Elizabeth Habte Wold

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]

References

^ "Art From the Horn of Africa Makes Exciting Debut in Sweden". Tadias Magazine. 15 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ Giorgis, Elizabeth W. (2019). Modernist Art in Ethiopia. Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-4653-9.
^ ^a ^b "Erasen Be Ras" (PDF). Elizabeth H. Wold. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
^ Lewis, Jo Ann (11 May 2003). "Homing In on Their Culture". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Artist's Bio". Elizabeth Wold Studio.