Elizabeth Habte Wold (born 1963) is an Ethiopian

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known for her

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work. She completed degrees in fine arts at the School of Fine Arts in

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and

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, and an MFA at

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. She became interested in digital media through a certificate program in interactive

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and

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. She has worked since the mid-1990s as a multimedia designer, and lives in Addis Ababa. 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

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and in Ethiopia." These works were included in a group exhibition called "Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora" at the Smithsonian's

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. Her work has also been exhibited at the

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and Gebre Kristos Desta Center. Wold's recent works sometimes include computer animation.

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External links

Biographical sketch, National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.
1963 births Living people Ethiopian artists Baltimore City Community College alumni Women multimedia artists {{Ethiopia-bio-stub