Kebedech Tekleab is an Assistant Professor of art at the City University of New York, Queensborough Community College. Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kebedech came to the USA in 1998 and studied art. After earning her MFA from Howard Univ...More
Kebedech Tekleab is an Assistant Professor of art at the City University of New York, Queensborough Community College. Born and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Kebedech came to the USA in 1998 and studied art. After earning her MFA from Howard University she worked as a studio artist in the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area and taught at several institutions, including Howard University and Montgomery College prior to moving to Savannah to join the faculty at Savannah College of Arts and Design (SCAD). Currently, she lives in New York City as an educator and a studio artist. She’s a published poet, painter, and sculptor. Her selected shows include exhibits at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois; the Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, New York City; and the Addison Reply Gallery in Washington, DC. Her commissioned and collected works are on permanent display at several institutions, among them the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie; the Navy Memorial Archives in Washington DC; the American Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; and the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, DC. Most of her works shed light on the sublime as well as the dire side of the social memory she shares with others.
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The Arts in Society
Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations
