Abiy | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Abiy
- France
Painter
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Free from the weight of my own traditions, my compositions provide a sense of universal art.
An Ethiopian artist, Abiy first became known in his country after having studied and taught art in Addis-Ababa. The Ethiopian-French Alliance was the first to believe in his work and to export his art to France. In 2006, his participation in the 1 st Congress of African writers at Unesco in Paris marked an important milestone in his career. He then settled in a small town in the Ardeche two years later. A member of Az'arts since 2010, he participates in numerous exhibitions of the Ardeche community, while increasing his appearances in the artistic events of the region
While painting (oils, acrylics) remain his prefers medium, Abiy likes to vary techniques (collage, pastel, chalk…) and media (paper, canvas, glass). Numerous elements are reminiscent of his training at the School of Fine Arts and his preferred painters: Jean-Michel Basquiat (20th century), Egon Schiele (19th and 20th centuries) and Wosene Kosrof. His swaying nude women are reminiscent of the unstructured figures of Pablo Picasso (20th century). With his diversity, his style is a unique blend of urban elements and populist traditions. His roots can be seen in his choice of vivid colours and African motifs. With their large missing eyes, his portraits evoke the exoticism of ceremonial masques. His painting reveals with sincerity the double face of his natal Ethiopia: an apparent gaiety, under which runs a deep melancholy.
- France :
- 2012TransAfrica FestivalSaint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, France
- 2010Exhibition at the Alliance FrançaiseParis, France
- 20061st Congress of African artists at UnescoParis, France
- 2004Degree from Fine Arts SchoolAddis-Ababa, Ethiopia
- 1980BirthAddis-Ababa, Ethiopia
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51 Artworks
Abiy
L.191
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
S.23
280 EURAbiy
L.263
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
S.30
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.24
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.20
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
S.16
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
S.14
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.35
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
L.232
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
S.15
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
S.24.1
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
S.8
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
L.220
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
L.125
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
L.223
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
Sans titre 2.1
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
3.10
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
4.8
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.15
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
Sans titre 6.2
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
Sans titre 29
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
ST 10.16
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.37
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.32
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
Sans titre 5.31
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
ST 13-1
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
ST 19-4
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
PM.8
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
PM.17
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
PM.20
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
PM.21
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
PM.22
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
N4
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
N7
19 x 19 cm180 EURAbiy
N11
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
N12
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
N13
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
N14
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
N15
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
N16
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
N17
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
N18
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
N19
36 x 36 cm480 EURAbiy
M8
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
M7
13 x 13 cm110 EURAbiy
M4
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
M3
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
M2
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
M6
25 x 25 cm280 EURAbiy
M5
25 x 25 cm280 EUR