Theo eshetu biography
- Theo Eshetu was born in London and grew up in Addis Ababa, Dakar, and Belgrade, before settling in Rome, where he received his first camera aged 10.
- Born in London in 1958, Eshetu spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia.In 1981 he received his degree in Communication Design from the North East London.
- Theo Eshetu (born 1958 in London, lives and works in Berlin) has worked in media art since 1982, creating installations, video art works, and television.
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Theo Eshetu has worked in media art since 1982, creating installations, video art works, and television documentaries. As a videomaker, he explores the expressive capabilities of the medium and the manipulation of the language of television. Exploring themes and imagery from anthropology, art history, scientific research, and religious iconography, his work redefines how electronic media shapes identity and perception. World cultures, particularly the relationship of African and European cultures, often inform Eshetu’s work.
Theo Eshetu was born in 1958 in London and grew up in Addis Ababa, Dakar and London before establishing himself in Rome. He currently lives and works in Berlin. Throughout the '80s and '90s, his works were shown at major video art festivals, receiving awards in Berlin, Milan and Locarno. Eshetu's works have been presented at Von Verdrängtem, Der Nacht Und Der Farbe Schwarz (2018, curated by Heidi Brunnschweiler), Documenta 14 (2017), the Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle (2015), Göteborg Biennial (2015), Kochi Biennale (2014), the 54t
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GIBCA
Theo Eshetu (b. 1958, London) currently lives and works in Rome and Berlin. He spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia and studied in London before moving to Rome. Eshetu has worked in media art since 1982, exploring the themes of public and personal realities, with a specific engagement in the relationship between African and European cultures and how electronic media forms identities and perceptions. He has received awards at the Berlin Video Festival; the International African Film Festival, Milan, and the Video Art Festival, Locarno. Group exhibitions include: GEO-Graphics at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (2010); The Tropics at Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin and the National Gallery of Cape Town (2009); and Snap Judgments at ICP, New York, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the National Gallery of Canada (2007). He has participated in the Sharjah, Venice, and Kochi-Muziris biennials, and was a 2012 DAAD artists-in-resident.
Theo Eshetu
The Mystery of History and His Story in My Story, 2015
Installation, variable dimensions
Court
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Theo Eshetu
Theo Eshetu has worked in media art since 1982, creating installations, video art works, and television documentaries.
As a video maker, he explores the expressive capabilities of the medium and the manipulation of the language of television. Exploring themes and imagery from anthropology, art history, scientific research, and religious iconography, he attempts to define how electronic media shapes identity and perception. World cultures, particularly the relationship of African and European cultures, often inform Eshetuʼs work.Born in London in 1958, Eshetu spent part of his childhood in Ethiopia.In 1981 he received his degree in Communication Design from the North East London Polytechnic.
His work has been shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London; the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Nice; the 2nd Video Biennial of Fukui, Japan, and has participated at numerous Film Festivals such as the Venice Film Festival on three occasions; the London Film Festival; the Edinburgh Film Festival, the International Festival of Film on Art, Montreal; the New York A
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