Elizabeth Habte Wold

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Elizabeth Habte Wold (born 1966) is an Ethiopian artist known for her mixed-media work. She completed degrees in fine arts at the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa [1] [2] and Baltimore City Community College in Maryland, and an MFA at Howard University. She became interested in digital media through a certificate program in interactive multimedia and web design at George Washington University. She has worked since the mid-1990s as a multimedia designer, and lives in Addis Ababa. [3]

Her works in a 2003 exhibition were described thus: "Wold's small collages, made from torn newspapers and magazines, ponder the fragmented lives of displaced people, both [in the U.S.] and in Ethiopia." [4] These works were included in a group exhibition called "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. [5] Her work has also been exhibited at the National Museum of Ethiopia and Gebre Kristos Desta Center. [6]

Wold's recent works sometimes include computer animation. [3]

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References

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  2. Giorgis, Elizabeth W. (2019). Modernist Art in Ethiopia. Ohio University Press. ISBN   978-0-8214-4653-9.
  3. 1 2 "Erasen Be Ras" (PDF). Elizabeth H. Wold. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. Lewis, Jo Ann (11 May 2003). "Homing In on Their Culture". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora". Smithsonian National Museum of African Art. 2002. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. "Artist's Bio". Elizabeth Wold Studio.