Leikun Nahusenay (b. 1982) is a professional studio artist based in Addis Ababa. While primarily identifying himself as a self-taught artist, he nonetheless completed his art degrees from the Ale School of Fine Arts (2006) and Teferi Mekonnen School (2011)....
Read MoreLeikun Nahusenay (b. 1982) is a professional studio artist based in Addis Ababa. While primarily
identifying himself as a self-taught artist, he nonetheless completed his art degrees from the Ale
School of Fine Arts (2006) and Teferi Mekonnen School (2011). He is a member of the Netsa Art
Village and contributes to the growing Ethiopian art scene. His multidisciplinary practice is based
at the Nas Gedam studio. In his photography, the use of double exposure, collage, and scratch and-peel methods allows Leikun to create irreproducible, dreamlike worlds in which the
spiritual ostensibly strains against, and spills into, the physical. His work has been shown at
numerous exhibitions, including Salon Zurcher Art Fair, New York, USA (2017), EDSA – EthioDanish Space Agency, Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa (2016), Addis Calling Group Show, Addis Fine Art
(2016). Recent solo exhibitions include Leikun Nahusenay, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair,
London, UK (2019); End of Residence – an exhibition of Leikun’s work made in France (m.youtube.com/watch?v=B69JmQbp6nw&feature=youtu.be), Dos Mares,
Marseille, France (2018), Process and Progression, Addis Fine Art, Addis Ababa (2016), Flying
Spoons sculptural exhibition at Asni Gallery, Addis Ababa (2015). Outside gallery exhibitions, Leikun is passionate about his yearly teaching art for children with special needs.
