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BOMB Magazine | Tsedaye Makonnen by Jessica Lanay
BOMB Magazine | Tsedaye Makonnen by Jessica Lanay
Sculptures that bridge cultures, histories, and geographies.
Glassell Lecture | Tsedaye Makonnen (Wed. Dec. 10, 2025 6 PM-7 PM) | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Glassell Lecture | Tsedaye Makonnen (Wed. Dec. 10, 2025 6 PM-7 PM) | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Artist Tsedaye Makonnen speaks about her practice, which spans sculpture, textiles, performance, and curation.
Smarthistory – Tsedaye Makonnen, Light Sculptures
Smarthistory – Tsedaye Makonnen, Light Sculptures
Walters Art Museum: Permanent collection (on display in medieval gallery)
Walters Art Museum: Permanent collection (on display in medieval gallery)
National Museum of African Art Opens Exhibition by Artist Tsedaye Makonnen | Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of African Art Opens Exhibition by Artist Tsedaye Makonnen | Smithsonian Institution
Ayana’s Fire Recovery Fund - everything’s gone, help her rebuild | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising
Ayana’s Fire Recovery Fund - everything’s gone, help her rebuild | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising
A fire destroyed the home of artist and professor Ayana Evans and her family. They need our support to recover!
Phillips Collection Guest Curator: Open Call
Phillips Collection Guest Curator: Open Call
Building on the legacy of founder Duncan Phillips and his enduring commitment to presenting and promoting the work of artists of the greater DC region, The Phillips Collection invites artists currently residing in the Washington, DC–Baltimore metropolitan areas to submit artworks created after November 2024 for consideration. Artists notified via email by December 15, 2025
The Clark Art Institute - Tsedaye Makonnen: Refuge Used to Live Among the Hoosic River and the White Oak Trees
The Clark Art Institute - Tsedaye Makonnen: Refuge Used to Live Among the Hoosic River and the White Oak Trees
Permanent Exhibition at The Walters Art Museum
Permanent Exhibition at The Walters Art Museum
a new pair of light towers commissioned by the Walters and fabricated by nonprofit makerspace Open Works, are on view in the medieval galleries alongside the Ethiopian processional crosses that the work references.
Williams College Museum of Art collab & residency
Williams College Museum of Art collab & residency
Smithsonian Institution | Tsedaye Makonnen: Sanctuary :: መቅደስ :: Mekdes
Smithsonian Institution | Tsedaye Makonnen: Sanctuary :: መቅደስ :: Mekdes
Washington Post Review
Washington Post Review
Tsedaye Makonnen’s ethereal pillars at the African Art Museum pay tribute to victims of violence and the perils of migration.
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - Wherewithal grant recip
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts - Wherewithal grant recip
Wherewithal provides project-based support for visual art projects within the Beltway of Washington, DC. Courtesy of Washington Project for the Arts and The Warhol Foundation.
Artists in Dialogue:Tsedaye Makonnen and Kebedech Tekleab
Artists in Dialogue:Tsedaye Makonnen and Kebedech Tekleab
NADA MIAMI 24 — Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
NADA MIAMI 24 — Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
The 30 Best Art Books of 2024
The 30 Best Art Books of 2024
This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin Cass’s Suffrage Song.
Apollo Awards 2024: Exhibition of the Year | Apollo Magazine
Apollo Awards 2024: Exhibition of the Year | Apollo Magazine
‘Ethiopia at the Crossroads’ at the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Hyperallergic: Broken Boxes exhibition review
Hyperallergic: Broken Boxes exhibition review
In Broken Boxes artists share stories about their lives and experiences instead of relying solely on institutional didactics to “explain” what their work is about.
