Negera Yacob Bizuneh
- country
- Ethiopia
- disciplines
- drawing, installation, performance, video
- languages
- Amharic, French
- born on 04.07.1983
- in Adis Abeba, Ethiopia
- lives in Paris, France
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biography
Born in 1983 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Yacob Bizuneh is a multidisciplinary artist (video, painting, installation, performance). In 2013, he obtained his BFA with a specialization in painting from Addis Ababa University (Alle School of Fine Arts), where he later taught until his departure for France in 2017.
Since his early works, Yacob Bizuneh has explored the impact of social, economic, and political contexts on human well-being. He exhibits in France and internationally. He has been a member of the Agency of Artists in Exile since 2018.