Ashenafi Kebede
Expressive in coloures in using material in using images from the very far memory, he was born in Ethiopia, which gave birth to the world first icon, first architect in caves, at least that what Ethiopians believe.
Ashenafi studied graphic design in Addis Abeba, went to exile for 7 years in Moscow, studying at the institute of Surikov, painting was his major.
He then left Russia to Finland in 1997 to work as an artist.
Things are not changing very much in our lives, that's what Ashenafi believes, because he thinks that people of the globe are still on that level and what govern them is the instinct and material.
Other people just do changes in the out shape, the manners are the same, may be the health sector changes, but if one talks about culture or people´s behaviour, we are still doing the same.
Indeed Ashenafi is a tinker, besides that he is artist, he thinks before he does any work, the theme of each work takes its time in Ashenafi´s mind, as well as the technique.
(Universal Coloures. European Union Migrant Artist Network Magazine)