MetLiveArts | Tsedaye Makonnen – Astral Sea: The Need for Collective Refuge
MetLiveArts | Tsedaye Makonnen – Astral Sea: The Need for Collective Refuge
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Exhibition - Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue
Exhibition - Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue
September 7, 2024 – March 2, 2025
Order Book Here - Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue
Order Book Here - Broken Boxes: A Decade of Art, Action, and Dialogue
Library of Congress Awardee DC Public Library with Tsedaye Makonnen & Hannah Giorgis Yohannes | Documenting DC Ethiopian Communities
Library of Congress Awardee DC Public Library with Tsedaye Makonnen & Hannah Giorgis Yohannes | Documenting DC Ethiopian Communities
The Kitchen ON SCREEN: Tsedaye Makonnen
The Kitchen ON SCREEN: Tsedaye Makonnen
Press Release & Media Kit - MetLiveArts & The Met - Tsedaye Makonnen
Press Release & Media Kit - MetLiveArts & The Met - Tsedaye Makonnen
Exhibition Tour—Africa & Byzantium | Met Exhibitions
Exhibition Tour—Africa & Byzantium | Met Exhibitions
Virtual link: Discussion b/w Andrea Achi & Tsedaye Makonnen
Virtual link: Discussion b/w Andrea Achi & Tsedaye Makonnen
Artists on Artworks—Africa & Byzantium | Perspectives | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artists on Artworks—Africa & Byzantium | Perspectives | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Review | Finally, a sweeping look at Ethiopian art
Review | Finally, a sweeping look at Ethiopian art
Everything Old Is Renewed Again at the Walters Art Museum - BmoreArt
Everything Old Is Renewed Again at the Walters Art Museum - BmoreArt
Liver Transplant Journey & Recovery, organized by Niama Sandy
PARTICIPANT INC | Archive
PARTICIPANT INC | Archive
Connecting Gaza - بنك الطعام المصري
Connecting Gaza - بنك الطعام المصري
Africa and Byzantium Publication
Africa and Byzantium Publication
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ethiopia at the Crossroads
Ethiopia at the Crossroads
SIGHTLINES
SIGHTLINES
Press Release: SIGHTLINES
Press Release: SIGHTLINES
The Astral Sea: Conversation with Tsedaye Makonnen
Podcast
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Podcast
The Astral Sea: Conversation with Tsedaye Makonnen
Summer 2023 | Gagosian Quarterly
Summer 2023 | Gagosian Quarterly
Podcast interview: The Clark Art’s ‘In the Foreground’ with Tsedaye Makonnen
Podcast interview: The Clark Art’s ‘In the Foreground’ with Tsedaye Makonnen
Recorded Talk w/Lorraine O’Grady, Ayana Evans & Tsedaye Makonnen
Recorded Talk w/Lorraine O’Grady, Ayana Evans & Tsedaye Makonnen
Clark Art Talk: Tsedaye Makonnen with Nikki A. Greene
Clark Art Talk: Tsedaye Makonnen with Nikki A. Greene
Hyperallergic: Discovering How Black Women Might Forge a Path to Freedom
Hyperallergic: Discovering How Black Women Might Forge a Path to Freedom
LIVESTREAM (8:56:28) Loophole of Retreat: Venice | Day 1
LIVESTREAM (8:56:28) Loophole of Retreat: Venice | Day 1
American Quarterly Review (article on my practice)
American Quarterly Review (article on my practice)
Tsedaye Makonnen’s Art Addresses Reproductive Healthcare Inequalities Affecting Black Women
Tsedaye Makonnen’s Art Addresses Reproductive Healthcare Inequalities Affecting Black Women
Simone Leigh’s Loophole Retreat: Venice Program schedule
Simone Leigh’s Loophole Retreat: Venice Program schedule
Franklin Furnace Award Recipient
Franklin Furnace Award Recipient
Clark Art Current and Former Fellows
Clark Art Current and Former Fellows
Order Women and Migration(s) II book here
Order Women and Migration(s) II book here
Order Book Here on Performance Art
Order Book Here on Performance Art
Order Book Here on Black Woman Archive
Order Book Here on Black Woman Archive
Landmark Providence Public Art Finalists
Landmark Providence Public Art Finalists
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My Website
My Website
Addis Fine Art Gallery
Addis Fine Art Gallery
Help asylum seekers stuck at the U.S.-Mexican border
Help asylum seekers stuck at the U.S.-Mexican border
Mamatoto Village Campaign: Support Reproductive Healthcare
Mamatoto Village Campaign: Support Reproductive Healthcare
Mamatoto Village Fills Gap In Care For Pregnant People In Wards 7 and 8
Mamatoto Village Fills Gap In Care For Pregnant People In Wards 7 and 8
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