Elizabeth Habte Wold

Elizabeth Habte Wold (born 1963) is an Ethiopian artist known for her mixed-media work. 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." These works were included in a group exhibition called "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora" at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Her work has also been exhibited at the National Museum of Ethiopia and Gebre Kristos Desta Center.

Wold's recent works sometimes include computer animation.

Education She completed degrees in fine arts at the School of Fine Arts in Addis Ababa 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.

Exhibitions

2024 Inspired Women 5, Laphto Contemporary Art Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2022 Voices of Women, Hyatt Regency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2017 Erasen Be Ras, Modern Art Museum, Gebre Kirsto Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016 A Day Without Migrants, National Museum of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 Africa Rising, African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2013 Solo Show, Tempo, Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2012 Inspired Women, Laphto Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2011 Solo Show, Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2010 Nexus, Laphto Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2007 Solo Show, Listening Through the Eyes, Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2007 Continuity & Change: Three Generations of Ethiopian Artists Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Florida 2006 Living Embodiments: Artistic Expressions of Being, Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC 2004 Solo Show, Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington, DC