Tadesse Mamecha (born 1941, also known as Tadesse Mamecha Gebre-Tsadik) is an Ethiopian sculptor. His most famous sculpture is "The Afar" which stands in front of the National Theater on Churchill Road.
Tadesse Mamecha studied at the Art School in
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; ,) is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the List of cities in Africa b ...
from 1958 to 1962. The continued his studies by attending
Leningrad Academy of Arts (U.S.S.R.) from 1963 to 1970 and earned a M.A. in Fine Arts. He returned to Ethiopia and served as a teacher at the Addis Ababa Arts School.
His work has been exhibited in Addis Ababa, Sweden and Denmark. His works have been exhibited at the
National Museum
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in Addis Ababa as recently as February 2011.
[, ''Addis Fortune'', February, 2011, accessed July 26, 2011.]
References
External links
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A Chronology of 20th Century Ethiopian Art
1941 births
Ethiopian sculptors
Living people
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