NAHOM TEKLEHAIMANOT

b. 1991, Eritrea / Ethiopia

Nahom Teklehaimanot (b. 1991) is an Eritrean artist born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and based in Nairobi. In 2013 he earned a diploma in information technology in Asmara; the same year he won first prize in the professional category of the European Union Art Competition. He works mainly with airbrush and collage: in his layered compositions, figures, landscapes and fragments of archival images merge. His main themes are migration, memory, longing for home and belonging. In 2024 he held exhibitions in Addis Ababa and Venice, and in 2026 he took part in the 25th Biennale of Sydney. The gallery's acrylic canvas 'Muddy Water VIII' (2022) shows reclining figures painted in dark blue tones.

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