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Addis Fine Art is pleased to present Nahom Teklehaimanot’s first solo exhibition at Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa.

Nahom Tecklehaimanot’s (b. 1991) large-scale canvases speak to the poignant experience of migration and the unifying weight of lived experience. His works explore the emotional and physical toll inherent in leaving one’s home. He first creates an assemblage of collaged images from magazines and archives before meticulously airbrushing these pieces into a cohesive two-dimensional composition. The smooth, almost ethereal quality of the airbrushing evokes the longing for a familiar …