PERSONAL DETAILS
EDUCATION:
Western Washington University, Teacher Certificate, 1994
B.F.A. University of Washington, 1991
EXHIBITIONS:
2002 : Pratt fine arts/Seattle, WA
2001 : SSCC Art Gallery/Seattle, WA
Barnes and Nobel Book Store Art Gallery/DesMoines, WA
2000 : Collusion Art Gallery/Seattle, WA (solo)
King County Gallery/Seattle, WA (solo)
1999 : Gallery 114/Seattle, WA
Urban League, 23rd Annual Art Exhibit/Seattle, WA
1998 : Collusion Art Gallery/Seattle, WA (solo)
COCA/Seattle, WA
Mwoyo Arts/Seattle, WA
Pratt Fine Arts/Seattle, WA
Project 416 Gallery/Seattle, WA
Urban League, 22nd Annual Art Exhibit/Seattle, WA
1997 : Project 416 Gallery/Seattle, WA
Seafirst Gallery, "A Matter of Colors"/Seattle, WA
Seattle Urban League, 21st Art Exhibit/Seattle, WA
1996 : Seafirst Gallery, "A Matter of Colors"/Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, contemporary Ethiopian paintings
1995 : Anne Gould Hauberg Gallery/Seattle, WA
1994 : COCA/Seattle, WA
Elliot Bay Book Co./Seattle, WA (solo)
The Wonderful World of Art/Seattle, WA
Pratt Fine Art/Seattle, WA
1993 : Café Allegro/Seattle, WA (solo)
Pratt Fine Art/Seattle, WA
1992 : The Wonderful World of Art/Seattle, WA
La Maison Blue Gallery/Seattle, WA
Polish Center/Vancouver, BC Canada (solo)
Sundiata Art Festival/Seattle, WA
1991 : International Resource Center/Seattle, WA
University of Washington, School of Fine Arts Undergraduate Group Exhibit/Seattle
1990 : Seattle Urban League, 14th Annual Art Exhibit/Seattle, WA
White Horse Gallery, "Racism in South Africa"/Seattle, WA
Seattle Pacific University/Seattle, WA (solo)
1989 : Ethio-African Arts and Artifacts Gallery/Seattle, WA (solo)
North Vancouver Public Library/Vancouver, BC Canada (solo)
PUBLICATIONS
1996 : "Love and Memory", Cune Publishing
1994 : Café Ole Magazine
COLLECTIONS
1998 : Harborview Medical Center, "Cultural Heritage Collection"
Ananse Press
1997 : Green River Community College
1995 : Washington State Art in Public Place Program, collection including Seattle Public
School District, Renton Public School District, and Wenatchee School District.
AWARDS
2000 : Robert Rauschenberg and Lab School of Washington, "Power of Art" teaching
award
1995 : Pacific Medical Center Poster award.
1994 : Martin Luther King Celebration Poster Award