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Tizita To Feature Ethiopian Artists at Miami Art Basel

Artist Merid Tafesse and Curator Dr. Desta Meghoo during a press conference at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 19th, 2015. (Photo: Malik Desta/Tadias)
Artist Merid Tafesse and Curator Dr. Desta Meghoo during a press conference at the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, November 19th, 2015.
(Photo: Malik Desta/Tadias)

MIAMI – Tizita will showcase five artists from Ethiopia for the first time at this year’s Miami Art Basel on December 5th  featuring leading Ethiopian contemporary fine artists Desta Hagos and Merid Tafesse.

Desta Hagos and Merid Tafesse are scheduled to be live and direct during Miami Art Basel at TIZITA Longing Loving Living, curated by Ethiopian based Desta Meghoo in collaboration with well-known Miami Art Consultant Ludlow Bailey of CADA.

TIZITA is an Ethiopian word for both a feeling of nostalgia as well as an indigenous genre of music comparable to the Blues. A first for Miami, this diverse collection featuring the works of five Ethiopian artists and one African American born artist exposes a spectrum of deep emotions from historic triumphs and travels to devastating trials.

TIZITA proffers eclectic interpretations and perspectives of the past, present and future through the lens of renowned and rising artists including Desta Hagos, Daniel Taye, Merid Tafesse, Ermias Mazengia, Mathias Lulu and newcomer Birhan Tonge.

TIZITA curator, Desta Meghoo, former Managing Director of the Bob Marley Foundation is best known for acclaimed exhibitions curated over the past few years at the National Museum of Ethiopia including Embassy of Portugal’s Bridges International Collection, US Embassy’s Art of African American Women: 19th – 21st Centuries and Ras Tafari: The Majesty & the Movement, called “…blockbuster exhibit of the year…” by the New York Times in 2014. Ludlow Bailey is a graduate from both Brown and Columbia Universities whose fellowships in Ghana, Senegal and Egypt, exposed him to traditional and contemporary African art.

Doubling as a dealer and curator (many times art journalist as well), Ludlow has become well informed on current tendencies in the international art market and has created CADA, Contemporary African Diaspora Art, as a platform to expose, share and promote art from Africa and the Diaspora.

TIZITA is listed as an official Miami Beaches Art of Black event at www.miamiandbeaches.com/events/art-of-black and is open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday December 5th at All Soul’s Episcopal Church in Miami Beach @ 4025 Pine Tree Drive 33140.

An exclusive invitation only traditional Ethiopian coffee ceremony and cocktail reception will be sponsored by D.Y.M.D.C., CADA, Marley Coffee, and The Exchange Project Inc from 7 pm to 10 pm December 4th.

For more information on TIZITA and related philanthropic work please visit www.tizitaproject.com; follow them on twitter @Tizitabasel or Tizita on facebook.

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