L’hiver Québecois – Ayalem Tessema

Tessema, Ayalem (XX-XXI)  
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled at the back
Dimension: 30×20 76×50 cm

Painter, print maker, muralist Ayalem Tessema was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and studied at the School of Fine Arts before leaving for the United States in the early 1970s.

Tessema obtained an MFA in Fine Art at Howard University, Washington DC, where he was exposed to the richness and diversity of the art of Africa, especially the classical art of West Africa where myth, metaphors and legend abound.

His travels in the Middle East, Europe, Africa and South America over the years have further broadened his perspectives on the commonality in socio-religious forms among various cultures.

Included in numerous international surveys including “Project Rolywholyobei – Circus from the Museum by John Cage”, 1994, Guggeinheim Museum, New York and Radford University Art Museum, Radford, Va, 2008. Ayalem Tessema’s work is in several public and private collections.