
‘Romance
is Dead’ is piece by Aida Muluneh, an Ethiopian artist based in Addis Ababa. She
was
born in Ethiopia in 1974. She left the country at a young age and spent an
itinerant childhood between Yemen and Canada. After a few years in a
boarding school in Cyprus, the family settled in Canada in 1985. In 2000, she
graduated from the Communication Department of Howard University,
Washington D.C, with a major in Film. After graduation she worked as a
photojournalist at the Washington Post, and her work can be found in several
other publications. In 2004 her work was acquired by the permanent collection
of the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of African Art.
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| Muluneh |
She is the 2007
recipient of the European Union Prize in the Rencontres Africaines de la
Photographie, in Bamako, Mali. As well as the 2010 winner of the International
Award of Photography (CRAF) in Spilimbergo, Italy. She also has a book
published by Africalia in Brussels, Belgium, titled “Ethiopia: Past/Forward”
which is a coffee table book that reflects her vision on reconnecting to
Ethiopia through memory and nostalgia. She is also the founder and director of
the first international photography festival the Addis Foto Fest as well as
Fana Wogi a yearly open call supporting contemporary artists in Ethiopia.
Muluneh continues to curate
and develop cultural projects with local and international institutions through
her company Developing and Educating Society Through Art (DESTA), For Africa
Creative Consulting PLC (DFA) in Addis Ababa.
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