Wosene Worke Kosrof
Wosene Worke Kosrof is an Ethiopian-born painter whose work explores the intersections of language, identity, and culture. His abstract paintings incorporate traditional Ethiopian script alongside modernist influences, creating a unique visual language that speaks to his personal experiences as a Black artist. Kosrof's work has been exhibited internationally and is held in numerous public and private collections.
For more than four decades, Wosene (his professional name) has created an internationally recognized artistic signature in his work by being the first contemporary Ethiopian-born artist to use the script forms — fiedel — of his native Amharic as a core element in his paintings and sculptures. This recognizable 'signature' emerges from the way he elongates, distorts, dissects and reassembles Amharic symbols — not as literal words — but as images that speak for themselves in a visual language accessible to international audiences. Jazz improvisations underlie his compositions, animating them with rhythmic movements and emboldening his masterful use of color.
Wosene Kosrof's art has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums around the world, including in the United States, Ethiopia, Germany, Mexico and South Africa. Some of the institutions that have shown his work include the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the National Museum of Ethiopia, and the Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde in Munich. His art is also held in the collections of several prestigious institutions, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Museum of African Art.
Born in 1950 in the Arat Kilo district of Addis Ababa, Wosene Worke Kosrof is a contemporary American artist who has achieved international acclaim. Formally trained at the Addis Ababa School of Fine Arts, he completed a BFA with distinction in 1972. Then, as a Ford Foundation Talent Scholar, he was awarded an MFA in 1980 from Howard University in Washington, DC.
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